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May 23, 2024 · Prince of Uglich 1389–1427-1433–1434: Daniil ≈1370–1379: Sophia of Lithuania 1371–1453: Vasily I G.P. of Moscow 1371–1389–1425: Yury of Zvenigorod G.P. of Moscow 1374-1433–1434: Anastasia of Smolensk?–1422: Yuri Kirdyapin: Ivan Shuysky: Zakhary Ivanovich Koshkin: Anna of Moscow 1393–1417: Maria of Borovsk 1418–1484: Vasily ...
May 15, 2024 · The Holy Right-believing Tsarevitch Demetrios (Tsarévitch Dēmḗtrios) of Uglich (Moscow) was born on October 19, 1582. He was the son of Tsar Ivan the Terrible. During the reign of Theodore, the de facto ruler of the Russian state was his brother-in-law, the power-hungry boyar Boris Godunov.
May 21, 2024 · It was there that the young tsarevich was found dead with his throat slashed. An investigation headed by the boyar Vasily Shuysky concluded that the boy had suffered an epileptic seizure while playing with a knife and killed himself. Although Godunov clearly benefitted from the child’s death, there was no direct evidence that he had ordered ...
2 days ago · Sergey Levitsky, inventor of the bellows camera, one of the earliest photography pioneers. Mikhail Lomonosov, polymath scientist and artist, inventor of off-axis reflecting telescope and night vision telescope. Alexander Makarov, inventor of orbitrap. Dmitry Maksutov, inventor of the Maksutov telescope.
May 9, 2024 · Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov (born May 1 [May 13, New Style], 1804, Moscow, Russia—died Sept. 23 [Oct. 5], 1860, Ryazan, near Moscow) was a Russian poet and founder of the 19th-century Slavophile movement that extolled the superiority of the Russian way of life. He was also an influential lay theologian of the Russian Orthodox church.
May 22, 2024 · Vasily Holoborodko, 65, a retired airplane mechanic, had remained on his farm even as he watched soldiers build tank traps and trenches on the wrong side of his property — away from the Russian ...
May 21, 2024 · Venerable Cassian the Greek of Uglich. Commemorated on May 21. Troparion & Kontakion. Today we commemorate Saint Cassian's patron Saint: the Holy Emperor Constantine the Great, Equal-of-the-Apostles, who received the name Constantine at his Baptism. When Saint Cassian became a monk, he was tonsured with the new name Cassian, in honor of Saint ...
