Russian revolutionary anarchist and philosopher (1814–1876)
Mikhail Bakunin
Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin was a Russian revolutionary anarchist and political philosopher.
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Russian author (1891–1940)
Mikhail Bulgakov
Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov was a Russian and Soviet novelist and playwright.
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Russian writer, poet and painter (1814–1841)
Mikhail Lermontov
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasus", the most important Russian poet after Alexander Pushkin's death in 1837 and the greatest figure in Russian Romanticism.
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Russian polymath (1711-1765)
Mikhail Lomonosov
Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov was a Russian polymath, scientist and writer, who made important contributions to literature, education, and science.
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Russian writer, journalist, plawright and satirist
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin, born Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov and known during his lifetime by the pen name Nikolai Shchedrin, was a major Russian writer and satirist of the 19th century, known for his sharp criticism of slavery.
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Soviet writer (1905-1984)
Mikhail Sholokhov
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov was a Russian novelist and winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Georgian and Ukrainian politician, third President of Georgia (2004–2013) and Governor of Odesa Oblast (2015–2016)
Mikheil Saakashvili
Mikheil Saakashvili is a Georgian-Ukrainian politician.
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Franco-Czechoslovak poet and novelist (1929—2023)
Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera was a Czech and French novelist.
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Romanian-American historian, writer, philosopher and professor at the University of Chicago (1907–1986)
Mircea Eliade
Mircea Eliade was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago.
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