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Our town is full of people deserving of praise and 

respect all over the world: sovereigns, a seafarer, 

scientists, an announcer, composers, sportsmen and 

others.   Their names are Vladimir Monomakh, Mikhail 

Lazarev, Alexander Stoletov, Sergei   Taneyev, Yury 

Levitan, Nikolai Andrianov. They made Vladimir 

famous. We would like to boast about their success. 

We keep them in mind and are very proud of their 

progress. All the country knows their names. 

Monuments of these bright well-known people can be 

seen in different Russian cities.

Vladimir Monomakh 

 Grand Prince of 

Russia.

(1053 – 1125)

Vladimir Monomakh was the son of Vsevolod I. 

He conducted 83 military campaigns and 19 

times made peace with the Polovtsi. From 

1094, his chief patrimony was the southern 

town of Pereyaslav, although he also controlled 

Rostov, Suzdal, and other northern provinces. 

In these lands he founded several towns, 

notably his namesake, Vladimir, the future 

capital of Russia.

Admiral Lazarev 

a Russian fleet 

commander and 

an explorer

(1788 – 1851)

Admiral Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev was born in 

Vladimir, a scion of the old Russian nobility 

from the Vladimir province. In 1800, he 

enrolled in Russia's Naval College. Three years 

later he was sent to the British fleet, where 

he would stay for a continuous five-year 

navigation. From 1808 to 1813, Lazarev served 

in the Baltic Fleet. He took part in the Russo-

Swedish War of 1808–1809 and Patriotic War 

of 1812.

Alexander Stoletov 

a famous Russian 

physicist

(1839 – 1896)

Alexander Grigorievich Stoletov was born in 

Vladimir in 1839. He was a Russian physicist, 

founder of electrical engineering, and 

professor in Moscow University. He was the 

brother of general Nikolai Stoletov. He 

studied in Vladimir gymnasium from 1849 to 

1856. Alexander Stoletov defended his 

doctoral dissertation in 1872 and became 

professor at Moscow University a year later.

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