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Apraxina, Marpha Matveyovna b. 1664 d. January 11, 1714
Russian Czarina. Born the daughter of Domna Bogdanovna Lovchikova and Matvey Vasilievich Apraxin, she became the second consort of Fyodor Alexeiovich III 'The Feeble' in 1682, mere months after he had been widowed. She herself was widowed within months of the wedding. They had no children. Her name has also been recorded as Marfa Matveievna Apraksina and Martha Apraxina. (Bio by: Iola)
St. Peter and Paul Fortress, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Tomb #20
Archangel Memorial [memorial]
The Archangel Memorial commemorates 219 British officers and men who died during the North Russian Campaign and whose graves are not known.
Archangel Allied Cemetery, Arkhangel'skaya Oblast', Russian Federation
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
Arkhipova, Irina b. December 2, 1925 d. February 11, 2010
Opera Singer. A mezzo soprano, she was for many years a star of Moscow's Bolshoi Opera while earning acclaim in the world's leading venues. Raised in Moscow, she graduated with a degree in architecture from the Moscow Institute in 1948; having musical ambitions, she studied at the Moscow Conservatory before commencing her professional career with the Sverdlovsk Opera in 1954. There, she refined her skills and first presented what were to become her signature pieces in the Russian, French, and...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Artomonova, Inga b. August 29, 1936 d. January 4, 1966
Athlete. Born in Moscow, Russia, she was a Soviet speed ice skater and the first four-time All World Champion in women's speed skating history. She won the All-round World Championships in 1957, 1958 and 1962, and was second in 1963 and 1964 before capturing her fourth World Championships title in 1965. Over the course of her career, she set records in 1962, with new marks on the 500 m, 1,500 m and 3,000 m, which also resulted in a new world record on the combination 500 m – 1,000 m – 1,500 m –...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Vagan'kovskoe Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Babel, Isaac b. July 13, 1894 d. January 27, 1940
Author. A master of the short story, he is regarded by many as the greatest Russian writer of the 1920s. Born in Odessa, Ukraine, to a family of Jewish merchants, he began writing as a teenager under the influence of Maupassant. In 1916 Babel met author Maxim Gorky, who published two of his stories but advised him to get some life experience before setting out on a literary career. In 1920 Babel joined the Red Army as a correspondent during the Soviet invasion of Poland; his experiences...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Donskoi Monastery Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Babochkin, Boris b. January 18, 1904 d. July 27, 1975
Actor, Director. He won international fame in the title role of "Chapaev" (1934), the most financially successful Soviet film of the 1930s. Babochkin's commanding yet lovable performance raised the real-life Civil War hero to lasting status as a Russian pop culture icon. Boris Andreyevich Babochkin was born in Saratov, Russia. During the Civil War he served with the Red Army along the Volga and in the Urals under the...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Section 2
Bagramyan, Ivan Hristoforovich b. December 2, 1897 d. September 21, 1982
Soviet General. He was born in the city of Elizavetpol in the Republic of Azerbaijan. He joined the Russian Army in 1915 and served in both the First World War and the Russian Civil War. From 1923 to 1931 he served as the commander of an Armenian Rifle Division and also received advanced training in the Russian Calvary. He attended the Frunze Military Academy from 1931 to 1934 as a student and as a military instructor from 1938 to 1940. He was appointed chief of staff of the Southwest front...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
Kremlin Wall, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
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
Bagritsky, Eduard b. November 3, 1895 d. February 16, 1934
Poet. One of the few Soviet authors to write in the late romantic tradition. He celebrated post-revolutionary life in the USSR with an exuberant yet unsentimental lyricism. His long narrative poem "The Lay of Opanas" (1926), written in the style of a Ukrainian folk epic and set during the Russian Civil War, is considered his masterpiece. Bagritsky was the pen name of Eduard Georgiyevich Dzjubin, born into a Jewish family in Odessa, Ukraine. He earned a degree as a land surveyor but...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Section 1, Row 1
Baibakov, Nikolai Konstantinovich b. March 6, 1911 d. March 31, 2008
Economist, Statesman. The last Stalin-Era Russian Commissar. Born in the Sabunchi District of Baku, Russian Empire (now Azerbaijan) to an oil driller, he graduated from the Azerbaijan Oil and Chemistry Institute in 1932 as a mining engineer. He completed his compulsary military service from 1935 to 1937, after which he held various engineering and administrative jobs in the petroleum industry. During World War II he was in charge of evacuating oil industry facilities to the eastern regions to...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
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
Barmin, Vladimir Pavlovich b. March 17, 1909 d. July 18, 1993
Scientist. He was the chief designer of Soviet Launch Pads.
Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Batalov, Nikolai b. December 6, 1899 d. November 10, 1937
Actor. Charismatic Soviet star of stage and screen. From 1916 he was a fixture of the Moscow Art Theatre troupe, making a name for himself in its Second Theatre under the direction of Mikhail Chekhov. His greatest triumphs were in the long-running production of Vsevolod Ivanov's "Armored Train 14-69" (1926) and in the title role of "The Marriage of Figaro" (1930), co-starring his wife Olga Androvskaya as Susanna. Batalov's film appearances were few but memorable. They include "Aelita" (1924)...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Plot: Section 2, Row 15 (MAT Plot)
Batitski, Pavel Fedorovich b. June 27, 1910 d. February 17, 1984
Soviet General. He was born in the Ukrainian city of Kharkov and joined the Red Army in 1924. He attended the Frunze Military Academy and spent his early years as a member of the Russian Calvary. He was the commanding officer of the 254th, 73rd, 128th, and 50th rifle divisions during the Second World War, serving on the Ukrainian and Belorussian fronts. He was a central figure in helping to liberate the Ukraine, Moldavia, Belorussian, Poland and Czechoslovakia from German occupation forces, and...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Bayanova, Alla b. May 18, 1914 d. August 30, 2011
Singer. A noted folk and Cabaret artist sometimes compared to Edith Piaf, she had a career of nearly nine decades. The child of an opera singer father and a ballerina mother, she received her initial vocal training at home and started performing at nine, at first appearing with her father who by then had switched to nightclubs. By 13 she was soloing and assisting Alex Vertinsky in his Montmarte shows, then after the family relocated to Belgrade in 1929 Alla soon found herself headlining at the...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation
Bedny, Demyan b. April 13, 1883 d. May 25, 1945
Poet. Largely forgotten today, he once ranked among the Soviet Union's most famous authors. His simple, song-like topical verses, filled with slapstick wit and satire, were widely read in the 1920s and 1930s. Boris Pasternak claimed he saw "the spirit of the people" in his work. Born Yefim Alekseyevich Pridvorov in Gubovka, Ukraine, he studied at St. Petersburg University and became a committed liberal after the failed 1905 Russian Revolution. He adopted the pseudonym Demyan Bedny, which...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russian Federation

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