Archimandrite Sophrony, in the world Sergey Semyonovich Sakharov, was born on September 22, 1896, in Moscow and passed away on July 11, 1993, in Tolleshunt Knights, Maldon, Essex, England. He was a clergyman of the Ecume…

On July 12, 1927, the outstanding Russian poet and writer Ivan Ivanovich Savin, a hero of the White Movement and forced émigré, passed away. At 4 a.m., he uttered the word "God" and closed his eyes forever. Ivan Savin w…

Nine years ago, the Pskov priest Pavel Adelgheim was murdered. In his youth, he endured the horrors of Soviet camps but remained true to his Christian faith and rejected Bolshevism. Father Pavel was born in Rostov-on-Do…

Ekaterina Ivanovna Briner-Kornakova, the second wife of Boris Yulievich Briner, was born on June 10, 1895, in Kyakhta. Her father, merchant Ivan Iokinfovich Kornakov, assisted famous explorers in organizing expeditions, …

Osip Zadkin (1890-1967), a French sculptor, illustrator, and poet with Russian roots, was reportedly born in Smolensk, a small Russian town. However, some biographers claim his birthplace was Vitebsk. After finishing a f…

Mitrofan Petrovich Belyaev, a representative of the Petersburg merchant class, was a generous man known for his modesty and good taste. From a young age, he was passionate about music and seriously studied playing variou…

In 1915, the famous folklorist and singer Olga Ozarovskaya went on an expedition to the Arkhangelsk province to find new material for her performances. In one of the Pomor villages, a local old woman approached her askin…

Alexander Grigoryevich Kuznetsov, a first-guild merchant, was the owner of the largest tea trading enterprise in the Russian Empire and a well-known philanthropist. He was born in 1856 into the family of a prominent mer…

Maria Mikhailovna Berg, born Princess Dolgorukova, was the younger sister of the morganatic wife of Tsar Alexander II, Princess Ekaterina Yurievskaya. At one point, Maria acted as an intermediary in her sister's secret r…

During the Vietnam War, soldiers from special units of the USA, Australia, and New Zealand were nicknamed "tunnel rats." Their task was to find, explore, and destroy tunnels on enemy territory. This was an extremely dang…