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Born February 19, 1741 • Russia
Died May 28, 1796 (aged 55) • Moscow • Russia
Peter I
Peter I
emperor of Russia
Alexander I
Alexander I
emperor of Russia
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky
Russian revolutionary
Alexander II
Alexander II
emperor of Russia
Suvorov, Aleksandr Vasilyevich, Graf Rimniksky, Knyaz Italiysky, Reichsgraf
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Suvorov, Count Rimniksky
Russian military officer
alexander nevsky, saint
Saint Alexander Nevsky
prince of Russia
Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov.
Mikhail Kutuzov
Russian military commander
Grigory Potemkin
Grigory Potemkin
Russian statesman
Orlov, Aleksey Fyodorovich, Prince
Aleksey Fyodorovich, Prince Orlov
Russian prince
Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich
Russian military officer
Fyodor Vasilyevich, Count Rostopchin
Russian statesman
Aleksey Andreyevich, Graf Arakcheyev
Aleksey Andreyevich, Graf Arakcheyev
Russian general and statesman
Gorchakov, Prince Mikhail Dmitriyevich
Prince Mikhail Dmitriyevich Gorchakov
Russian statesman
Andrey Mikhaylovich, Prince Kurbsky
Russian military commander
Nikolay Vasilyevich, prince Repnin
Russian statesman
Grigory Grigoryevich, Count Orlov
Grigory Orlov
Russian military officer
Yemelyan Pugachov
Yemelyan Pugachev
Russian leader
Leonty Leontyevich, count von Bennigsen
Russian general
Skobelev, engraving
Mikhail Dmitriyevich Skobelev
Russian military officer
Aleksey A. Brusilov
Aleksey Alekseyevich Brusilov
Russian general