Alexander Radishchev

Alexander Radishchev

male, deceased (1802)
jacobin, University of Leipzig, French Revolution, catherinethegreat, The Enlightenment, Siberia
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Radishchev (August 31, 1749-September 24, 1802) was a Russian author and social critic who was arrested and exiled under...
Nikolay Novikov

Nikolay Novikov

male, deceased (1818)
Russian, journalist, catherinethegreat, The Enlightenment, philanthropist, the spectator…The Tatler
Nikolay Ivanovich Novikov was a Russian writer and philanthropist most representative of his country's Enlightenment. Frequently considered to be...
Simon Sebag Montefiore

Simon Sebag Montefiore

male, 44 years old
soviet, Jewish, Soviet Archives, Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, tipsy, potemkin…catherinethegreat, The New York Times
Simon Sebag Montefiore (born 1965) is a British journalist and historian of Jewish origin specializing in Russian History. He wrote "Potemkin", a...
Henri Troyat

Henri Troyat

male, deceased (2007)
La neige en deuil, Levon Aslan Torossian, Lev Aslanovich Tarasov, Armenian descent, The Mountain, Armenian-French…ivan the terrible, catherinethegreat, Member of the Académie française
Henri Troyat, born Levon Aslan Torossian or Lev Aslanovich Tarasov(rus:"Лев Асланович Тарасов"), (November 1, 1911 - March 2, 2007) was a French...
Elisabeth Bergner

Elisabeth Bergner

female, deceased (1986)
the duchess of malfi, film actor, From London, Academy Award for Best Actress, Steglitz, Der Evangelimann…catherinethegreat, Cry of the Banshee actress
Elisabeth Bergner (August 22 1897-May 12 1986) was an actress. She was born Elisabeth Ettel in Drohobycz, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Drogobych,...

Charles Cameron

male, deceased (1812)
Scottish expatriate in Russia, Sophia Cathedral, Neoclassical architect, Russian, tsarskoe selo, catherinethegreat
Charles Cameron (1743-1812) was a Scottish architect who introduced the Adam style into Russian architecture. Little is known of Cameron's early...

Orlov

male
military leader, Russian, Imperial Russian politician, catherinethegreat, Russian noble families, Davydov family
Orlov ("Орлов") is the name of a Russian noble family which produced several distinguished statesmen, diplomatists and soldiers. The family first...

Katharine Anthony

female, deceased (1965)
University of Chicago, katherine, roseville, University of Heidelberg, Peabody College, from the United States…catherinethegreat
Katharine Susan Anthony (Sometimes also spelled Katherine) (27 November 1877, Roseville, Logan County, Arkansas - 20 November 1965, New York City)...

Serge Saltykov

female, deceased (1765)
Galitzine, chamberlain, Romanovs, Russian nobility, Boyar, Rurikid…catherinethegreat, Ekaterina the Great
Sergei Vasilievich Saltykov (c. 1726 - 1765) was a Russian officer (chamberlain) who became the first lover of Empress Ekaterina the Great after...
Mikhail Kheraskov

Mikhail Kheraskov

male, deceased (1807)
poet, Russian, Russian nobility, catherinethegreat, homer, ivan the terrible
Mikhail Matveyevich Kheraskov (1733-1807) was regarded as the most important Russian poet by Catherine the Great and her contemporaries....