SettingsRussian memoirists
Afanasy Fet
Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet, was a Russian poet regarded as one of the finest lyricists in Russian literature.
Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet, was a Russian poet regarded as one of the finest lyricists in Russian literature.
Aleksandr Nikitenko
Alexander Vasilievich Nikitenko was a well-educated Ukrainian serf of Count Sheremetev who was granted freedom under pressure from Kondraty Ryleyev and other men of letters.
Alexander Vasilievich Nikitenko was a well-educated Ukrainian serf of Count Sheremetev who was granted freedom under pressure from Kondraty Ryleyev and other men of letters.
Aleksandr Roediger
Aleksandr Fedorovich Roediger (1853–1920) — Russian General; Graduate of the Page Corps and a student of the Nicholas Academy of the General Staff; served in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878;...
Aleksandr Fedorovich Roediger (1853–1920) — Russian General; Graduate of the Page Corps and a student of the Nicholas Academy of the General Staff; served in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878;...
Aleksandr Vasilevsky
Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevsky (Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Василе́вский,, Vichuga – December 5, 1977) was a Russian career officer in the Red Army, promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1943.
Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevsky (Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Василе́вский,, Vichuga – December 5, 1977) was a Russian career officer in the Red Army, promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1943.
Alexander Herzen
Alexander Ivanovich Herzen was a Russian pro-Western writer and thinker known as the "father of Russian socialism", and one of the main fathers of agrarian populism.
Alexander Ivanovich Herzen was a Russian pro-Western writer and thinker known as the "father of Russian socialism", and one of the main fathers of agrarian populism.
Alexander Izvolsky
Count Alexander Petrovich Izvolsky or Iswolsky was a Russian diplomat remembered as a major architect of Russia's alliance with the British Empire during the years leading to the outbreak ...
Count Alexander Petrovich Izvolsky or Iswolsky was a Russian diplomat remembered as a major architect of Russia's alliance with the British Empire during the years leading to the outbreak ...
Alexander Ossovsky
Alexander Vyacheslavovich Ossovsky (Александр Вячеславович Оссовский, July 31, 1957) was a renowned Russian musical writer, critic and musicologist, professor at Saint Petersburg Conservator...
Alexander Vyacheslavovich Ossovsky (Александр Вячеславович Оссовский, July 31, 1957) was a renowned Russian musical writer, critic and musicologist, professor at Saint Petersburg Conservator...
Alla Dudayeva
Alla Fyodorovna Dudayeva née Kulikova (Алла Фёдоровна Дудаева, née Куликова) (born 1947) is a widow of Dzhokhar Dudayev, leader of the Chechen independence movement from Russia in the 1990s.
Alla Fyodorovna Dudayeva née Kulikova (Алла Фёдоровна Дудаева, née Куликова) (born 1947) is a widow of Dzhokhar Dudayev, leader of the Chechen independence movement from Russia in the 1990s.
Andrei Bely
Andrei Bely was the pseudonym of Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev, a Russian novelist, poet, theorist, and literary critic.
Andrei Bely was the pseudonym of Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev, a Russian novelist, poet, theorist, and literary critic.
Andrey Aldan-Semenov
Andrey Ignatyevich Aldan-Semenov was a Russian writer who was imprisoned in the Far Eastern Soviet gulag camps from 1938 to 1953.
Andrey Ignatyevich Aldan-Semenov was a Russian writer who was imprisoned in the Far Eastern Soviet gulag camps from 1938 to 1953.
Andrey Bolotov
Andrey Timofeyevich Bolotov (18 October 1738 – 16 October 1833) was the most distinguished Russian agriculturist of the 18th century.
Andrey Timofeyevich Bolotov (18 October 1738 – 16 October 1833) was the most distinguished Russian agriculturist of the 18th century.
Andrey Dostoyevsky
Andrey Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (Андрей Михайлович Достоевский; —) was a Russian architect, engineer, memoirist, building restorer, father of renowned histologist Alexander Dostoyevsky and a bro...
Andrey Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (Андрей Михайлович Достоевский; —) was a Russian architect, engineer, memoirist, building restorer, father of renowned histologist Alexander Dostoyevsky and a bro...
Anna Dostoyevskaya
Anna Grigoryevna Dostoyevskaya (Анна Григорьевна Достоевская; September 12, 1846, Saint Petersburg — June 9, 1918, Yalta) was a Russian memoirist, stenographer, assistant, and the second wife of...
Anna Grigoryevna Dostoyevskaya (Анна Григорьевна Достоевская; September 12, 1846, Saint Petersburg — June 9, 1918, Yalta) was a Russian memoirist, stenographer, assistant, and the second wife of...
Anna Larina
Anna Larina was the wife of the Bolshevik leader Nikolai Bukharin, and spent many years trying to rehabilitate her husband after he was executed in 1938.
Anna Larina was the wife of the Bolshevik leader Nikolai Bukharin, and spent many years trying to rehabilitate her husband after he was executed in 1938.
Anna Petrovna Kern
Anna Petrovna Kern, née Poltoratskaya (11 February 1800 – 27 May 1879), was a Russian socialite and memoirist, best known as the addressee of what is probably the best known love poem in the...
Anna Petrovna Kern, née Poltoratskaya (11 February 1800 – 27 May 1879), was a Russian socialite and memoirist, best known as the addressee of what is probably the best known love poem in the...
Antonina Bludova
Antonina D. Bludova (25 April 1813-9 April 1891), was a Russian writer, philanthropist, salonist and lady in waiting.
Antonina D. Bludova (25 April 1813-9 April 1891), was a Russian writer, philanthropist, salonist and lady in waiting.
Avdotya Panaeva
Avdotya Yakovlevna Panaeva,, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, memoirist and literary salon holder.
Avdotya Yakovlevna Panaeva,, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, memoirist and literary salon holder.
Benedikt Sarnov
Benedikt Sarnov (born 1927) is a Moscow literary critic, scholar, and writer with memories of the Stalin period.
Benedikt Sarnov (born 1927) is a Moscow literary critic, scholar, and writer with memories of the Stalin period.
Boris Vasilchikov
Prince Boris Aleksandrovich Vasilchikov (1863, Novgorod Governorate — 1931, Menton) — Russian politician.
Prince Boris Aleksandrovich Vasilchikov (1863, Novgorod Governorate — 1931, Menton) — Russian politician.
Daniil Mordovtsev
Daniil Lukich Mordovtsev was a Russian/Ukrainian writer and historian.
Daniil Lukich Mordovtsev was a Russian/Ukrainian writer and historian.
David Shrayer-Petrov
David Shrayer-Petrov (Шраер-Петров, Давид, Russian-American novelist, poet, memoirist, translator, and medical scientist; best known for his novel about refuseniks, "Gerbert i Nelli" (Herbert an...
David Shrayer-Petrov (Шраер-Петров, Давид, Russian-American novelist, poet, memoirist, translator, and medical scientist; best known for his novel about refuseniks, "Gerbert i Nelli" (Herbert an...
Dmitri Bantysh-Kamensky
Dmitri Bantysh-Kamensky (5 (16) November 1788, Moscow – January 25 (February 6) 1850, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian statesman and historian.
Dmitri Bantysh-Kamensky (5 (16) November 1788, Moscow – January 25 (February 6) 1850, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian statesman and historian.
Dmitry Ryabyshev
Dmitry Ivanovich Ryabyshev Дми́трий Ива́нович Ря́бышев,, was a Soviet military commander, commander of 8th mechanized corps.
Dmitry Ivanovich Ryabyshev Дми́трий Ива́нович Ря́бышев,, was a Soviet military commander, commander of 8th mechanized corps.
Filipp Vigel
Filipp Filippovich Vigel (1786-1856) was a Russian noble of Swedish extraction who served in the foreign ministry, accompanied Count Golovkin on his mission to China, presided over the departmen...
Filipp Filippovich Vigel (1786-1856) was a Russian noble of Swedish extraction who served in the foreign ministry, accompanied Count Golovkin on his mission to China, presided over the departmen...
Georgy Zhukov
Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (Гео́ргий Константи́нович Жу́ков; – 18 June 1974), was a Soviet career officer in the Red Army who, in the course of World War II, play...
Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (Гео́ргий Константи́нович Жу́ков; – 18 June 1974), was a Soviet career officer in the Red Army who, in the course of World War II, play...
Hava Volovich
Hava Vladimirovna Volovich, was a Russian writer, actress, director and a Gulag survivor.
Hava Vladimirovna Volovich, was a Russian writer, actress, director and a Gulag survivor.
Ilya Tolstoy
Ilya Lvovich Tolstoy (Илья́ Льво́вич Толсто́й; May 22, 1866 – December 11, 1933) was a Russian writer and the son of Leo Tolstoy.
Ilya Lvovich Tolstoy (Илья́ Льво́вич Толсто́й; May 22, 1866 – December 11, 1933) was a Russian writer and the son of Leo Tolstoy.
Irina Ratushinskaya
Irina Borisovna Ratushinskaya (Ири́на Ратуши́нская) (born March 4, 1954) is a prominent Russian dissident, poet and writer.
Irina Borisovna Ratushinskaya (Ири́на Ратуши́нская) (born March 4, 1954) is a prominent Russian dissident, poet and writer.
Ivan Bunin
Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin was the first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature for the strict artistry with which he carried on the classical Russian traditions in the writing of pro...
Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin was the first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature for the strict artistry with which he carried on the classical Russian traditions in the writing of pro...
Konstantin Chkheidze
Konstantin Alexandrovich Chkheidze (Čcheidze) (კონსტანტინე ჩხეიძე, Константин Александрович Чхеидзе) (1897–1974) was a Georgian-Russian writer, philosopher, and White émigré.
Konstantin Alexandrovich Chkheidze (Čcheidze) (კონსტანტინე ჩხეიძე, Константин Александрович Чхеидзе) (1897–1974) was a Georgian-Russian writer, philosopher, and White émigré.
Lidia Veselitskaya
Lidia Ivanovna Veselitskaya, born March 17, 1857 – died February 23, 1936, was a Russian writer who used the pseudonym V. Mikulich.
Lidia Ivanovna Veselitskaya, born March 17, 1857 – died February 23, 1936, was a Russian writer who used the pseudonym V. Mikulich.
Lyubov Brezhneva
Lyubov Yakovlevna Brezhneva (Любовь Яковлевна Брежнева) was a niece of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev (an illegitimate but acknowledged daughter of Leonid's brother, Yakov Brezhnev).
Lyubov Yakovlevna Brezhneva (Любовь Яковлевна Брежнева) was a niece of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev (an illegitimate but acknowledged daughter of Leonid's brother, Yakov Brezhnev).
Lyubov Dostoyevskaya
Lyubov Fyodorovna Dostoyevskaya (Любо́вь Фёдоровна Достое́вская; 1869—1926) was a Russian writer, memoirist and a second daughter of famous writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky and his wife Anna.
Lyubov Fyodorovna Dostoyevskaya (Любо́вь Фёдоровна Достое́вская; 1869—1926) was a Russian writer, memoirist and a second daughter of famous writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky and his wife Anna.
Mansur Abdulin
Mansur Gizatulovich Abdulin (Мансур Гизатулович Абдулин; born 1923) was a Soviet soldier who fought in the Battle of Stalingrad as a member of the 1034th rifle regiment of the 293rd later rename...
Mansur Gizatulovich Abdulin (Мансур Гизатулович Абдулин; born 1923) was a Soviet soldier who fought in the Battle of Stalingrad as a member of the 1034th rifle regiment of the 293rd later rename...
Maria Bochkareva
Maria Leontievna Bochkareva (Мария Леонтьевна Бочкарева, née Frolkova, nicknamed Yashka, 1889–1920) was a Russian woman who fought in World War I and formed the Women's Battalion o...
Maria Leontievna Bochkareva (Мария Леонтьевна Бочкарева, née Frolkova, nicknamed Yashka, 1889–1920) was a Russian woman who fought in World War I and formed the Women's Battalion o...
Maria Rasputin
Maria Rasputina, born Matryona Grigorievna Rasputina (March 27, 1898 – September 27, 1977), was the daughter of the Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin and his wife Praskovia Fyodorovna Dubrovina.
Maria Rasputina, born Matryona Grigorievna Rasputina (March 27, 1898 – September 27, 1977), was the daughter of the Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin and his wife Praskovia Fyodorovna Dubrovina.
Marie Vassiltchikov
Marie Illarionovna Vassiltchikov was a Russian princess who was acquainted with some of the people who plotted to kill kill Adolf Hitler in the July 20 Plot, but was not directly involved in th...
Marie Illarionovna Vassiltchikov was a Russian princess who was acquainted with some of the people who plotted to kill kill Adolf Hitler in the July 20 Plot, but was not directly involved in th...
Maxim Gorky
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, primarily known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian and Soviet author, a founder of the Socialist Realism literary method and a political activist.
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, primarily known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian and Soviet author, a founder of the Socialist Realism literary method and a political activist.
Nadezhda Durova
Nadezhda Andreyevna Durova, also known as Alexander Durov, Alexander Sokolov and Alexander Andreevich Alexandrov, was a woman who became a decorated soldier in the Russian cava...
Nadezhda Andreyevna Durova, also known as Alexander Durov, Alexander Sokolov and Alexander Andreevich Alexandrov, was a woman who became a decorated soldier in the Russian cava...
Nadezhda Joffe
Nadezhda Adolfovna Joffe (Надежда Адольфовна Иоффе) (1906 – March 18, 1999) was a Soviet Trotskyist and daughter of early Soviet leader Adolph Joffe.
Nadezhda Adolfovna Joffe (Надежда Адольфовна Иоффе) (1906 – March 18, 1999) was a Soviet Trotskyist and daughter of early Soviet leader Adolph Joffe.
Natalia Sheremeteva
Princess Natalia Borisovna Dolgorukova, née Sheremeteva (Наталья Борисовна Шереметева; 1714-1771), was one of the first Russian women writers.
Princess Natalia Borisovna Dolgorukova, née Sheremeteva (Наталья Борисовна Шереметева; 1714-1771), was one of the first Russian women writers.
Nikolai Valentinov
Nikolai Valentinov was a Russian socialist, journalist, philosopher and economist, a member of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party.
Nikolai Valentinov was a Russian socialist, journalist, philosopher and economist, a member of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party.
Nina Lugovskaya
Nina Sergeyevna Lugovskaya, in Russian Нина Сергеевна Луговская (25.12.1918, Moscow—27.12.1993, Vladimir), was a Russian painter and theatre designer in addition to being a survivor of the GULAG...
Nina Sergeyevna Lugovskaya, in Russian Нина Сергеевна Луговская (25.12.1918, Moscow—27.12.1993, Vladimir), was a Russian painter and theatre designer in addition to being a survivor of the GULAG...
Olga Forsh
Olga Dmitryevna Forsh (О́льга Дми́триевна Форш; née Komarova; July 17, 1961) was a Russian/Soviet novelist, dramatist, memoirist, and scenarist.
Olga Dmitryevna Forsh (О́льга Дми́триевна Форш; née Komarova; July 17, 1961) was a Russian/Soviet novelist, dramatist, memoirist, and scenarist.
Olga Lyubatovich
Olga Spiridonovna Lyubatovich (Ольга Спиридоновна Любатович; 1854–1917) was a Russian revolutionary and member of Narodnaya Volya.
Olga Spiridonovna Lyubatovich (Ольга Спиридоновна Любатович; 1854–1917) was a Russian revolutionary and member of Narodnaya Volya.
Osip Bodyansky
Osip Maksimovich Bodyansky was a notable Slavist of Ukrainian ethnicity who studied and taught at the Moscow University.
Osip Maksimovich Bodyansky was a notable Slavist of Ukrainian ethnicity who studied and taught at the Moscow University.
Pavel Annenkov
Pavel Vasilyevich Annenkov (Па́вел Васи́льевич А́нненков) (July 1, 1813 – March 20, 1887) was a significant Russian literary critic and memoirist.
Pavel Vasilyevich Annenkov (Па́вел Васи́льевич А́нненков) (July 1, 1813 – March 20, 1887) was a significant Russian literary critic and memoirist.
Pavel Bermondt-Avalov
Pavel Rafalovich Bermon(d)t-Avalov (Avalishvili) (Павел Рафалович Бермон(д)т-Авалов) (4 March 1877 – 27 January 1974) was an Ussuri Cossack and warlord.
Pavel Rafalovich Bermon(d)t-Avalov (Avalishvili) (Павел Рафалович Бермон(д)т-Авалов) (4 March 1877 – 27 January 1974) was an Ussuri Cossack and warlord.
Peter Kropotkin
Prince Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin was a Russian zoologist, evolutionary theorist, philosopher, scientist, revolutionary, economist, activist, geographer, writer, and one of the world's foremost...
Prince Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin was a Russian zoologist, evolutionary theorist, philosopher, scientist, revolutionary, economist, activist, geographer, writer, and one of the world's foremost...
Praskovya Ivanovskaya
Praskovya Ivanovskaya (Прасковья Ивановская) was a Russian revolutionary, member of both the Narodnaya Volya (People's Will) and Socialist-Revolutionary Party.
Praskovya Ivanovskaya (Прасковья Ивановская) was a Russian revolutionary, member of both the Narodnaya Volya (People's Will) and Socialist-Revolutionary Party.
Roza Eldarova
Roza Abdulbasirovna Eldarova is a Soviet and Russian journalist, writer, and politician who was the first woman to hold the highest political office in Dagestan.
Roza Abdulbasirovna Eldarova is a Soviet and Russian journalist, writer, and politician who was the first woman to hold the highest political office in Dagestan.
Sergei Golitsyn
Sergei Mikhailovich Golitsyn (Сергей Михайлович Голицын) — 7 November 1989) was a Russian-Soviet writer.
Sergei Mikhailovich Golitsyn (Сергей Михайлович Голицын) — 7 November 1989) was a Russian-Soviet writer.
Sergey Aksakov
Sergey Timofeyevich Aksakov was a 19th-century Russian literary figure remembered for his semi-autobiographical tales of family life, as well as his books on hunting and fishing.
Sergey Timofeyevich Aksakov was a 19th-century Russian literary figure remembered for his semi-autobiographical tales of family life, as well as his books on hunting and fishing.
Sergey Zagraevsky
Professor Dr. Sergey Zagraevsky is a Russian-Jewish painter, architectural historian, writer and theologian.
Professor Dr. Sergey Zagraevsky is a Russian-Jewish painter, architectural historian, writer and theologian.
Sophia Tolstaya
Countess Sophia Andreyevna Tolstaya, was the wife of Russian novelist and thinker Leo Tolstoy.
Countess Sophia Andreyevna Tolstaya, was the wife of Russian novelist and thinker Leo Tolstoy.
Svetlana Alliluyeva
Svetlana Iosifovna Alliluyeva, later known as Lana Peters, was the youngest child and only daughter of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Stalin's second wife.
Svetlana Iosifovna Alliluyeva, later known as Lana Peters, was the youngest child and only daughter of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Stalin's second wife.
Valentin Bulgakov
Valentin Fyodorovich Bulgakov was the last secretary of Leo Tolstoy and his biographer.
Valentin Fyodorovich Bulgakov was the last secretary of Leo Tolstoy and his biographer.
Valentina Dmitryeva
Valentina Iovovna Dmitryeva (Валенти́на Иововна Дми́триева) (May 10, 1859 – February 18, 1947) was a Russian/Soviet writer, teacher, medical doctor and revolutionary.
Valentina Iovovna Dmitryeva (Валенти́на Иововна Дми́триева) (May 10, 1859 – February 18, 1947) was a Russian/Soviet writer, teacher, medical doctor and revolutionary.
Valerian Safonovich
Valerian Ivanovich Safonovich — was a Russian statesman and politician who served as ruler of Oryol Governorate from 1854 to 1861.
Valerian Ivanovich Safonovich — was a Russian statesman and politician who served as ruler of Oryol Governorate from 1854 to 1861.
Vasily Reshetnikov
Vasily Vasiliyevich Reshetnikov (Василий Васильевич Решетников) (born 1919) was a Soviet pilot during World War II. Reshetnikov flew 307 missions mainly as a pilot for a long range bomber and i...
Vasily Vasiliyevich Reshetnikov (Василий Васильевич Решетников) (born 1919) was a Soviet pilot during World War II. Reshetnikov flew 307 missions mainly as a pilot for a long range bomber and i...
Veniamin Kaverin
Veniamin Alexandrovich Kaverin (Вениамин Александрович Каверин; real name - Вениамин Александрович Зильбер, or Veniamin Alexandrovich Zilber) (, Pskov — May 2, 1989, Moscow) was a Soviet writer ...
Veniamin Alexandrovich Kaverin (Вениамин Александрович Каверин; real name - Вениамин Александрович Зильбер, or Veniamin Alexandrovich Zilber) (, Pskov — May 2, 1989, Moscow) was a Soviet writer ...
Vera Figner
Vera Nikolayevna Figner (Filippova) (Вера Николаевна Фигнер (Филиппова)) (6.25(7.7).1852 – 6.15.6.1942) was a Russian revolutionary and narodnik born June 25, 1852 in Kazan, Russia.
Vera Nikolayevna Figner (Filippova) (Вера Николаевна Фигнер (Филиппова)) (6.25(7.7).1852 – 6.15.6.1942) was a Russian revolutionary and narodnik born June 25, 1852 in Kazan, Russia.
Vladimir Gurko
Vladimir Iosifovich Gurko was a Russian government official and right-wing politician.
Vladimir Iosifovich Gurko was a Russian government official and right-wing politician.
Vladimir Korolenko
Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko (Володимир Галактионович Короленко, Volodymyr Halaktyonovych Korolenko; Владимир Галактионович Короленко) (July 27, 1853-December 25, 1921) was a Ukrainian-Russ...
Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko (Володимир Галактионович Короленко, Volodymyr Halaktyonovych Korolenko; Владимир Галактионович Короленко) (July 27, 1853-December 25, 1921) was a Ukrainian-Russ...
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was a multilingual Russian novelist, poet and short story writer.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was a multilingual Russian novelist, poet and short story writer.
Vladimir Nikolayevich Petrov
Vladimir Nikolayevich Petrov (1915, Krasnodar oblast, Russia - 1999) was at various times an academic, philatelist, prisoner, forced laborer, political prisoner, adventurer, factory worker and s...
Vladimir Nikolayevich Petrov (1915, Krasnodar oblast, Russia - 1999) was at various times an academic, philatelist, prisoner, forced laborer, political prisoner, adventurer, factory worker and s...
Vladimir Sukhomlinov
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sukhomlinov was a cavalry general of the Imperial Russian Army who served as the Chief of the General Staff in 1908–09 and the Minister of War until 1915, when he was ous...
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sukhomlinov was a cavalry general of the Imperial Russian Army who served as the Chief of the General Staff in 1908–09 and the Minister of War until 1915, when he was ous...
Yekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova-Dashkova
Princess Yekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova-Dashkova (Екатери́на Рома́новна Воронцо́ва-Да́шкова) (28 March 17 March o.s.
1743 – 15 January 4 January o.s.
1810, though her memoirs list her...
Princess Yekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova-Dashkova (Екатери́на Рома́новна Воронцо́ва-Да́шкова) (28 March 17 March o.s.
1743 – 15 January 4 January o.s.
1810, though her memoirs list her...
Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova
Princess Yekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova-Dashkova was the closest female friend of Empress Catherine the Great and a major figure of the Russian Enlightenment.
Princess Yekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova-Dashkova was the closest female friend of Empress Catherine the Great and a major figure of the Russian Enlightenment.
Yevgenia Ginzburg
Yevgenia Solomonovna Ginzburg was a Russian author who served an 18-year sentence in the Gulag.
Yevgenia Solomonovna Ginzburg was a Russian author who served an 18-year sentence in the Gulag.
Yuri Nikulin
Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin was a well-known Soviet and Russian actor and clown who starred in many popular films.
Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin was a well-known Soviet and Russian actor and clown who starred in many popular films.
Zamfir Arbore
Zamfir Constantin Arbore was a Bukovinan-born Romanian political activist originally active in the Russian Empire, also known for his work as an amateur historian, geographer and ethnographer.
Zamfir Constantin Arbore was a Bukovinan-born Romanian political activist originally active in the Russian Empire, also known for his work as an amateur historian, geographer and ethnographer.