GREAT NAMES

Geochemist, mineralogist, poet of the stone, as Alexei Tolstoy called him, full member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1919)

Talented and prolific film director of the 1920s-1960s, People’s Artist of the USSR

Alexander Krenitsyn (1801 – 1865) was a poet associated with the Golden Age of Russian poetry. Second lieutenant and marshal of the Kholmsk nobility, he was also close to the Decembrist movement at a time of radical shifts in the public opinion following the Patriotic War of 1812.

Lieutenant Colonel of the Soviet Army, Great Patriotic War veteran, Hero of the Soviet Union

Russian military genius, great military commander

Alexander Zelenoi (Zeleny) (1822-1875) – a community leader of the 1850s-1860s, publicist, playwright, and teacher

Alexei Kuropatkin (1848 – 1925) – Russian military commander and statesman, infantry general, adjutant general, and writer

Soviet statesman and party official, Communist Party member since 1925

Researcher and explorer of Central Asia, Professor of the General Staff Nikolayevskaya Academy, Lieutenant General

Soviet Army Major, Great Patriotic War veteran, Hero of the Soviet Union

Russian physicist, one of the founders of Russia’s optics industry, full member of the USSR Academy of Sciences

Prominent 19th century statesman

Archpriest of the Holy Assumption Cathedral in Borovichi, he is one of the most respected and revered spiritual leaders in the city.

Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, currently heading the Borovichi and Pestovo eparchy. Honorary citizen of Borovichi (2016)

Famous Russian singer, heldentenor, soloist in the St Peterburg Court Chapel and Mariinsky Theatre. He was born in Borovichi into a priest’s family.

Orthodox saint, revered as a righteous virgin.

Russian writer, essayist and observer, descendant from a noble family from the Province of the Don Cossack Host

Soviet officer, Major in the Soviet Army, Great Patriotic War veteran, Hero of the Soviet Union

St Petersburg University professor

Prince Konstantin Shakhovskoi (1869-1942) – cavalry reserve cornet, served as district captain, and 3rd and 4th State Duma deputy