STANISLAVSKI KONSTANTIN: (1863-1938) Russian Theatre Director. Stanislavski was widely recognized as an outstanding actor, and the multiple produc...

KHACHATURIAN ARAM: (1903-1978) Russian-Armenian Composer. An interesting T.L.S., Aram Khatchaturian, in Cyrillic, one page, 4to, [Moscow], 5th Aug...

STRAVINSKY IGOR: (1882-1971) Russian composer and conductor. A.L.S., I Stravinsky, in Cyrillic, to the recto of his personal printed small oblong ...

ALLILUYEVA SVETLANA: (1926-2011) Soviet writer and lecturer, the youngest child and only daughter of Joseph Stalin and his second wife Nadezhda Al...

TOLSTOY LEO: (1828-1910) Russian writer, regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. A.L.S., L Tolstoy, in Cyrillic, three pages, 8vo, n....

EINSTEIN ALBERT: (1879-1955) German-born theoretical physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1921. A good A.L.S., Einstein, to one side of a pl...

RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS: An excellent vintage signed 7.5 x 5.5 photograph by each of the first eleven Russian cosmonauts in space comprising Yuri Gagar...

JOHANNA ELISABETH OF HOLSTEIN-GOTTORP: (1712-1760) German regent, Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst and the mother of Catherine the Great of Russia. L.S.,...

NICHOLAS I: (1796-1855) Emperor of Russia 1825-55. L.S., Nicolas, a good and bold signature example, three pages, folio, Saint Petersburg, 23rd Ma...

KAPODISTRIAS IOANNIS: (1776-1831) Greek statesman and diplomat who served as the Foreign Minister of Russia 1816-22 and Governor of Greece 1828-31...

ZAKREVSKY ARSENY: (1783-1865) Russian Statesman and Minister of the Interior 1828-31 under Nicholas I. Two very interesting A.L.S., Count A. Zakre...

LENIN VLADIMIR: (1870-1924) Russian revolutionary and politician who served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia 1917-24 ...

PUTIN VLADIMIR: (1952- ) Russian politician who served as Prime Minister of Russia 1999-2000, 2008-12 and as President of Russia 2000-08 and again...

KHAN ALI-REZA: (1847-1910) Azod-ol-Molk. Iranian politician who acted as regent for Ahmad Shah, the last ruling member of the Qajar (Kadjar) dynas...