The Premier Site for Russian Culture
Finnish
-
Knut Oskar Pihl
Read more...Swedish-Finnish jeweller, goldsmith, silversmith. Hallmark: OP in an oval. Born in the family of a Swedish tailor called Johan Gustaf Pihl (1822–?) and his wife Eva Lovisa Alenius (1827–?) in the vil...
-
Erik August Kollin
Read more...Swedish-Finnish jeweller, goldsmith, silversmith. Hallmark: EK or ?.?. Born in the family of a Swedish labourer called Karl Gustaf Kollin and his wife Eva Kristina Zachrisdotter at Brödtorp manor in ...
-
Stefan Väkevä (Stephen Wäkevä)
Read more...Finnish jeweller, silversmith. Hallmark: S•W in a circle or S.W. Born in the Finnish municipality of Säkkijärvi (now Kondratievo in Leningrad Region) near the town of Vyborg on the Gulf of Finland (1...
Random articles
Based on Alexei Tolstoy’s novel Peter the First Gorky Film Studios/Deutsche Film (DEFA) Director: S...
Painter. Born in Sobolyovka in Kiev Province (1885). In service in Odessa (from 1896). Moved to Par...
Prince Paolo Troubetzkoy ’s equestrian statue of Tsar Alexander III was opened on Holy Sign (Znamen...
Jeweller, goldsmith, silversmith. Hallmark: ?.?. in a rectangle or oval. Born in the Karelian villa...
Tsar Saltan overhears three sisters who are confiding to each other their views on the subject of h...