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Also Known As Nikolay Maykov
Born c.1433
Died 1508
Subjects Of Study Russia • monasticism • mysticism
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Saint Joseph of Volokolamsk
Russian Orthodox abbot and theologian
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Saint Sergius of Radonezh
Russian saint
Mystic with ties to the throne
Grigori Rasputin
Russian mystic
Nikon
Nikon
Russian patriarch
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Feofan Prokopovich
Russian-Ukrainian theologian and writer
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Anthony of Kiev
Russian monk
St. Alexis
St. Alexis
metropolitan of Moscow
John of Kronshtadt, detail of an engraving, 1890
John Of Kronshtadt
Russian priest
White stone statue of Saint Olga stands in front of a building in Kiev, Ukraine, with the Ukrainian flag visible in the background.
St. Olga
Russian saint and regent
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Anatoly Chubais
Russian economist and politician
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First False Dmitry
Russian pretender
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Vladimir A. Kryuchkov
Soviet politician
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Third False Dmitry
Russian pretender
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Second False Dmitry
Russian pretender
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
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Nicholas I
tsar of Russia
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