On this day

Birthday anniversary of Peter Simon Pallas

3 October 1741

September 22 (October 3), 1741 in Berlin, in the family of professor of surgery was born Peter Simon Pallas, a scholar and lexicographer, naturalist, geographer and traveler.
 

Birth of Boris Mikhailovich Zhitkov, Explorer of the Russian North, Full Member of the Russian Geographical Society

3 October 1872

Boris Mikhailovich Zhitkov was born on September 20 (October 3), 1872 in a noble family in the Mikhailovka Village of Ardatovsky Uezd of Simbirsk Governorate. Zhitkov’s grandfather participated in the Patriotic War of 1812, got injured in the Battle of Borodino, fought for the liberation of Europe, rose to the rank of Major General. His father was a military engineer, defended Sevastopol during the Crimean War, and was awarded state orders for bravery.

Birthday anniversary of Russian poet Sergei Yesenin (1895-1925)

3 October 1895

Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin (1895-1925) is a favourite poet of many Russian and foreign lovers of poetry, according to a survey of the Russian Institute for Social and National Problems. He is recognized as the first among writers and poets of the XX century. "Sergei Yesenin is Pushkin of the XX century", wrote the poetess Larisa Vasilyeva.