Gerasim (Abbot Spassova Desert) (died 1700) – Hieroschemamonk, former rector of the desert Spasov (now the Savior-Transfiguration Monastery at 5 miles from Krasnoslobodsk Penza Province.), C. 1655, a young man came to the "black elder," Dionysius, "vozgrazhdavshemu "while Spassova deserts. Postrigshis in 1660, Gerasim went over the 80 miles of desert in the virgin forest [...]

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Mutt Boris Ivanovich – clerk. In 1672, sitting in the Patriarchal discharge in 1674 he was appointed clerk in Sevsk at voivod Likhachev, from 1678 to 1680 sat in a hired order, where in 1681 he was appointed clerk in the provincial house in Novgorod in the voivod Vasily Semenovich Volyn. In 1686 the goat [...]

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Isidore – Metropolitan of Novgorod and the whole of Pomerania, before Superior Solovetsky monastery, a prominent figure in the Time of Troubles (see). Helped to Tsar Vasily Shumsky sign lucrative contract with a Swedish commander Delagardie, when the latter approached Novgorod, I. guided city protection and finally, I. sought Novgorod Mikhail Fedorovich forgiveness for forced [...]

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Kiichelbecker Wilhelm Karlovich (1797 – 1846) – a famous writer. Kiichelbecker studied at the Tsarskoe Selo Lyceum, where Pushkin was a friend, friendship did not prevent the latter to pursue epigrams poetry exercises Kuchelbecker. From 1815, Kuchelbecker poems began to appear in the Journal of Europe "(signed by William)," Son of the Fatherland "," well-intentioned. [...]

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Our dream is bright and shining them for the poor if happiness – Though from afar. M. L. Mikhailov you this sacrifice. For you young closes ominously system.

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Narcissus – a handsome young man from Festive or Lacedaemon, son of the river and nymphs Cephissus Leyriopy. When asked what would become of the boy, Tirezy Leyriope said that he will reach old age, unless he sees his face.

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Barlaam (Bishop of Suzdal and Tarussky) (died 21/07/1586) – Bishop of Suzdal and Tarussky. Since 1557 – Superior Mahrischskogo Monastery of the Moscow diocese. In 1560 under Tsar Ivan the Terrible restored sozhzhenny Avnezhsky Trinity Monastery Vologda diocese, founded by pupils of St. Stephen Mahrischskogo (memory 14/27 July) and assigned to the Trinity-Sergius Monastery. If [...]

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Slavinetsky Epiphanius (died 1676) – monk, scholar and preacher. A native of Little Russia, he studied at the Kiev sister school to transform it Petro Mohyla, so that was a stranger to scholastic philosophy and dialectics. Nevertheless, he was in "philosophy and theology didaskal elegant, sophisticated in Elin Greek and Slavic dialects. He studied abroad, [...]

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Russia strongly not to go so battered by economic development, which went so far Western states. N. Sokolov historic task of our century is to improve the material condition of the people who live by their labor.

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Neptune – the Romans originally was the god of flowing water, as the Greeks Ocean, Poseidon, Nereus, Aheloy. In general, Roman mythology Sea was poor, which is understandable in the absence of marine affairs in the early Latins, almost all the words relating to maritime affairs, borrowed from the Greeks.

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