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Actor. Born in Kostroma in the family of a merchant called Grigory Volkov (1729). Founded an amateur drama company in Yaroslavl (1750) and the first professional Russian company in St Petersburg (175...
Poet, playwright. Born in Moscow in the family of Pyotr Sumarokov (1717). Wrote comedies, fables, lyrical songs and the tragedies Chorev (1747) and Sinav and Truvor (1750). Died in Moscow and buried ...
Guardsman, collector. Born in the family of Prince Ivan Ivanovich Korsakov (retired guards lieutenant) and Agatha Grigorievna Konovitsyna (1775). Served in the Preobrazhensky Regiment and the Horse G...
Actor, amateur artist. Born in St Petersburg (1813) in the family of Vasily Samoilov (1782–1839), head of a family of actors at the Alexandrinsky Theatre. Studied at the School of Mining in St Peters...
Opera singer, contralto. Born in St Petersburg in the family of Yakov Vorobyov (1816). First performer of the part of Vanya in Mikhail Glinka ’s opera A Life for the Tsar (1836). Married Osip Petrov ...
Opera singer. Born in Odessa in the family of Victor Tartakov (1860). Soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg. Performed more than a hundred roles, including the Demon in Anton Rubinstein’s...
Opera singer. Born in the Ukrainian town of Elisavetgrad (now Kirovohrad) in the family of Afanasy Petrov (1807). Founder of the Russian school of opera singing. Performed the operas of Mikhail Glink...
Father of Prince Felix Yussupov, uncle of Count Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston. Born in St Petersburg (1856) in the family of Lieutenant General Felix Elston (1820–1877) and Countess Elena Sumarokova (1829...
Mother of Prince Felix Yussupov. Born in St Petersburg (1861) in the family of Prince Nikolai Yussupov (1827–1891) and Countess Tatyana de Ribeaupierre (1828–1879). Married Count Felix Sumarokov-Elst...
Statesman, collector, archaeologist. Born in St Petersburg (1794) in the family of Baron Grigory Stroganov (1770–1857) and Princess Anna Troubetzkaya (1765–1824). Played a pivotal role in the develop...