Mikhail Ostrogradsky was born on September 12 (24), 1801, in the village of Pashennaya, located in the Poltava province, into the family of landowner Vasily Ostrogradsky, who came from a noble lineage. From a young age,…

In the land of Hesse in Germany lies a small village called Allendorf, with a population of about 4,000 people. Founded between 780 and 802 on the banks of the Lumda River, it has not left a significant mark in the histo…

In the summer of 1922, the world was shaken by the news of the Petrograd trial, which took place against opponents of the confiscation of church valuables and ended with the execution of four people. Among them was 51-ye…

Alexander Mikhailovich Lyapunov, a Russian scientist and Doctor of Mathematical Sciences, is known as the founder of modern stability theory for equilibrium and motion of mechanical systems with a finite number of parame…

Ivan Meschersky, a Russian scientist-mechanic, laid the foundations of mechanics for variable mass systems. He was born into a low-income family in the Solombala military settlement, where he spent his childhood and you…

Alexei Nikolaevich Krylov is called the father of domestic shipbuilding, but his talents manifested in other fields of science as well. He not only had the ability to think deeply but also masterfully articulated his tho…

Vladimir Andreyevich Steklov was an outstanding Russian mathematician and mechanic, as well as a professor. He became the organizer and first director of the Physics and Mathematics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sc…

Olga Afanasyevna Glebova was born on May 27, 1885, in St. Petersburg to a college secretary's family. From childhood, she was drawn to art and received the appropriate education. After graduating from the Alexandrov Inst…

The life of Prince Andrei Alexandrovich Shirinsky-Shikhmatov, an outstanding statesman, resembles the plot of an exciting film. He was born on January 10, 1868, in the Smolensk province into a noble family. After receiv…

Abram Petrovich Hannibal Ibrahim Hannibal, Pushkin's great-grandfather and a well-known black figure in pre-revolutionary Russia, was a military engineer. His story is familiar to many. He was the son of an African rule…