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19th-century explorers from the Russian Empire
- Fabian Gottlieb von BellingshausenFabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen entered the world on the 20th of July 1778 on the island of Saaremaa. This Baltic region belonged to the Russian Empire at…
- Peter KropotkinPeter Kropotkin was born in Moscow on the 9th of December 1842. He entered the Page Corps, an elite school for imperial attendants, at age eight after Tsar…