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St. Petersburg, Russia
LOCATION
Official Website:
http://www.spb.ru/ Population:
4,661,219 (2002 census) SCHOOLS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Tsar Alexander I |
Royalty |
23-Dec-1777 |
1-Dec-1825 |
Tsar of Russia, 1801-1825 |
| Tsar Alexander III |
Royalty |
10-Mar-1845 |
1-Nov-1894 |
Tsar of Russia, 1881-94 |
| Mischa Auer |
Actor |
17-Nov-1905 |
5-Mar-1967 |
My Man Godfrey |
| George Balanchine |
Dancer |
22-Jan-1904 |
30-Apr-1983 |
Choreographer co-founded NYC Ballet |
| Alexander Blok |
Poet |
16-Nov-1880 |
7-Aug-1921 |
Russian Silver Age poet |
| Aleksandr Borodin |
Composer |
31-Oct-1833 |
15-Feb-1887 |
Prince Igor |
| Aleksander Bovin |
Diplomat |
1930 |
29-Apr-2004 |
Russian Ambassador to Israel, 1991-7 |
| Joseph Brodsky |
Poet |
24-May-1940 |
28-Jan-1996 |
Social parasite turned Poet Laureate |
| George Busk |
Doctor |
12-Aug-1807 |
10-Aug-1886 |
British surgeon and zoologist |
| Georg Cantor |
Mathematician |
3-Mar-1845 |
6-Jan-1918 |
Founder of set theory |
| Nikolai Cherkasov |
Actor |
27-Jul-1903 |
14-Sep-1966 |
Aleksandr Nevsky |
| Tom Conway |
Actor |
15-Sep-1904 |
22-Apr-1967 |
I Walked with a Zombie |
| Erté |
Artist |
23-Nov-1892 |
21-Apr-1990 |
Art deco fashion designer and artist |
| Karl Faberge |
Artist |
30-May-1846 |
24-Sep-1920 |
Maker of jewelry and gem eggs |
| Ilya M. Frank |
Physicist |
23-Oct-1908 |
22-Jun-1990 |
Cherenkov radiation |
| Aleksandr Glazunov |
Composer |
29-Jul-1865 |
21-Mar-1936 |
Raymonda |
| Leonid Vitalyevich Kantorovich |
Mathematician |
19-Jan-1912 |
7-Apr-1986 |
Linear programming |
| Lila Kedrova |
Actor |
9-Oct-1918 |
16-Feb-2000 |
Zorba the Greek |
| Alexei Kosygin |
Head of State |
1904 |
18-Dec-1980 |
Premier of the Soviet Union, 1964-80 |
| Charles Lamont |
Film Director |
5-May-1895 |
12-Sep-1993 |
Director, Abbott & Costello |
| Wassily Leontief |
Economist |
5-Aug-1906 |
5-Feb-1999 |
Structure of the American Economy |
| Dmitri A. Medvedev |
Politician |
14-Sep-1965 |
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President of Russia |
| Vladimir Nabokov |
Novelist |
23-Apr-1899 |
02-Jul-1977 |
Lolita |
| Tsar Nicholas I |
Royalty |
25-Jun-1796 |
18-Feb-1855 |
Repressive Tsar of Russia, 1825-55 |
| Tsar Paul I |
Royalty |
1-Oct-1754 |
24-Mar-1801 |
Tsar of Russia, 1796-1801 |
| Grigori Perelman |
Mathematician |
13-Jun-1966 |
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Proved the Poincaré conjecture |
| Tsar Peter II |
Royalty |
23-Oct-1715 |
29-Jan-1730 |
Tsar of Russia, 1727-30 |
| Ayn Rand |
Author |
2-Feb-1905 |
6-Mar-1982 |
The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged |
| George Sanders |
Actor |
3-Jul-1906 |
25-Apr-1972 |
The Saint Strikes Back |
| Dmitri Shostakovich |
Composer |
25-Sep-1906 |
9-Aug-1975 |
Symphony No. 7 |
| Nicolas Slonimsky |
Lexicographer |
27-Apr-1894 |
25-Dec-1995 |
Preeminent musicologist |
| Boris Spassky |
Chess Player |
30-Jan-1937 |
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Grandmaster defeated by Bobby Fischer |
| Aleksandr Sumarokov |
Playwright |
14-Nov-1717 |
12-Oct-1777 |
Founder of Russian classical drama |
| Tsar Ivan VI |
Royalty |
12-Aug-1740 |
5-Jul-1764 |
Tsar of Russia, 1740-41 |
| Anton Yelchin |
Actor |
11-Mar-1989 |
|
Delivering Milo |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Anna Akhmatova |
Poet |
11-Jun-1889 |
5-Mar-1966 |
Poem Without a Hero |
| Tsar Alexander I |
Royalty |
23-Dec-1777 |
1-Dec-1825 |
Tsar of Russia, 1801-1825 |
| Tsar Alexander II |
Royalty |
17-Apr-1818 |
13-Mar-1881 |
Tsar of Russia, 1855-81 |
| Anna |
Royalty |
28-Jan-1693 |
17-Oct-1740 |
Tsarina of Russia, 1730-40 |
| Mily Balakirev |
Composer |
21-Dec-1836 |
16-May-1910 |
Russian nationalist composer |
| Alexander Blok |
Poet |
16-Nov-1880 |
7-Aug-1921 |
Russian Silver Age poet |
| Aleksandr Borodin |
Composer |
31-Oct-1833 |
15-Feb-1887 |
Prince Igor |
| Anson Burlingame |
Diplomat |
14-Nov-1820 |
23-Feb-1870 |
US Ambassador to China, 1861-70 |
| Catherine I |
Royalty |
15-Apr-1684 |
17-May-1727 |
Empress of Russia, 1725-27 |
| Catherine the Great |
Royalty |
2-May-1729 |
17-Nov-1796 |
Tsarina of Russia, 1762-96 |
| Fyodor Dostoevsky |
Novelist |
30-Oct-1821 |
28-Jan-1881 |
Crime and Punishment |
| Leonhard Euler |
Mathematician |
15-Apr-1707 |
18-Sep-1783 |
The Elements of Euclid |
| Wilhelm Junker |
Explorer |
6-Apr-1840 |
13-Feb-1892 |
Reisen in Afrika |
| Mikhail Lomonosov |
Poet |
19-Nov-1711 |
15-Apr-1765 |
Early father of Russian poetry |
| Kazimir Malevich |
Painter |
23-Feb-1878 |
15-May-1935 |
Founder of Suprematist school |
| Dmitri Mendeleev |
Chemist |
8-Feb-1834 |
2-Feb-1907 |
Periodic Table of the Elements |
| Modest Mussorgsky |
Composer |
9-Mar-1839 |
16-Mar-1881 |
Boris Godunov |
| Tsar Nicholas I |
Royalty |
25-Jun-1796 |
18-Feb-1855 |
Repressive Tsar of Russia, 1825-55 |
| Tsar Paul I |
Royalty |
1-Oct-1754 |
24-Mar-1801 |
Tsar of Russia, 1796-1801 |
| Ivan Pavlov |
Scientist |
14-Sep-1849 |
27-Feb-1936 |
Studied conditioned reflexes |
| Peter the Great |
Royalty |
9-Jun-1672 |
8-Feb-1725 |
Tsar of Russia, 1689-1725 |
| Aleksandr Pushkin |
Poet |
26-May-1799 |
10-Feb-1837 |
Russia's greatest poet |
| Rasputin |
Religion |
23-Jan-1871 |
30-Dec-1916 |
Russia's Greatest Love Machine |
| Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve |
Astronomer |
15-Apr-1793 |
23-Nov-1864 |
Studied double stars |
| Alexander Suvorov |
Military |
24-Nov-1729 |
18-May-1800 |
Russian general, fought Turks, French |
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
Composer |
7-May-1840 |
6-Nov-1893 |
Russia's best known composer |
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