Curated category
Members of the Russian Academy
- Alexander PushkinAlexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was born into the Russian nobility in Moscow. His father, Sergey Lvovich Pushkin, belonged to an old noble family that traced…
- Denis FonvizinDenis Ivanovich Fonvizin entered the world in Moscow during 1745. He was born into a noble Russian Orthodox family as the first of eight children.
- Vasily BazhenovVasily Ivanovich Bazhenov was born in 1737 or 1738, though the exact year and place remain unknown. He entered a world of uncertainty from his first breath…
- Ilya RepinIlya Yefimovich Repin was born on the 5th of August 1844 in the town of Chuguev, then part of the Russian Empire. His father, Yefim Vasilyevich Repin, had…
- Ivan KrylovIvan Andreyevich Krylov was born on the 13th of February 1769 in Moscow. He spent his early years in Orenburg and Tver before moving to St.
- Vasily ZhukovskyVasily Zhukovsky was born on the 24th of February 1783 in the village of Mishenskoe within the Tula Governorate. His mother Salkha had been captured during…
- Nikolay KaramzinNikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin was born in the small village of Mikhailovka near Simbirsk. This location sits within what is now Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia.
- Gavrila DerzhavinGavrila Romanovich Derzhavin entered the world on the 14th of July 1743 within the Kazan Governorate. His family belonged to a landed but impoverished branch…