Sacha Guitry

French playwright and filmmaker (1885-1957).

Born February 21st, 1885 in Saint Petersburg.

Died July 24th, 1957 at 72 years old in Paris (cancer).

Alisa Freindlich

Soviet and russian actress.

Born December 8th, 1934 (age 91 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Mikhail Kolyada

Russian figure skater.

Born February 18th, 1995 (age 31 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Sergey Karasev

Russian basketball player.

Born October 26th, 1993 (age 32 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Nicolas Slonimsky

Russian composer (1894-1995).

Born April 27th, 1894 in Saint Petersburg.

Died December 25th, 1995 at 101 years old in Los Angeles.

Vyacheslav Menzhinsky

Soviet politician (1874-1934).

Born August 31st, 1874 in Saint Petersburg.

Died May 10th, 1934 at 59 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).

Leonid Khachiyan

Russian mathematician (1952–2005).

Born May 3rd, 1952 in Saint Petersburg.

Died April 29th, 2005 at 52 years old in New Jersey (myocardial infarction).

Anastasia Volochkova

Russian ballerina.

Born January 20th, 1976 (age 50 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Zara

Russian actress and singer.

Born July 26th, 1983 (age 42 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Olga Nikolaevna of Russia

German queen (1822-1892); second daughter of nicholas i of russia and charlotte of prussia.

Born September 11th, 1822 in Saint Petersburg.

Died October 30th, 1892 at 70 years old in Friedrichshafen.