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Great Russia project about Peter the Great's personal turner

7 April 2025

On March 28 (New style), 1693, Andrei Konstantinovich Nartov was born. He was a personal turner, engineer, mechanic, and inventor, as well as the inventor of the lathe. Information about Nartov has been added to the Outstanding Scientists and Inventors of the 18th Century section of the Great Russia project, which is implemented by the Presidential Library.

Presidential Library marks anniversary of cartoonist Boris Yefimov

4 April 2025

In 2025, the 125th anniversary of the birth of Boris Yefimovich Yefimov will be celebrated. He was a prominent figure in Soviet and Russian political satire. Born on September 28, 1900, Boris Yefimov lived to the ripe old age of 108 and witnessed some of the most significant events in European and Russian history. His works, which are a significant part of the global cartoon heritage, include a series of anti-war and anti-fascist pieces.

Presidential Library marks 280th anniversary of Denis Fonvizin

3 April 2025

On April 14, (April 3, O.S.) 1745 in Moscow in a noble family Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin was born, a famous writer, creator of Russian domestic comedy, publicist, translator. He came from a Livonian knightly family. During the reign of Ivan the Terrible, during the war with Livonia, among other German barons, Peter von Wisin was taken prisoner, who later entered the Russian service. His descendants accepted Orthodoxy, became Russian people and the surname began to be written in fusion: Fonvizin.

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