Nikolai Cherkasov

Nikolai Cherkasov

male, deceased (1966)
Nikolai Konstantinovich Cherkasov (July 27, 1903 - September 14, 1966), was a Soviet actor. From 1919 he was a mime artist in Petrograd's Maryinsky...
Mikhail Zharov

Mikhail Zharov

male, deceased (1981)
Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov (1900-1981) was one of the most celebrated Soviet actors, People's Artist of the USSR (1949) and Hero of Socialist Labour...
Henri Troyat

Henri Troyat

male, deceased (2007)
Henri Troyat, born Levon Aslan Torossian or Lev Aslanovich Tarasov(rus:"Лев Асланович Тарасов"), (November 1, 1911 - March 2, 2007) was a French...
Malyuta Skuratov

Malyuta Skuratov

male, deceased (1573)
Grigory Lukyanovich Skuratov-Belsky, better known as Malyuta Skuratov (? - January 1, 1573) was one of the most odious leaders of the Oprichnina...
Postnik Yakovlev

Postnik Yakovlev

male
Postnik Yakovlev, nicknamed "Barma" (Барма) ('the mumbler'), was the architect of St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow. According to legend, Ivan the T...
Richard Chancellor

Richard Chancellor

male, deceased (1556)
Richard Chancellor (d. 1556) was an English explorer and navigator; the first to penetrate to the White Sea and establish relations with Russia....
Vladimir Vasiliev

Vladimir Vasiliev

male, 69 years old
Vladimir Vasiliev, a Russian ballet dancer, was principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet, and was best known for his role of Spartacus and his...

Maria Nagaya

female, deceased (1608)
Maria Feodorovna Nagaya (? - 1608) was a Russian tsaritsa and seventh (uncanonical) wife of Ivan the Terrible. Maria married Ivan IV in 1581 and a...
Basil Fool For Christ

Basil Fool For Christ

male, 540 years old
Saint Basil or "Vasily" (known also as "Vasily Blazhenny", "Basil Fool for Christ", Basil the Blessed, Basil the Blessed, Wonderworker of Moscow,...
Elena Glinskaya

Elena Glinskaya

female, deceased (1538)
Elena Vasilyevna Glinskaya (? - April 4(13).1538, Moscow) was the second wife of Grand Prince Vasili III and regent of Russia for 5 years...