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Also Known As Barfolomey Kirillovich
Born May 3, 1314 • Rostov • Russia
Died September 25, 1392 (aged 78) • near Moscow • Russia
Founder Sergiyev Posad
Saint Joseph of Volokolamsk
Russian Orthodox abbot and theologian
Saint Nil Sorsky
Russian mystic
Nikon
Nikon
Russian patriarch
Feofan Prokopovich
Russian-Ukrainian theologian and writer
Anthony of Kiev
Russian monk
St. Alexis
St. Alexis
metropolitan of Moscow
John of Kronshtadt, detail of an engraving, 1890
John Of Kronshtadt
Russian priest
Saint Olga
St. Olga
Russian saint and regent
First False Dmitry
Russian pretender
Third False Dmitry
Russian pretender
Vladimir A. Kryuchkov
Soviet politician
Anatoly Chubais
Russian economist and politician
Second False Dmitry
Russian pretender
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
prime minister of Soviet Union
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
president of Russia
Peter I
Peter I
emperor of Russia
Nicholas I
Nicholas I
tsar of Russia
Alexander I
Alexander I
emperor of Russia
Catherine II
Catherine the Great
empress of Russia
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky
Russian revolutionary