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Also Known As Nikita Minin
Born 1605 • Russia
Died August 27, 1681 (aged 76) • Moscow? • Russia
Role In Raskol

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Feofan Prokopovich
Russian-Ukrainian theologian and writer
Peter I
Peter I
emperor of Russia
Anthony of Kiev
Russian monk
Ordyn-Nashchokin, Afanasy Lavrentyevich
Afanasy Lavrentyevich Ordyn-Nashchokin
Russian statesman
Artamon Sergeyevich Matveyev
Russian diplomat
Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina
Natalya Kirillovna Naryshkina
Russian regent
Saint Joseph of Volokolamsk
Russian Orthodox abbot and theologian
Saint Sergius of Radonezh
Russian saint
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
Saint Nil Sorsky
Russian mystic
First False Dmitry
Russian pretender
Vladimir A. Kryuchkov
Soviet politician
Second False Dmitry
Russian pretender
Anatoly Chubais
Russian economist and politician
Third False Dmitry
Russian pretender
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
prime minister of Soviet Union
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
president of Russia
Nicholas I
Nicholas I
tsar of Russia

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