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Also Known As Yury Krizhanich
Born 1618 • Croatia
Died September 12, 1683 (aged 65) • Vienna • Austria
Subjects Of Study Russia • Slav • government
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Nicholas I
tsar of Russia
Nikolay Pavlovich, Count Ignatyev
Nikolay Pavlovich, Count Ignatyev
Russian statesman
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Mikhail Grigoryevich Chernyayev
Russian general
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Giles Fletcher the Elder
English author
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First False Dmitry
Russian pretender
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Second False Dmitry
Russian pretender
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Third False Dmitry
Russian pretender
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James Hadley Billington
American librarian
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Vladimir A. Kryuchkov
Soviet politician
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Anatoly Chubais
Russian economist and politician
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
prime minister of Soviet Union
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
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
premier of Soviet Union
Alexander I
Alexander I
emperor of Russia
Portrait of Catherine the Great of Russia by Richard Brompton, showing her in regal attire with a jeweled crown and fur-trimmed robe, set in an ornate oval frame.
Catherine the Great
empress of Russia
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky
Russian revolutionary
Alexei Navalny
Alexei Navalny
Russian lawyer and anti-corruption activist
Alexander II
Alexander II
emperor of Russia
Painting by Viktor Mihajlovic Vasnetsov of Ivan the Terrible standing in ornate, gold-embroidered robes, holding a staff, beside a decorated throne.
Ivan the Terrible
tsar of Russia