
The Order of Saint Anna (Russian: Орден Святой Анны; also "Order of Saint Ann" or "Order of Saint Anne") was established as a Holstein ducal and then Russian imperial order of chivalry established by Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, on 14 February 1735, in honor of his wife Anna Petrovna, daughter of Peter the Great of Russia. The motto of the Order is "Amantibus Justitiam, Pietatem, F...
The Imperial Russian Army was the land armed force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. Tsar Peter I formed a modern regular army built on the German model, but with a new aspect: officers were not necessarily from nobility , talented commoners were given promotions that eventually included a noble title at the attainment of an officer's rank (such ...
The Order of Saint Stanislaus (Polish: Order św. Stanisława Biskupa Męczennika, Russian: Орден Святого Станислава), also spelled Stanislas, was a Polish order of knighthood founded in 1765 by King Stanisław August Poniatowski of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It remained under the Kingdom of Poland between 1765 and 1831, and was incorporated under the Russian Empire from 1831 to 1917, unti...
The Order of Saint Vladimir (Russian: Орден Святого Владимира) was an Imperial Russian Order established in 1782 by Empress Catherine II (r. 1762-1796) in memory of the deeds of Saint Vladimir, the Grand Prince and the Baptizer of the Kievan Rus'. The order had four degrees and was awarded for continuous civil and military service. People who had been awarded with the St.Vladimir Order for mil...
This project is dedicated to highlighting persons who received the Order of St. George the Victorious during the rule of the Russian Empire (this order was used from 1769 to 1921). Please include the recipients of all four classes of this order. If you have persons in your family tree who received the Order of St. George the Victorious, please add them to this project. It would be great if the...
The Crimean War (October 1853 – February 1856) Image Right - Russo-French skirmish during the Crimean War 2em>===== By Anonymous plate - Public Domain, Wiki Commons The object of this project is to assemble Geni Profiles of people who were involved in the Crimean wars and share stories about them. The Crimean War was a conflict between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Em...
История===Ноябрь 20 (1 декабря) 1780 г. Екатерина II подписала указ об учреждении Пермского губернаторства в двух областях - Перми и Екатеринбурге и о создании губернского города Пермь. Первым генерал-губернатором Пермской и Тобольской областей был назначен генерал-лейтенант Евгений Петрович Кашкин . В соответствии с указом императора Павла I от 12 декабря 1796 г. «Новое разделение государства ...
The project was created in memory of officers, officials, lower ranks of active service of the Russian Imperial Fleet.
The University of Tartu (UT; Estonian: Tartu Ülikool, Latin: Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia and the only classical university in the country, and also the biggest and most prestigious university in Estonia. It was founded under the name of Academia Gustaviana in 1632 by Baron Johan Skytte , the Governor- General ...
This umbrella project aims to collect all other GENI projects, which are collections of profiles based on professions, achievements, ethnic groups, or affiliations to schools and various organizations, as well as all prominent people associated with Russia, the Russian Empire, and the USSR. If you joined any other project that is a collection of profiles and falls into the category described ...
Служилый город Козлов (с 1932 г. - Мичуринск) был основан в 1635 г. Острог был поставлен рязанским дворянином Иваном Васильевичем Биркиным (сыном сооснователя г. Воронежа, головы донских казаков, рязанского дворянина Василия Григорьевича Биркина) и его зятем Михаилом Ивановичем Спешневым. Находился острог в самом центре современного Мичуринска, в районе площади им. Мичурина. Мичуринск находитс...
Members of the State Duma of the Russian Empire of the First Convocation (see the Russian window of the Project) Wikipedia: State Duma (Russian Empire)
Palekh and Palekh genealogies Palekh is an urban—type settlement in the Palekhsky district of the Ivanovo Region of the Russian Federation. It is the ancient center of Russian folk craft—Palekh lacquer miniatures and icon painting—and the administrative center of the Palekh urban settlement in the Palekh district. The project was created to exchange information as part of the study of the his...
If you have in your family tree people who were students or teachers of Karl May School in St. Petersburg, Russia, please add them to this project. It would be great if there were brief biographies within the profile description "About". Use the 'Actions' button to "Add to project" within the opened profile page. Select this project (you must be on the list of collaborators in this project to ...
Saint Petersburg Nikolaevsky Engineering Academy , was established in 1810 under Alexander I. The university is situated in the former barracks of the Cavalier-Guard Regiment where the university was founded.This is one of Saint Petersburg's eldest Higher Military engineering schools, its history (as Higher learning institution) beginning in 1810. The Saint Petersburg Military Engineering-Techn...
The Governing Senate in Russia was approved in February 1711. According to the idea of its creator, Peter the Great, it was becoming the highest state body of the Russian Empire. The Senate included many prominent state, military and public figures who left a significant mark on the Russian Empire. Included are profiles of statesmen who attained the rank of senator between February 22, 1711 an...
Finnish Generals and Admirals in the Imperial Russian Army 1808-1917 During 1808-1917, a period spanning a little more than 100 years, after the Finnish War and until the Independence of Finland in 1917, Finland was an autonomous Grand Duchy of Russia . During this era, according to The National Biography of Finland , some 500 Finns who rose to the ranks of General or Admiral in the Imperial R...
This project is dedicated to tracing Russian nobility ancestors and providing information on historical content in relation to genealogy. If you have Russian nobility ancestors, or if you study ancestral lines deriving from the Russian Empire, please follow and participate in this project. Do not add profiles to this project. This project is under construction. Information and reliable sourc...
Проект Белоруссия Области Брестская | Витебская | Гомельская | Гродненская | Минская | Могилёвская | Horki | | и город Минск не входящий ни в одну область.
The Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky was an order of chivalry of the Russian Empire first awarded on 1 June [O.S. 21 May] 1725 by Empress Catherine I of Russia.
Please add students' and faculty profiles to this project. Moscow State University (MSU), officially M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, is a public research university in Moscow, Russia. The university includes 15 research institutes, 43 faculties, more than 300 departments, and six branches. Alumni include past leaders of the Soviet Union and other governments. As of 2019, 13 Nobel la...
Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum====Is a project for the directors, professors and alumni of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum (1811–1843) in Russia.=== The Imperial Lyceum (Императорский Царскосельский лицей, Imperatorskiy Tsarskosel'skiy litsey) in Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg, also known historically as the Imperial Alexander Lyceum after its founder Tsar Alexander I, was an educational institution whi...
This umbrella project lists all GENI projects related to the History of Russia, and is not limited to the territory of Russia. Here, you can learn and share information on significant Russian history facts, the evolution of laws and regulations specifically concerning genealogy, and other helpful information. This information was prepared explicitly to help in genealogy research, it is not a co...
Порфировка — исчезнувшее упразднённое село в Спасском районе Республики Татарстан Российской Федерации. Ныне — урочище на территории Краснослободского сельского поселения До 1896 года - приходская деревня села Три-Озера , Трёх-Озёрская волость, Казанская губерния. Wikipedia