Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia was the heir apparent to the Russian Empire's throne. The only son of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna and Emperor Nicholas II, Alexei was born with haemophilia, which was treated by the popular faith healer Grigori Rasputin. In 1918, Alexei and his family members were executed brutally by Communist revolutionaries.
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Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia
(Prince of Russia from 1904 to 1918)
Birthdate: August 12, 1904
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Peterhof, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: July 17, 1918
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Grigory Potemkin
(Russian Statesman, Army Officer and Lover of Empress Catherine the Great)
Birthdate: October 11, 1739
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Chizhevo, Russia
Died: October 16, 1791
Grigory Potemkin was a Russian statesman, military leader, and nobleman. A favorite of Catherine the Great, Grigory Potemkin was appointed governor-general of Russia's southern provinces in 1775. An influential personality, Potemkin supervised the construction of several important edifices, such as the Tauride Palace. He is also credited with founding the towns of Ekaterinoslav, Sevastopol, Kherson, and Nikolayev.
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Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia
(Tsarevich (heir apparent) of Russia and the son of Ivan the Terrible)
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Birthdate: March 28, 1554
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: November 19, 1581
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Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia
(Prince)
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Birthdate: January 24, 1897
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: May 8, 1981
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Ivan V of Russia
(Tsar of Russia)
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Birthdate: September 6, 1666
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: February 8, 1696
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Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia
(Grand Duke of Russia)
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Birthdate: October 3, 1860
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: January 28, 1919
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Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia
(Duke)
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Birthdate: April 27, 1779
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Pushkin, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: June 27, 1831
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Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich of Russia
(Grandson of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, and a poet)
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Birthdate: August 22, 1858
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: June 15, 1915
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Daniel of Moscow
(Grand Prince of Moscow)
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Birthdate: 1261 AD
Birthplace: Vladimir, Russia
Died: March 4, 1303
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Ivan I of Moscow
(Grand Prince of Moscow)
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Birthdate: November 1, 1288
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: March 31, 1340
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Simeon of Russia
(Grand Prince of Moscow)
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Birthdate: November 7, 1316
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: April 27, 1353
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Ivan II of Russia
(Grand Prince of Moscow)
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Birthdate: March 30, 1326
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: November 13, 1359
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Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov
(Statesman)
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Birthdate: August 26, 1787
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: May 2, 1869
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Nikolai Rezanov
(Statesman)
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Birthdate: April 8, 1764
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: March 1, 1807
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Aleksey Andreyevich, Graf Arakcheyev
(Military general)
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Birthdate: October 4, 1769
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Veliky Novgorod, Russia
Died: May 3, 1834
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Pavel Pavlovich Demidov, 2nd Prince of San Donato
(Former Industrialist)
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Birthdate: October 9, 1839
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Weimar, Germany
Died: January 26, 1885