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Andreyev, Vasily Vasilyevich b. January 14, 1861 d. December 26, 1918
Folk Musician, Impresario. Often called "The Father of the Balalaika". Born into a noble family in Russia's Tverskoi Province, Andreyev started out as a salon violinist. He switched to the balalaika around 1883 after discovering its unique sound in a local village. At the time it was a crude peasant instrument of probable Tartar origin, mentioned in the writings of Gogol and Tolstoy but ignored by serious musicians. With the aid of lutemakers he redesigned it for concert use, developed five...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Alexander Nevsky Monastery, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Artist's Cemetery
Antropov, Alexei Petrovich b. March 25, 1716 d. June 23, 1795
Artist. One of the most influential Russian painters of the 18th Century, best remembered for the sincerity and directness of his portraits. He was also an accomplished icon painter, miniaturist, and metal worker. Antropov was born in St. Petersburg, to the family of a military carpenter. When he was 15, he started his art schooling and in the next seven years was instructed by some of the best known Russian and foreign painters of the time. In 1739 he became an apprentice in the Chancellery of...[Read More] (Bio by: julia&keld)
Alexander Nevsky Monastery, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Lazarus cemetery
Arensky, Anton b. August 11, 1861 d. February 25, 1906
Composer, Pianist, Conductor. Born in Novgorod, Russia, he was the son of amateur musicians who encouraged him to pursue that art as a career. In 1879 the family moved to St. Petersburg so he could study with Rimsky-Korsakov at its conservatory; he graduated with a gold medal in 1882 and was immediately hired as a professor at the Moscow Conservatory, where he was the youngest member of the faculty. His students would include Sergei Rachmaninov and Alexander Scriabin. Arensky was...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Alexander Nevsky Monastery, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russian Federation
Arkhangelsky, Alexander Andreyevich b. October 23, 1846 d. November 16, 1924
Conductor, Composer. As founder of the famed Arkhangelsky Choir, which he led for 37 years, he spearheaded a renaissance of Russian choral music in the late 1800s. Arkhangelsky was born in Penza, Russia, and trained as a choirboy there and in St. Petersburg. He began conducting at age 16. Influenced by the Nationalists, he believed his country's sacred music had become too "Westernized" and sought to revive its earlier repertory. When the church establishment resisted his attempted reforms he...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Alexander Nevsky Monastery, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Tikhvin Cemetery
Bagrationi, David Georgievich b. July 1, 1767 d. May 13, 1819
Prince of Georgia, and historian of their country.
Alexander Nevsky Monastery, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Annunciation Church
Bagrationi, Nina Georgievna b. April 23, 1782 d. October 25, 1846
Tsarevna of Georgia.
Alexander Nevsky Monastery, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Annunciation Church
Bagrationi, Teimuraz Georgievich b. 1782 d. 1846
Prince of Georgia, and historian of their country.
Alexander Nevsky Monastery, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Annunciation Church
Balakirev, Mily b. January 2, 1837 d. May 29, 1910
Composer, Pianist, Conductor, Teacher. The most dynamic advocate of nationalism in 19th Century Russian Music. He was the leader of "The Five", a group of St. Petersburg-based composers who sought to free themselves from foreign influence by writing music that was inspired by their nation's culture. The brilliant piano showpiece "Islamey: An Oriental Fantasy" (1869) is his best known work. Mily Alekseyevich Balakirev was raised in Nizhny Novgorod and received his first music lessons from his...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Alexander Nevsky Monastery, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russian Federation
Belsky, Ivan b. 1704 d. 1795
Educator. Born in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, he was painter, teacher whom founded and was President of the Russian Academy of Arts in the 18th Century. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Alexander Nevsky Monastery, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Annunciation Church
Bichurin, Iakinf (Nikita Yakovlevich) b. August 29, 1777 d. May 11, 1853
Russian traveller, one of the founding fathers of Sinology, and author of the books about China and neighboring countries. After training to become a priest, he took the name Iakinf and in 1807 went to promote Christianity in Beijing. He became deeply interested in Chinese history, and spent more than 14 years in the country. Upon his return to Russia, he was accused of lacking religious zeal, and was stripped of his abbot's rank and incarcerated in the Valaam Monastery. Imprisoned, he...[Read More] (Bio by: julia&keld)
Alexander Nevsky Monastery, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Lazarus Cemetery
Borodin, Alexander b. October 13, 1833 d. February 15, 1887
Composer. He was a member of "The Five", a group of Russian composers who in the mid-1800s rejected foreign influences and dedicated themselves to creating music inspired by their nation's heritage. His style is notable for its rich lyricism, its exotic color and occasional barbarity, reflecting his interest in Eastern folk culture. The opera "Prince Igor" (premiered in 1890) is his magnum opus, with its "Polovetsian Dances" remaining as concert hall favorites. His String Quartet No. 2 (1881)...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Alexander Nevsky Monastery, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russian Federation
Bortniansky, Dmytro b. October 28, 1751 d. October 10, 1825
Composer, Conductor. Considered Russia's first important Classical musician. His fame today rests on his liturgical compositions. Dmytro Stepanovic Bortniansky was born in what is now Hlukhiv, Ukraine. At age seven he joined the Imperial Chapel Choir in St. Petersburg, then under the direction of Baldassare Galuppi, who accepted him as a private pupil. He showed such promise that in 1769 Galuppi persuaded Empress Catherine II to sponsor his further education abroad. Bortniansky spent 10...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Alexander Nevsky Monastery, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russian Federation
Cherkasov, Nikolai b. July 27, 1903 d. September 14, 1966
Actor. Last name also spelled Cherkassov. One of the most popular Russian movie stars of his era, he won international fame for playing the title roles in director Sergei Eisenstein's classics "Alexander Nevsky" (1938) and "Ivan the Terrible Parts I and II" (1944-1946). His rugged charisma led Western critics to dub him "The Russian Gary Cooper." Nikolai Konstantinovich Cherkasov was born in St. Petersburg. He started working at the Mariinsky Theatre as a stagehand in 1918, and made his...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Alexander Nevsky Monastery, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Tikhvin Cemetery
Cui, Cesar b. January 18, 1835 d. March 24, 1918
Composer, Critic, Military Officer. A member of "The Five", a group of Russian composers whose ambition was to create a distinctive musical language derived from their nation's culture. He was their principal spokesman through his activities as a journalist. Cesar Antonovich Cui was born in Vilnius, Lithuania, where his French father, a former soldier in Napoleon's invading army, had settled as a schoolteacher. His mother was a local woman of Polish descent. As a child he had piano lessons...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Alexander Nevsky Monastery, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russian Federation
Danzas, Konstantin Karlovich b. 1800 d. 1870
General. Boyhood friend of Pushkin and acted as his second in the poet's fatal duel with D'Anthes.
Alexander Nevsky Monastery, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Artist's Cemetery
Dargomyzhsky, Alexander b. February 14, 1813 d. May 17, 1869
Composer. He and Mikhail Glinka were the founders of Nationalism in Russian music. In his operas "Rusalka" (1856) and "The Stone Guest" (1872), Dargomyzhsky replaced traditional arias and ensembles with what he called "melodic recitative", a pioneering attempt at setting Russian speech in a dramatic yet natural manner. This had a great influence on the "Mighty Five" composers, especially Mussorgsky. Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky was born in St. Petersburg. He studied music on his own...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Alexander Nevsky Monastery, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Tikhvinskoye Cemetery
de Betancourt y Molina, Augustine b. March 1, 1758 d. July 14, 1824
Engineer, Artist. Regarded by many historians to be the Spanish Leonardo da Vinci. He studied at the �cole des Ponts et Chauss�es (School of Bridges and Roadways) in Paris and founded the Escuela de Ingenieros de Caminos y Canales (School of Road and Canal Engineering) in Madrid and the Corps of Civil Engineering in St. Petersburg. He travelled to England, and visited the Watt & Boulton company in Birmirgham, which marketed the new steam engine which was however not shown to him. On his way...[Read More]
Alexander Nevsky Monastery, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Lazarus Cemetery
Delvig, A. A. b. August 17, 1798 d. January 26, 1831
Poet and friend, since schooldays, of Pushkin, one of whose poems is addressed to him ('O, Delvig!').
Alexander Nevsky Monastery, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Artist's Cemetery
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor b. November 11, 1821 d. February 9, 1881
Russian novelist, journalist, short-story writer. Born in Moscow, as the second son of a doctor. He was educated at home and at a private school. Shortly after the death of his mother in 1837, he was sent to St. Petersburg, where he entered the Army Engineering College where he graduated as a military engineer. With the help of a small income from the estate, he resigned in 1844 his commission to devote himself to writing. His first novel, Poor Folk (1846) gained a great success with the...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena)
Cause of death: Hemorrhage
Alexander Nevsky Monastery, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russian Federation
Euler, Leonhard b. April 15, 1707 d. September 18, 1783
Scientist. His father had some mathematical training and was able to teach his son elementary mathematics along with other subjects. Euler's father wanted his son to follow him into the church and sent him to the University of Basel to prepare for the ministry. He entered the University in 1720, at the age of 14, first to obtain a general education before going on to more advanced studies. In 1723 Euler completed his Master's degree in philosophy having compared and contrasted the philosophical...[Read More] (Bio by: julia&keld)
Alexander Nevsky Monastery, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Lazarus cemetery

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