Biography

He was the son of Alexei I Mikhailovich (Tsar of Russia from 1645 to 1676, father of three successiv ...

Initially, he treated it as a short-term indisposition of the body, but over time, he realized that ...

Pre-revolutionary France at the time made a huge impression on him, translating into his political and social beliefs.

In 1936 he fell in love with a psychology student, Jean Tatlock. She was a supporter of communism an ...

The anniversary celebrations were violently suppressed by the Russian army, including the desecration of churches.

As his most significant failure, he considered the completion of Pope Julius II's tomb in the form h ...

In 1962, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Society of Great Britain.

During those six months on the job, he picked up some editorial advice (use short sentences, use short first paragraphs, use energetic words, be positive) that became the basis of his writing style.

This was also name of his father and older brother, who died nine months before the birth of the pai ...