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Biography of NICHOLAS II ALEXANDROVICH
Between the years 1894 to 1917, Nicholas II Alexandrovich was our all-Russian Emperor.
As a result of the fact that the economic state of the...
Politicians
Biography of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov
One can approach the political activities of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin in different ways, without accepting his ideas at all or completely agreeing with them,...
Kings
Biography of Alexei Mikhailovich
People's memory, of course, corrected by historians, has kept the label “The Quietest” for Alexei Mikhailovich. It was partially born of demonstrative Christian humility...
Philosophers
Biography of Mikhail Bakunin
Overview of Anarchism in Russian History
As the writers of the dictionary-reference book of the same name underline in the preface, “occupies a special place,”...
Kings
Biography of Catherine the Great
German princess
Sophia Augusta Frederica, Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst, future Russian Empress Catherine II, was born in 1729. Anhalt-Zerbst, like most other German principalities, itself signified...
Authors
Biography of Alexander Borodin
Alexander Borodin became famous as the creator of the historical opera “Prince Igor”, which debuted at the Mariinsky Theaterin 1890. He also created symphonies,...