Tsar Alexander II of Russia
Tsar Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 1855-1881 when he was assassinated, godparent of Queen Victoria
1818-1881 (63)
Tsar Alexander III of Russia
Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 1881-1894
1845-1894 (49)
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libertarian, philosopher, pioneer in objectivism, individualism, self-esteem, happiness (or rational seflishness), money and capitalism, novelist, playwright, screenwriter, author of Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead featuring Howard Roark
1905-1982 (77)
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Catherine I
Empress of Russia from 1725-1727, House of Romanov, second wife of Peter I the Great of Russia
1684-1727 (43)
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Dmitry Medvedev living
Politician, deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia since 2020, prime minister from 2012-2020, president of Russia from 2008-2012
1965- (60)
Fyodor Dostoevsky
revolutionary psychologist studying dictatorships, pioneer in empathy and intelligence, novelist, author of Demons (1872), Crime and Punishment (1886), The Idiot, White Nights, The Brothers Karamazov, Notes from Underground
1821-1881 (60)
H.W. Janson
Art historian, professor, author of History of Art in 1962
1913-1982 (69)
Kirill I, Patriarch of Moscow
Patriarch of Moscow, head of the Russian Orthodox Church since 2009
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Vladimir Lenin
Marxist communist revolutionary aka Vladimir Lenin, leader of the Russian Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, creating the Soviet Union, co-founder of Communist International in 1919
Leon Theremin
inventor of the theremin ("the thing"), one of the first electronic music instruments
1896-1993 (97)
Margarita Louis-Dreyfus living
Billionaire, commodities, chairwoman and 65% majority owner of the Louis-Dreyfus Company (LDC)
1962- (63)
Maria Alexandrovna
Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1893-1900
1853-1920 (67)
Tsar Nicholas II
Nicholas the Passion Bearer, house of the Romanovs, last Emporer of Russia, assassinated
1868-1918 (50)
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Nicholas Nikolaevich
Grand Duke of Russia, military general during World War I (WWI) against the Germans & Austro-Hungarians, grandson of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia
1856-1929 (73)
NIcholas Roerich
Russian spy, lawyer, painter with hypnotic expressions of Russian symbolism, costume designer for operas and ballets, fashion designer, archaeologist, theologian, philosopher
1874-1947 (73)
Tsar Paul I of Russia
Emperor of Russia from 1796-1801, assassinated, House of Romanov, only son of Peter III and Catherine the Great, perhaps with her lover Sergei Saltykov
1754-1801 (47)
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Peter II of Russia
Emperor of Russia from 1727-1730, House of Romanov
1715-1730 (15)
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Tsar Peter I, the Great of Russia
Tsar of Russian Empire from 1682-1696, House of Romanov, co-ruler with his step-brother Ivan V
1672-1725 (53)
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Princess Maria of Russia
Empress of Russia, Duchess of Edinburgh, Princess of Hesse-Rhine, political adviser for Alexander II, co-founder of Russian Red Cross
1824-1880 (56)
Grigori Rasputin
Holy man, mystic, occultist, theologian, friend of Tsar Nicholas II
1869-1916 (47)
Vladimir Putin
Prime Minister of Russia, statesman, former KGB chief intelligence officer