Mikhail Mikhaylovich, Count Speransky: Quick Facts


Facts

Born January 12, 1772 • Russia
Died February 23, 1839 (aged 67) • St. Petersburg • Russia
Subjects Of Study Russia • law

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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
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
Alexei Navalny
Alexei Navalny
Russian lawyer and anti-corruption activist
Mystic with ties to the throne
Grigori Rasputin
Russian mystic
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Boris Godunov
tsar of Russia
Panin, detail of a portrait by A. Roslin, 1777
Nikita Ivanovich Panin
Russian statesman
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Andrey Mikhaylovich, Prince Kurbsky
Russian military commander
Grigory Grigoryevich, Count Orlov
Grigory Orlov
Russian military officer
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Artamon Sergeyevich Matveyev
Russian diplomat
Boris Alekseyevich Golitsyn, detail of a lithograph
Boris Alekseyevich Golitsyn
Russian statesman
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Patrick Gordon
Scottish mercenary
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Third False Dmitry
Russian pretender