Outstanding persons

Russian writer, poet, playwright, diplomat. Alexander Griboyedov was born on January 15 (on old style - on January 4) 1795 (in some sources it is specified 1790) in Moscow, in an ancient noble family. "A noble family of Griboyedov - a shlyakhetsky origin. Jan Grzhibovsky moved to Russia in the first quarter of the XVII century. His son, Fedor Ivanovich, was the digit clerk at tsars Alexey Mikhaylovich and Fedor Alekseevich and the first began to be written by Griboyedov." ("The Russian biographic dictionary") the Childhood passed in the Moscow house loving, but capricious and unshakable mother of Alexander - Nastasia Fiodorovna...

Vladimir-Ioann Vasilkovich, the prince Volynsk, Roman Galitsky's grandson, was born allegedly in 1247-1249. It is mentioned in the chronicle since 1260. In 1264 married Roman Bryansky's daughter Olga. In the 1271st, after death of the father Vasilko Romanovich, sat down on reigning in Vladimir-Volynsk. He was not a hunter to the military enterprises, but circumstances developed at that time so that Vladimir had to wage incessant wars. It combated yatvyaga and Lithuanians at whom Troyden, with Poles, despite the signed peace treaties reigned then. Besides, Tatars, passing through Volhynia, strongly devastated...

Future political and military figure, one of heads of revolt 1863-64gg was born (the 16th jelly of 1826). in of Shostakovo, the Grodno province, the Brest County (now the Kamenetsky area, the Brest region which was rented by his father Ludwik belonging to enough family of great antiquity Trauguttov, coming from Saxony (modern Germany). Mother of his Alois from Blotsky' family (owning Blot's manor). At the age of 2 years Romuald lost mother (in 1828) then the family moved to. White (the Pruzhansky County, the Grodno province) and education the granny on the maternal line Yustina Blotskaya was engaged.

Ponyatovsky Stanisêaw II August (Poniatowski) (on January 17, 1732, Volchin, Poland — on February 12, 1798, St. Petersburg), the last king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1764-1795. Son of the Krakow kashtelyan of Stanislav Ponyatovsky and Constantius Ponyatovskoy, nee princess Chartoryyskaya. After death of the king Augustus III it was proposed as Chartoryysky' party the candidate for a throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and in 1764 it is elected the king. Election as the king of the natural Pole in which veins blood of an ancient dynasty Pyastov flew (see PYaSTY), caused enthusiasm of the Polish patriots. The new king differed in good-natured character, was witty...

Dmitry Nikanorovich Falkovsky, nee Dmitro Levchuk is the Polesia poet, the translator writing in Ukrainian was born on November 3, 1898, in a country family, in the village Big Lepesa of the Kobrin County of the Grodno province of the Russian Empire. The father is Nicanor Vasilevich Levchuk, Mother — Maria Gerasimovna. The family was poor — the father worked at brick-works. Got primary education at rural school. Continued education in Kobrin real school and the Brest-Lithuanian gymnasium. From 14 years was fond of literature and began to write verses, loved national songs and music of Chopin for whose game of works he learned musical...