Russian-american novelist, lepidopterist, professor.

Born April 22nd, 1899 in Saint Petersburg. ^[ref]

Died July 2nd, 1977 at 78 years old in Montreux (disease). ^[ref]

Anton Chekhov

Born January 17th, 1860 in Taganrog.

Died July 15th, 1904 at 44 years old

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Born December 11th, 1918 in Kislovodsk.

Died August 3rd, 2008 at 89 years old

Vladimir Lenin

Born April 22nd, 1870 in Ulyanovsk.

Died January 21st, 1924 at 53 years old

Leon Trotsky

Born November 7th, 1879 in Bereslavka.

Died August 21st, 1940 at 60 years old

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Born April 1st, 1873 in Starorussky Uyezd.

Died March 28th, 1943 at 69 years old