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Anatoly Pekhterev
Read more...Anatoly Borisovich Pekhterev was born in the town of Tutayev in the centre of Yaroslavl Region in the Soviet Union (24 February 1959). He attended School No. 4 in Tutayev (1965–76) and worked for one...
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Count Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston
Read more...Russian tennis player. Descended from Alexander Sumarokov, whose great-granddaughter Countess Elena Sumarokova (1829–1901) married Lieutenant General Felix Elston (1820–1877), leading to the name of ...
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