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Born May 20, 1864 • Russia
Died November 11, 1937 (aged 73) • Rome • Italy
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Leon Trotsky
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Aleksey A. Brusilov
Aleksey Alekseyevich Brusilov
Russian general
Lavr Kornilov
Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov
Russian general
Aleksey Kuropatkin in his library, 1904/05.
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Peter I
Peter I
emperor of Russia
Alexander I
Alexander I
emperor of Russia
Alexander II
Alexander II
emperor of Russia
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Aleksandr Vasilyevich Suvorov, Count Rimniksky
Russian military officer
alexander nevsky, saint
Saint Alexander Nevsky
prince of Russia
Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov.
Mikhail Kutuzov
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Grigory Potemkin
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Aleksey Fyodorovich, Prince Orlov
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Aleksey Andreyevich, Graf Arakcheyev
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Prince Mikhail Dmitriyevich Gorchakov
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Andrey Mikhaylovich, Prince Kurbsky
Russian military commander
Nikolay Vasilyevich, prince Repnin
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Grigory Orlov
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Yemelyan Pugachov
Yemelyan Pugachev
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