Dmitri Galitzine (Prince) (1734 – 1803) – diplomat and writer, from 1754 to 1768, was at the Russian Embassy in Paris, where he became an ardent follower of the ideas of Voltaire and Diderot; joined with them, as in many other modern writers, in friendships, (more…)

Frederic Cesar de La Harpe (La Harpe) (06.04.1754 – 30.03.1838), Swiss politician.

By profession a lawyer. In the 80's. invited by Catherine II of Russia as an educator of her grandson, the future Russian Emperor Alexander I.

Liberalism de la Harpe and protect (more…)

Stalin Stalin (real name Dzhugashvili) (12/21/1879 – 05/03/1953), was born in the town of Gori, Tiflis Province. His father was a shoemaker. First, Stalin studied at the Gori Church School and graduated in 1894, and then entered the Tiflis Theological Seminary. Here he first began to engage (more…)

Podvoisky Nikolay Ilyich (04 (16) .02.1880 – 07.28.1948), Soviet politician and military leader. A member of the Communist Party since 1901. Born to a teacher. From 1894 he studied at the Chernigov Theological Seminary, in 1898 participated in the revolutionary movement in 1901 expelled from the seminary, and in 1901-05 (more…)

Maple Nikolai Naumovich (10/06/1940). Chairman of the Presidium of Inter-Republic Bar in July 1982, was born Oct. 6, 1940 in a prominent Moscow Region, graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Sverdlovsk Juridical Institute (now the Urals Law Academy) in 1967; 1966-1972 – worked in the Prosecutor's Office in Chelyabinsk (more…)

Rumyantsev, Nikolay Petrovich (1754 – 1826) – the eldest son of Count P. R. Transdanubia. Education, together with his brother Sergei Petrovich he was initially the most superficial, and in 1772 – 1773 г. was at the court of Catherine II, and then with a bar. Grimm went abroad and there attended lectures at Leiden University, (more…)

Dementieva – Russian noble houses. Simon, Ivan, Fedor and Gorlin Prokof'evich D., knights Bezhetsky top, granted in 1550, estates in the Moscow district, of which Ivan was killed during the capture of Kazan. Neustroy and Zhdanov Sidorovichi D., Novosilski knights, granted estates in 1631, their offspring registered (more…)

Fat-Zasyekins – Russian princely family. Industry princes of Yaroslavl. A descendant of Rurik in the 19 th lap, Vol. Ivan youngest Zasyekin, called adipose, was the ancestor of the genus. Prince Michael was okolnichy (1693). Prince Semyon killed at Konotop in 1659. Rod Dukes ZH.-Z. broke the 2 nd half of the XVIII century.

David Rostislavich (1140 – 04/23/1197) – Prince of Smolensk, the fourth of the sons of Rostislav-Michael Mstislavich, Grand Prince of Kiev. Born in Smolensk, in 1140, and died April 23, 1197. Departing from Smolensk to occupy Kiev table, Rostislav sent to David in 1154 in Novgorod, Novgorod but for the fact (more…)

Sargon II (722 – 705) – the king of Assyria, the usurper, erected himself to the ancient Sargon and explain their name as "Ken Sharr -" legitimate king ". Sometimes called Sharrukin-arch – SA later. For the history of his reign, provide a wealth (more…)