A veteran diplomat with an extraordinary knowledge of Russian language, history and literature, Kennan recalls how, at the time of Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union in 1941, he penned a private note to a State Department official, expressing the hope that `` never would we associate ourselves with Russian purposes in the areas of eastern Europe beyond her own boundaries ''.

* 1776 – Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek diplomat of the Russian Empire and first head of state of independent Greece ( d. 1831 )

* December 31 – Maxim Litvinov, Russian revolutionary and Soviet diplomat ( b. 1876 )

* February 11 – Alexander Griboyedov, Russian playwright and diplomat ( b. 1795 )

* Yakov Bulgakov, Russian diplomat

* July 25 – Ivan Mikhailovich Viskovatyi, Russian diplomat

When discussing Karabakh and Shusha in the 18th century, the Russian diplomat and historian S. M. Bronevskiy ( Russian: С. М. Броневский ) indicated in his Historical Notes that Karabakh, which he said " is located in Greater Armenia " had as many as 30 – 40, 000 armed Armenian men in 1796.

* Karl Ivanovich Weber ( born 1841 ), Russian diplomat of the Russian Empire

* In 1999, the US expelled a Russian diplomat, accusing him of using a listening device in a top floor conference room used by diplomats in the United States Department of State headquarters.

* Leonid Krasin, Russian and Soviet Bolshevik politician and diplomat, ashes buried in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis

The Russian envoy Count Ignatiev and the French diplomat Baron Gros settled on the burning of the Summer Palaces instead, since it was " least objectionable " and would not jeopardise the treaty signing.

* Afif Safieh ( 1950-), Palestinian diplomat, ambassador to the Russian Federation.

* Maxim Litvinov, born Meir Henoch Mojszewicz Wallach-Finkelstein ( 1876-1951 ), Russian revolutionary and diplomat

Carlo Andrea, count Pozzo di Borgo ( March 8, 1764 – February 15, 1842 ), was a Corsican politician who became a Russian diplomat.

Berenson passed on the documents to Jan Marais, a man he believes is a South African diplomat, but is in fact a Russian false flag agent.

* Burundi – On Saturday June 23, 2007 Burundi security forces shot dead Vladimir Rushtiko, a Russian diplomat after he drove through a checkpoint

A wealthy 17th century Russian diplomat once described the sable as " A beast full marvelous and prolific ... a beast that the Ancient Greeks and Romans called the Golden Fleece.

Grigory Kotoshikhin, a Russian diplomat who had spied for and then defected to Sweden in the 1660s, reported that they used axes and buckets and copper pumps as well as hooks to pull down adjacent buildings so that fires would not spread, but Adam Olearius, a Westerner who travelled to Russia in the seventeenth century, noted that they never used water.

* Mr. Kikin, Russian diplomat in London

* Arkady Alexandrovich Sobolev, Russian diplomat

During the negotiations in Paris for the peace treaty of World War II, the Russian diplomat Vladimir Erofeev met Bevin.

Nikolai Cherkasov, the Russian actor who has played such heroic roles as Alexander Nevsky and Ivan the Terrible, performs the lanky Don Quixote, and does so with a simple dignity that bridges the inner nobility and the surface absurdity of this poignant man.

* 1978 – Ivan Urgant, Russian television host and actor

* 1876 – Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator ( d. 1942 )

* 1530 – Ivan the Terrible, Russian Tsar ( d. 1584 )

* 1852 – Ivan Nabokov, Russian general ( b. 1787 )

* Euphoria ( film ), a Russian 2006 dramatic film by Ivan Vyrypayev

* 1920 – Ivan Ivanovich Petrov, Russian operatic bass ( d. 2003 )

* 1769 – Ivan Krylov, Russian fabulist ( d. 1844 )

* Ivan Krylov ( Russian, 1769 – 1844 )

The most successful practitioner of this process was Ivan III who laid the foundations for a Russian national state.

A contemporary of the Tudors and other " new monarchs " in Western Europe, Ivan proclaimed his absolute sovereignty over all Russian princes and nobles.

The first Russian ruler to officially crown himself " Tsar " was Ivan IV.

Nevertheless, Ivan is often seen as a farsighted statesman who reformed Russia as he promulgated a new code of laws ( Sudebnik of 1550 ), established the first Russian feudal representative body ( Zemsky Sobor ), curbed the influence of clergy, and introduced the local self-management in rural regions.

* 1696 – Tsar Ivan V of Russia, Russian tsar ( b. 1666 )

* 1667 – Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal ( d. 1750 )

* 1812 – Ivan Goncharov, Russian author ( d. 1891 )

* 1956 – Ivan Safronov, Russian journalist ( d. 2007 )

* 1750 – Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal ( b. 1667 )

* Ivan Petrovich Kornilov ( 1811-1901 ), Russian historian and educator

* Ivan Sergeyevich Kuznetsov ( 1867 – 1942 ), Russian architect

* 1787 – Ivan Nabokov, Russian general ( d. 1852 )

* 1887 – Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter and art critic ( b. 1837 )

During the reign of Ivan the Terrible ( 1547-1584 A. D .), Matvei Simyonich Dalmatov, the first martyr of the Russian Molokan faith, split with the Nestorian Church and began to evangelize his family, his master, and local village members in and around the city of Tambov.

* 1818 – Ivan Turgenev, Russian writer ( d. 1883 )

* 1727 – Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, Russian educator ( d. 1797 )