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Born March 23, 1763 • Russia
Died January 30, 1826 (aged 62) • Moscow • Russia
Title / Office foreign minister (1798-1801), Russia
Alexander I
Alexander I
emperor of Russia
Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov.
Mikhail Kutuzov
Russian military commander
Orlov, Aleksey Fyodorovich, Prince
Aleksey Fyodorovich, Prince Orlov
Russian prince
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Andrey Mikhaylovich, Prince Kurbsky
Russian military commander
Grigory Grigoryevich, Count Orlov
Grigory Orlov
Russian military officer
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Patrick Gordon
Scottish mercenary
President Vladimir Putin speaks at a podium with the Russian coat of arms, with uniformed military personnel standing in formation behind him.
Vladimir Putin
president of Russia
Oil painting of Peter the Great, emperor of Russia, shown from the waist up wearing armor and a sash, with one hand resting on a cane, against a dark background.
Peter I
emperor of Russia
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky
Russian revolutionary
Alexander II
Alexander II
emperor of Russia
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Mikhail Mikhaylovich, Count Speransky
Russian statesman
Suvorov, Aleksandr Vasilyevich, Graf Rimniksky, Knyaz Italiysky, Reichsgraf
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Suvorov, Count Rimniksky
Russian military officer
Russian President Boris Yeltsin stands at a podium with microphones, smiling, in front of a U.S. flag during a news conference at the White House.
Boris Yeltsin
president of Russia
alexander nevsky, saint
Saint Alexander Nevsky
prince of Russia
Mystic with ties to the throne
Grigori Rasputin
Russian mystic
Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonostsev
Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonostsev
Russian statesman
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Boris Godunov
tsar of Russia
Grigory Potemkin
Grigory Potemkin
Russian statesman
Panin, detail of a portrait by A. Roslin, 1777
Nikita Ivanovich Panin
Russian statesman
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Pyotr Andreyevich, Count Tolstoy
Russian statesman