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• Reminiscences of Tolstoy, by Il'ia L'vovich Tolstoi, trans. by George Calderon
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• Istorii͡a Imperatorskoĭ akademii nauk v Peterburgi͡e. ([Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1977], 1977), by P. P. Pekarskiĭ (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Podrobnyĭ slovarʹ russkikhʺ gravirovannykhʺ portretovʺ (Tip. Imp. akademīi nauk, 1889), by D. A. Rovinskiĭ and Yudin Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Russische günstlinge. (J. Scheible, 1883), by Georg Adolf Wilhelm von Helbig (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical narratives from the Russian (Rivingtons, 1871), by H. C. Romanoff, V. Andreev, and S. N. Shubinskiĭ (page images at HathiTrust)
• Distinguished persons in Russian society. (Smith, Elder, & co., 1873), by Julius Wilhelm Albert von Eckardt and F. E. Bunnett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ministerstvo i︠u︡stitsīi za sto li︠e︡t. 1802-1902. istoricheskiĭ ocherk. (Senatskai︠a︡ tipografīi︠a︡, 1902), by Russia. Ministerstvo i︠u︡stit︠s︡īi and Russian Imperial Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Glavnye di͡ei͡ateli i predshestvenniki sudebnoĭ reformy. (1904), by K. K. Arsenʹev (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Osvobozhdenie krest'i͡an. (#, 1911) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Pami︠a︡ti pogibshikh. ([Impr. de la Société nouvelle d'éditions franco-slaves], 1929), by N. I. Astrov (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Iz zhizni russkikh di͡ei͡ateleĭ. ([Ann Arbor, Mich., 1962), by D. A. Korsakov (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Pervye narodnye ministry. (Izd. I.A. Merabova, 1917) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Spasiteli Rossīi v 17. v. (K-vo "Di͡etinet͡s", 1921), by N. I. Kostomarov (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Russka︠i︡a istorī︠i︡a v zhizneopisanī︠i︡akh e︠i︡a glavn︠i︡eĭshikh d︠i︡e︠i︡ateleĭ ([Izd-vo P.P. Soĭkina], 1912), by N. I. Kostomarov (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Istoricheskoĭ slovarʹ rossīĭskikh gosudareĭ, kni͡azeĭ, t͡sareĭ, imperatorov i imperatrit͡s ... (Ėvrika, 1990), by Ivan Nekhachin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Aus der Petersburger Gesellschaft. (Duncker & Humblot, 1880), by Julius Wilhelm Albert von Eckardt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Russkai︠a︡ istorī︠ia︡ v zhizneopisanī︠ia︡kh ei︠a︡ glavn︠ie︡ĭshikh d︠ie︡i︠a︡teleĭ (Tip. M.M. Stasi︠u︡levicha, 1886), by N. I. Kostomarov (page images at HathiTrust)
• Russische Familienchronik (W. Engelmann, 1858), by S. T. Aksakov and Sergius Raczynski (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some Russian heroes, saints and sinners, legendary and historical (J.B. Lippincott, 1917), by Sonia E. Howe (page images at HathiTrust)
• T͡Svi͡et nasheĭ intelligent͡sīi; slovarʹ-alʹbom russkikh di͡ei͡ateleĭ XIX vi͡eka v siluėtakh, kratkikh kharakteristikakh, nadpisi͡akh k portretam i ėpitafīi͡akh. (Tipo-lit. R. Golike, 1890), by P. K. Martʹi͡anov (page images at HathiTrust)
• Zapiski N.Ḟ. Bunakova : moi︠a︡ zhiznʹ, v svi︠a︡zi s obshcherusskoĭ zhiznʹi︠u︡, preimushchestvenno provint︠s︡īalʹnoĭ, 1837-1905 (Tip. t-va "Obshchestvennai︠a︡ Polʹza", 1909), by N. Ḟ Bunakov (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Osvobozhdenie krest'i︠a︡n : di︠e︡i︠a︡teli reformy. (Izd. "Nauchnago Slova", 1911) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Vospominanīi︠a︡ Aleksandry Vladimīrovny Shchepkinoĭ. (Tip. I.I. Ivanova, 1915), by A. V. Shchepkina (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Russkīe li︠u︡di : zhizneopisanīi︠a︡ sootechestvennikov, proslavivshiksi︠a︡ svoimi di︠e︡i︠a︡nīi︠a︡mi na poprishchie nauki, dobra i obshchestvennoĭ pol'zy (M.O. Volf, 1866) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Russische geschichte in biographien (J. Ricker, 1891), by N. I. Kostomarov (page images at HathiTrust)
• Khram slavy rossiĭskikh iroev : ot vremen Gostomysla do t︠s︡arstvovanii︠a︡ Romanovykh. (Imp. Akademii︠a︡ Nauk, 1803), by Pavel Lʹvov (page images at HathiTrust)
• Illi︠u︡strirovannyi︠a︡ avtobīografīi ni︠e︡skolʹkikh nezami︠e︡chatelʹnykh russkikh li︠u︡deĭ (Tipo-lit. Vysochaĭshe utv. T-va I.N. Kushnerev, 1895), by Vasiliĭ Vasil'evich Vereshchagin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Khram slavy rossīĭskikh iroev, ot vremen Gostomysla do t͡sarstvovanīi͡a Romanovykh. (Pri Imperatorskoĭ akademīi nauk, 1803), by Pavel Lʹvov (page images at HathiTrust)
• Khram slavy rossīĭskikh iroev, ot vremen Gostomysla do t͡sarstvovanīi͡a Romanovykh. (Pri Imperatorskoĭ akademīi nauk, 1803), by Pavel Lʹvov (page images at HathiTrust)
• Istoricheskie statʹi M.D. Khmyrova. (V.P. Pechatkin, 1873), by M. D. Khmyrov (page images at HathiTrust)
• Opyt bīografīi general-prokurorov i ministrov i͡ustit͡sīi. (University Microfilms International, 1863), by Petr Ivanovich Ivanov and Russia. Ministerstvo i͡ustit͡sīi (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vi͡echnai͡a pami͡atʹ : vospominanīi͡a o pochivshikh (Sinodalʹnai͡a tip., 1899), by Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonost͡sev (page images at HathiTrust)
• Russische günstlinge. (J.G. Cotta, 1809), by Georg Adolf Wilhelm von Helbig (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kapishche moego serdt︠s︡a; ili, Slovarʹ vsi︠e︡kh ti︠e︡kh lit︠s︡, s koimi i︠a︡ byl v raznykh otnoshenīi︠a︡kh v techenīi moeĭ zhizni (Univ. Tip., 1890), by Ivan Mikhaĭlovich Dolgorukiĭ (page images at HathiTrust)
• Zami︠e︡chatelʹnyi︠a︡ i zagadochnyi︠a︡ lichnosti XVIII i XIX stoli︠e︡tīi. (A.S. Suvorin, 1884), by E. P. Karnovich (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sovremenniki; alʹbom bīografīĭ. ([S.-Peterburg], 1909), by N. I. Afanasʹev (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Gosudarstvennai︠a︡ kant︠s︡eli︠a︡rīi︠a︡ 1810-1910 (Gosudarstvennai︠a︡ tip., 1910), by Russia. Gosudarstvennai︠a︡ kantseli︠a︡rīi︠a︡ (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ocherki russkago progressa : statʹi istoricheskīi︠a︡, po obshchestvennym voprosam i kritiko-bīograficheskīi︠a︡. ("Tovarishchestvo Khudozhestvennoĭ Pechati", 1900), by B. B. Glinskīĭ (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Russkie sovremennye di︠e︡i︠a︡teli sbornik portretov zami︠e︡chatelʹnykh lit︠s︡ nastoi︠a︡shchago vremeni s biograficheskimi ocherkami. (Tip. N.A. Lebedeva, 1876), by D. I. Lobanov (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reminiscences of Tolstoy (Chapman and Hall, 1914), by Il'ia L'vovich Tolstoi (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Pami͡ati pogibshikh : [sbornik] ([s.n.], 1929), by Vladimir Feofilovich Zeeler, V. A. Obolenskiĭ, P. N. Mili︠u︡kov, N. I. Astrov, and André Savine Collection (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Nashi di︠e︡i︠a︡teli; gallerei︠a︡ zami︠e︡chatelʹnykh li︠u︡deĭ Rossīi v portretakh i bīografīi︠a︡kh. (Izd. A. O. Baumana, 1879) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Iz zhizni russkikh dieiatelei vosemnadtsatago vieka. (University Microfilms, 1891), by D. A. Korsakov (page images at HathiTrust)
• Russkie di︠e︡i︠a︡teli v portretakh. (1882), by Lavrentiĭ Avksentʹevich Seri︠a︡kov (page images at HathiTrust)
• La Russia sotterranea (Fratelli Treves, 1882), by Sergeĭ Mikhaĭlovich Kravchinskiĭ (page images at HathiTrust)
• Praviteli i mysliteli : bīograficheskīe ocherki (Tip. S.N. Khudekova, 1897), by E. Ḟ. Litvinova (page images at HathiTrust)
• Iz perezhitago : avtobiograficheskīi͡a vospominanīi͡a (Izd. T-va M.G. Kuvshinova, 1886), by N. P. Gili͡arov-Platonov (page images at HathiTrust)
• The fair ladies of the Winter palace (Holden & Hardingham, 1914), by A. S. Rappoport (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sovremennai︠a︡ Rossīi︠a︡ v portretakh i bīografīi︠a︡kh vydai︠u︡shchikhsi︠a︡ dei︠a︡teleĭ. (Tip. I︠A︡. Bali︠a︡nskago, 1908), by A. Subbotin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Pazhi za 185 li︠e︡t : bīografīi i portrety byvshikh pazheĭ s 1711 po 1896 g. ([s.n.], 1897), by Otto Rudolʹfovich Freĭmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Trente-neuf portraits, 1808-1815 (Ėkspedit︠s︡ii︠a︡ zagotovlenīi︠a︡ gos. bumag, 1902), by Louis de Saint-Aubin and Grand Duke of Russia Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Bīograficheskīe ocherki senatorov : po materīalam, sobrannym P.I. Baranovym (V Universitetskoĭ tip. (M. Katkov), 1886), by P. N. Semenov, P. I. Baranov, and Russia) Imperatorskoe obshchestvo istorīi i drevnosteĭ rossīĭskikh (Moscow (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nashi chudodi︠e︡i : li︠e︡topisʹ chudachestv i ėkst︠s︡entrichnosteĭ vsi︠a︡kago roda (Tip. V. Tushnova, 1875), by Vladimir Petrovich Burnashev (page images at HathiTrust)
• Illustrations de la Russie; ou, Galerie des personnages les plus remarquables de cet empire, sous le règne de Pierre-le-Grand. (Moutardier, 1829), by D. N. Bantysh-Kamenskīĭ, G. Lecointe de Laveau, and Īvan Vol'f (page images at HathiTrust)
• Semidesi︠a︡tniki : ocherki umstvennykh i politicheskikh dvizhenīĭ v Rossīi (Tipografīi︠a︡ M. Merkusheva, 1905), by A. I. Faresov (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sobranie portretov rossii︠a︡n, znamenitykh po svoim dei︠a︡nii︠a︡m ([Bratʹi︠a︡ Kiri︠e︡evskie], 1843), by Platon Petrovich Beketov and Bratʹi︠a︡ Kiri︠e︡evskie (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Russkai︠a︡ istorī︠ia︡ vʺ zhizneopisanī︠ia︡khʺ ei︠a︡ glavn︠ie︡ĭshikh d︠ie︡i︠a︡teleĭ (Tip. M.M. Stasi︠u︡levicha, 1913), by N. I. Kostomarov (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Russkai︠a︡ istorī︠ia︡ vʺ zhizneopisanī︠ia︡kh ei︠a︡ glavn︠ie︡ĭshikh d︠ie︡i︠a︡teleĭ (Tip. M.M. Stasi︠u︡levicha, 1888), by N. I. Kostomarov (page images at HathiTrust)
• Slovar vsi e k h Ti e k h lits (Iz Chtenii v obshchestvi e istorii i drevnostei rossii skikh , 1873), by Ivan Mikhai lovich Dolgorukii (page images at HathiTrust)
• I︠U︡bileĭnoe istoricheskoe i khudozhestvennoe izdanīe v pami︠a︡tʹ 300-li︠e︡tīi︠a︡ t︠s︡arstvovanīi︠a︡ derzhavnago Doma Romanovykh. (Izdanīe M.S. Gugeli︠a︡, 1913) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Otechestvennyi panteon ili zhizn velikikh kniazei, tsarei i imperatorov, s 64 portretami. (v. Tip. Avgusta Semena, 1850) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pervai a rossi i skai a Gosudarstvennai a Duma : literaturno-khudozhestvennoe izdani e (Izd. N.D. Andreeva, 1906), by N. Linovski i -Trofimov (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Grëzy i di͡eĭstvitelʹnostʹ. (Zadruga, 1918), by Elizaveta Nikolaevna T͡Sevlovskai͡a Vodovozova (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Minuvshee. Istoricheskīe ocherki i razskazy. (Tip. A.N. Lavrov, 1917), by M. I͡A. Korolʹkov (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Les princes Troubetzoï. (Paris, E. Leroux, 1887), by Elizaveta ʹEsperovna Beloselʹskai͡a-Belozerskai͡a Trubet͡skai͡a (page images at HathiTrust)
• Blizhni͡ai͡a Duma t͡sari͡a Feodora Ivanovicha. (Sinodalʹnai͡a tip., 1910), by Sergīĭ Sheremetev and G. S. Sh. (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Memoiren einer Grossmutter. Bilder aus der Kulturgeschichte der Juden Russlands im 19. Jahrhundert. (M. Poppelauer, 1913), by Pauline Wengeroff (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Galerie de portraits des célébrités russes (V Tip. A. Mi︠u︡nstera, 1865), by A. Ė. Mi︠u︡nster (page images at HathiTrust)
• Russkiĭ biograficheskiĭ slovarʹ. (Tipografi︠ia︡ I.N. Slorokholova [etc., etc.], 1896), by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovt︠︡sov and St. Petersburg Russkoe istoricheskoe obshchestvo (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Russkai︠a︡ istori︠ia︡ v zhizneopisani︠ia︡kh ei︠a︡ glavnieĭshikh d︠ie︡i︠a︡teleĭ. (Izd-vo "Vi︠e︡stnika znani︠ia︡", 1872), by N. I. Kostomarov (page images at HathiTrust)
• Alʹmanakh sovremennykh russkikh gosudarstvennykh dei͡ateleĭ (Izd. Germana Aleksandrovicha Golʹdberga, 1897) (page images at HathiTrust)
• L︠i︡udi ekaterinskago vremeni : spravochna︠i︡a knizhka k ︠t︡sarstvovanī︠i︡u Imperatri︠t︡sy Ekateriny II. (Tip. V.S. Balasheva, 1882) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Russkai︠a︡ portretnai︠a︡ gallerei︠a︡ : sobranīe portretov zami︠e︡chatelʹnykh russkikh li︠u︡deĭ, nachinai︠a︡ s XVIII stolei︠e︡tīi︠36}a s kratkimi ikh bīografīi︠a︡mi : fototipīi s luchshikh originalov. (Izd. A.S. Suvorina, 1887) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Krestʹi︠a︡nskīi︠a︡ znamenitosti. (Tip. T-va I.D. Sytina, 1900), by I︠A︡. D. Verkhovet︠s︡ (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Nedalekoe proshedshee i blizkoe budushchee; i͡avlenīi͡a russkoĭ zhizni v kharakteristikakh i ėpizodakh. (S.-Peterburg, 1908), by M. V. Shevli͡akov (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Russkie samorodki : zhizneopisanīi͡a i kharakteristiki (Orlik, 1916), by V. V. Vasilʹev and A. A. Korinfskiĭ (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Avtobiografii revoli͡ut͡sionnykh dei͡ateleĭ russkogo sot͡sialisticheskogo dvizhenii͡a 70-80-kh (s.n., 1920) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Peterburgskịĭ nekropolw ili spravoc̊nyĭ istoric̊eskịĭ ukazatelw lit̨w̄, rodivs̊ixsi︠a︡ vw̄ XVII i XVIII Stoli̲e̲tị︠ia︡xw̄. Po nadgrobnymw̄ nadpisi︠a︡mw̄ Aleksandronevskoĭ lavry i uprazdnennyxw̄ peterburgskixw̄ kladbis̨w̄. Sostavil Vladimịr Saitovw̄. (Vw̄ Universitetskoĭ tipografịi (M. Katkov), 1883), by Vladimīr Saitov (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Russian Gentleman, by S. T. Aksakov, trans. by J. D. Duff (Gutenberg ebook)

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