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Russian emperor Peter II born (1727-1730)

23 October 1715

Peter II, a grandson of Peter I, the son of Tsarevitch Alexei and the princess Sophie Charlotte Brunswig-Luneberg was born in St.-Petersburg on October 12 (23), 1715. The mother of the future emperor died ten days after his birth. The father died in 1718.

Birth of Konstantin I. Arsenyev, historian, statistician and geographer

23 October 1789

12 (23) October 1789 in the village of Mirokhanovo, Chukhlomsk District, Kostroma Province, in the family of a village priest was born Konstantin I. Arsenyev, future historian, statistician and geographer, corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, ordinary academician.