Trace the life and writing career of Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy, author of the acclaimed novels War and Peace , Anna Karenina and The Death of Ivan
The life of Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin took a sharp turn after he spent two years in England as a marine engineer, building what turned out to be the first
Five geckos sent to space aboard a Russian satellite have died. The gecko experiment was designed to study the lizards’ mating habits in weightlessness.
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Visit Biography.com and explore the birth of modern Russian literature through the work of poet and fiction writer, Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin.
Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, tr. Sankt-Peterburg; IPA: [ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk] ( listen)) is Russia’s second-largest city after
Wrestling legend Ivan Koloff, born Oreal Perras and best known as the bearded villain “The Russian Bear,” has died at age 74. – Rob Tornoe, Philadelphia
Jan 07, 2017 · Nat Hentoff, an author, journalist, jazz critic and civil libertarian who called himself a troublemaker and proved it with a shelf of books and a mountain
Leo Tolstoy: August 28 [September 9, New Style], 1828 Yasnaya Polyana, Tula province, Russian Empire November 7 [November 20], 1910 Astapovo, Ryazan province Russian
Born: Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol 31 March 1809 Sorochyntsi, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire (modern Ukraine) Died: 4 March 1852 (aged 42) Moscow, Russian Empire