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Also Known As Ivan Sanin
Born 1439 • Russia
Died September 9, 1515 (aged 76) • Russia
Feofan Prokopovich
Russian-Ukrainian theologian and writer
Saint Sergius of Radonezh
Russian saint
Saint Nil Sorsky
Russian mystic
Nikon
Nikon
Russian patriarch
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
Third False Dmitry
Russian pretender
Anatoly Chubais
Russian economist and politician
Vladimir A. Kryuchkov
Soviet politician
Second False Dmitry
Russian pretender
First 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

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