Great Northern War==== The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swedish alliance were Peter I of Russia, Frederick IV of Denmark–Norway and Augustus II the Strong of Saxony – Poland–Lithuania . Frederick IV...
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 ...
City of Saint Petersburg (Russia) locality project =Genealogy project for Saint Petersburg and the neighbouring areas.In addition to this locality project, please register also to Finland and Karelia Project , that builds family tree in the whole Finland and Karelia. Joining projects: in the project page, click "Actions" > "Join project". == Introduction to Saint Petersburg ==Saint Petersburg (...
Livonia= The aim of this project is to collect people who have born, lived, influenced or died in Livonia during the centuries under it. All the collaborators are welcome. Livonia is a historical region between the east and the west on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea. Given the location the borders of Livonia have changed to an extent but, by and large, Livonia refers to areas which now co...
The project was created in memory of officers, officials, lower ranks of active service of the Russian Imperial Fleet.
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 recipients of all four classes of this order. If in your family tree you have persons that received the Order of St. George the Victorious, please add them to this project. It would be great if within...
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...
Genealogia Juusteniana====Genealogia Juusteniana is a project focusing on bourgeois Peter Juusten of Viipuri, and his descendants. Historically, family Juusten is considered as one of the most significant families in ancient Viipuri as well as on of the earliest pious families in Finland and Sweden. The known origins of the family are introduced in three generations below.======All the descenda...
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...
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...
The Swedish fortress and town on the shore of River Neva (1611-1703) Neovia - Nyenskans - Nyen - Nevanlinna - Ниенша́нц Neovia , as the entire Swedish Ingria , was a short-lived project of less than a hundred years during the time of Sweden's "stormaktstid", the period as a powerful European nation. There were at least hundreds, possibly up to some 2,500 people living in Neovia. Most of th...
По всеобщей переписи населения Российской империи 1897 года в Солигаличе было 3420 жителей — по современным меркам совсем не много. За несколько поколений родственные связи наверняка пересекались и, возможно, не один раз. Этот проект для тех, кто интересуется историей своих солигаличских предков и хочет восстановить связь времён и поколений. Солигалич и окрестности на топографической карте Е...
Московский Государственный Университет имени М. В. Ломоносова ( МГУ ) - это один из самых известных университетов России. Родительские проекты International Projects Index Russian History & Cultural Heritage - Umbrella Project Москва Education Portal
Kazan (Volga region) Federal University (Russian: Казанский (Приволжский) федеральный университет, Tatar: Казан (Идел буе) федераль университеты) is a public research university located in Kazan, Russia.
Great Northern War 1700-1721. Prisoners of war and their descendants in Russia. There were many non-ethnic Swedes. From the Baltic States, Ingermanlandia (Kexholm, Vyborg, Narva, Noteburg (Oreshka), Nyenskans). Joining projects: in the project page, click "Actions" > "Join project". This also includes Swedish soldiers who were captured in Poltava, Russian Empire during the great Northern wa...
The Queen Dowager's Life Regiment The Queen Dowager's Life Regiment was a Swedish infantry regiment that operated from 1742 to 1808. In the beginning, the regiment operated under various names, typically under the name of the commander of the regiment. Following the support of the regiment to the coup d'état by Gustaf III in 1772, the regiment was awarded with the title of The Queen Dowager's ...
--under construction--2020-06-30--18:31+GMT--jMVu--==Russian poetry ======documentation ‧ information ‧ sources* * … more welcome!—A—* Aleksander Onisimovich ABLESIMOV = Алекса́ндр Они́симович АБЛЕ́СИМОВ ‧ 1742-1783 ‧ * Nikolay Viktorovich ABRAMOV = ? ‧ 1961-2016 ‧ * Georgy Viktorovich ADAMOVICH = Гео́ргий Ви́кторович АДАМО́ВИЧ ‧ 1892-1972 ‧ * Vladimir ADMONI = Владимир Григорьевич АДМОН...
German people and their descendants in Russia
During 1808-1917, in a time 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 Russian Army are listed.======This project is dedicated to those ...
❢IMPORTANT❢==Do not start adding random people to this project. It helps nobody and will quickly turn it into some sort of flame-war regarding who belongs and who doesn't. Please read the goal of the project below. After you understand what the project is about and you want to add relevant people, please make sure that you inform Volodya Mozhenkov , so that profiles are not duplicated.==About==...
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...
French people and their descendants in Russia
Tämän projektin tarkoitus on koota yhteen profiileja niistä noin 5 700 Vanhan Suomen pojasta ja miehestä, jotka otettiin rekryytteinä (recrut) eli alokkaina Venäjän armeijaan vuosina 1797–1811.Ison- ja pikkuvihan seurauksena Venäjän vallan alle siirtyneiden alueiden eli niin sanotun Vanhan Suomen väestö ei joutunut sotapalvelukseen Venäjän armeijassa ennen 1790-lukua. Tilanne kuitenkin muuttui ...
Москва - это столица Российской Федерации, бывшая столица СССР, РСФСР, Российской империи. Этот проект связывает другие проекты связанные с этим городом. Родительские проекты International Projects Index Russian History & Cultural Heritage - Umbrella Project Дочерние проекты Образование Московский Государственный Университет имени М. В. Ломоносова Московский Энергетически...
This project is dedicated to highlighting persons who received the Cross of St. George during the rule of the Russian Empire (this order was used from 1807 to 1913). Please include recipients of all four classes of this order. If in your family tree you have persons that received the Cross of St. George, please add them to this project. It would be great if within the profile description "Abou...