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Also Known As Vasily Dmitriyevich
Born 1371
Died February 1425 (aged 54) • Moscow • Russia
House / Dynasty Rurik dynasty
Notable Family Members father Dmitry II Donskoy • son Vasily II
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
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
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
Primakov, Yevgeny
Yevgeny Primakov
prime minister of Russia
Panin, detail of a portrait by A. Roslin, 1777
Nikita Ivanovich Panin
Russian statesman
Nikolay Pavlovich, Count Ignatyev
Nikolay Pavlovich, Count Ignatyev
Russian statesman
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Aleksey Petrovich, Count Bestuzhev-Ryumin
Russian statesman
Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Gorchakov
Aleksandr Mikhaylovich, Prince Gorchakov
Russian statesman
Orlov, Aleksey Fyodorovich, Prince
Aleksey Fyodorovich, Prince Orlov
Russian prince
Ordyn-Nashchokin, Afanasy Lavrentyevich
Afanasy Lavrentyevich Ordyn-Nashchokin
Russian statesman
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Sergey Dmitriyevich Sazonov
Russian statesman
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Andrey Ivanovich, Count Osterman
Russian statesman
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Vasily Vasilyevich, Prince Golitsyn
Russian statesman
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Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov
Russian statesman
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Mikhail Nikolayevich, Count Muravyov
Russian diplomat and statesman [1845-1900]