What interesting personalities in history. Unique personalities
Incredible Facts
Many people possess such talents as singing, dancing, but there are those who have almost superhuman abilities.
Some of them acquired their abilities suddenly, having experienced trauma or an accident. For others, their gift brings a lot of difficulties in life. And there are those who are almost genetically predisposed to their supernatural qualities.
Here are the stories of several people with amazing abilities.
1. Orlando Serrell - savant syndrome
After a brain injury, a small percentage of people can gain unusual abilities. They are called savants. As a rule, savants have amazing mathematical abilities or, for example, they can draw an entire city in amazing detail.
This is how the case of Orlando Serrell is described, who in 1979, while in primary school suffered a brain injury during a baseball game. Over the next year, Serrell began to experience headaches that lasted for several hours.
However, by the end of the year, he discovered amazing calendar abilities, for example, naming all Mondays in 1980. In addition, he remembered all the details of each day, as it happens when hyperthymesia - exceptional autobiographical memory.
Although many people may envy such abilities, savants acquire such abilities due to the fact that their the brain takes everything literally and sees details we don't pay attention to. That's why many of them find it difficult to take exams in schools where broader questions are asked.
2. Thai Ngoc - 40-year-old insomnia
Vietnamese peasant Thai Ngoc(Thai Ngoc) suffered from a fever in 1973, after which he developed severe case of insomnia. At first he thought that this one would pass in another week, and did not attach any importance to this.
but 40 years later he is still awake having spent more than 12,000 nights without sleep. Any other person would not have survived such prolonged insomnia, but the only problem found in the man was a slight liver problem.
Ngoc complains of a little irritability due to lack of sleep and has resorted to many therapies, even tried to drown the problem in alcohol, but nothing has worked.
One of the reasons explaining how the Vietnamese could go so long without sleep is the phenomenon of " micro sleep"Micro-sleeps occur when the brain is tired and a person falls asleep for a few seconds. An example of this phenomenon is a short falling asleep while driving.
3. Sherpas
Sherpas often accompany climbers when climbing Everest- the highest peak in the world.
It has long been observed that Sherpas from Nepal and Tibetans have the ability to survive in harsh mountainous conditions, being at an altitude of about 4 km above sea level.
More recently, researchers found that 87 percent of Tibetans have specific EPAS1 gene which allows them consume 40 percent less oxygen than an ordinary person. Thanks to this, the level of hemoglobin does not rise above a certain level, which prevents heart problems.
According to scholars, Tibetans inherited this gene from Denisovans - an extinct species of people. The Denisovans lived in the area where the Tibetans now live, and their remains contain the same EPAS1 gene.
4 Elisabeth Sulser - Synesthesia
Many are familiar unusual phenomenon called "synesthesia" when sense organs intersect. For example, you can taste cherries when you eat red candies, even though they may not have the taste. Other people can perceive colors with their eyes closed.
Elisabeth Sulser from Switzerland mixed sight, hearing and taste, making her sees colored sound waves and tastes music.
The woman herself considered her abilities to be the norm and thought that other people could also taste and see music and sounds. Sulser is a musician and her abilities help a lot, allowing her to compose symphonies and melodies from flowers.
However, synesthesia also has back side. For example, people who see sounds are constantly distracted in noisy areas and often suffer from headaches.
5. S.M. - lack of fear
The patient, who is known under the pseudonym S.M., suffers from an unknown disease, due to which her amygdala The part of the brain responsible for fear is completely damaged.
As a mother of three children, she does not feel fear, no matter how frightening the situation is. During the study, she watched the most frightening horror films and touched the snake's tongue.
As a child, S.M. recalls being afraid of the dark, but by the time it reached adolescence, her amygdala was already destroyed. A woman recalls a case when one night a man ran up to her, putting a knife to her throat, and she was not afraid, but only calmly replied that he would have to go through her guardian angel.
She describes her condition as "weird".
6 Dean Karnazes - Infinite Stamina
If you've ever run a marathon, you probably know that at some point you feel like you need a break.
The muscles of the American marathon runner Dean Karnazes (Dean Karnazes) have amazing properties, thanks to which he can run forever.
Normally, the human body gets its energy from glucose, which produces lactic acid. If too much lactic acid builds up, you will start to get tired. Dean's body is not affected by the accumulation of lactic acid, and he does not get tired.
Dean started running in high school, and while his classmates did 15 laps, he could run 105 laps until he was asked to stop. He once ran 50 marathons in 50 days.
7. Tibetan monks
In South Asia, especially in Tibet, monks claim they can regulate your body temperature via ancient form meditation called "tummo". According to Buddhism, apart from the life we live, there is a kind of other reality. Practicing "tummo", the monks can get into that other world.
During practice, they generate a large amount of heat. Scientists studying Tibetan monks were surprised to find that the temperature of their toes and hands rose by 8 degrees Celsius.
Tummo is not the only form of meditation practiced by Tibetan monks. They are also able, through meditation, to slow down metabolism, which controls the rate at which the body breaks down calories.
People with low level metabolism gain weight faster, as their body does not break down calories as quickly. By meditating, monks can lower their metabolism by 64 percent which allows them to conserve energy. For comparison, in normal people, the metabolism is reduced by 15 percent during sleep.
8. Chris Robinson - predictive dreams
Scot Chris Robinson (Chris Robinson) once woke up from a very realistic dream, in which he saw how the planes collided in the air. Since then, he began to see the future in his dreams.
Robinson can wake up whenever he wants and write down his dream in a journal.
He even participated in an experiment on Stan Lee's Superhumans where he was asked to predict in his sleep where he was going to be taken the next day. Robinson wrote down the place he saw in his dream and put it in an envelope. When the researchers arrived at the right place, they opened the envelope and found that it matched.
During another experiment, he was asked to guess an object in a box, and out of 12 times he guessed right 2 times.
9. Eskil Ronningsbakken - Extreme Balancing
Eskil Ronningsbakken(Eskil Ronningsbakken) is one of the most amazing extreme sportsmen who learned the art of balancing since the age of five. At the age of 18, Ronningsbakken got into the circus, where he worked for 11 years.
Now in his early 30s, he risks his life driving on a bike upside down on a tightrope over a canyon, cycling backwards on one of the most winding roads in Norway, or doing a handstand on a bar hanging from a hot air balloon.
Ronningsbakken himself admits that he is not fearless and experiences anxiety when performing some stunts. He believes that fear is part of what makes us human, and if he ever loses his sense of fear, he will stop doing what he does.
10. Natalya Demkina - x-ray girl
Natalya Demkina, a girl from Saransk in Russia, suddenly at the age of 10 began see people through. From a young age, she accepted people who came to her for help, so that she looked inside and told about their illnesses.
The girl claims to have "second sight" that allows her to see internal organs human. Some of her diagnoses were more accurate than doctors'. In 2004, she was invited by the English media to participate in an experiment where she was able to demonstrate her abilities by describing all the injuries received by a woman in a car accident.
She also took part in the program organized by Discovery Channel, where she was presented with 6 patients with various disorders, of which she correctly diagnosed four.
In 2004, Natalia graduated from high school and entered the Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry.
culture
Who is the most influential and most significant person in history?
The researchers created algorithm, which sorts historical figures by importance on Wikipedia, article length, readability, achievement, and notoriety.
The program was developed by Prof. computer science Steven Skiena(Steven Skiena) and engineer software Google Charles B. Ward(Charles B. Ward), who wrote the book "Who matters more?" (Who's Bigger: Where Historical Figures Really Rank).
Of course they conclusions are not without controversy.. The authors were based on the results of the English version of Wikipedia, so the list rather highlights the most important historical figures in Western history.
© Fernando Cortes
It is noteworthy that the hundred most significant personalities included only Three women: Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria and Joan of Arc. Also unexpected was the 7th place of Adolf Hitler, who was much higher in the ranking of Joseph Stalin, who was in 18th place.
The most historically significant musician was Mozart (24th), followed by Beethoven (27th) and Bach (48th). The most famous modern pop musician was Elvis Presley (69th).
Most Significant People
1. - the central person in Christianity (7 BC - 30 AD)
2. Napoleon- Emperor of France (1769 - 1821)
3. Muhammad- prophet and founder of Islam (570-632)
4. William Shakespeare- English playwright (1564 -1616)
5. Abraham Lincoln- 16th President of the United States (1809-1865)
6. George Washington- 1st President of the United States (1732 -1799)
7. Adolf Gitler- Fuhrer of Nazi Germany, who participated in the Second World War (1889 - 1945)
8. Aristotle- Greek philosopher and polymath (384 -322 BC)
9. Alexander the Great(Alexander the Great) - Greek king and conqueror of world power (356 - 323 BC)
10. Thomas Jefferson- 3rd President of the United States, who wrote the Declaration of Independence (1743-1826)
11. Henry VIII- King of England (1491-1547)
12. Charles Darwin- scientist, creator of the theory of evolution (1809-1882)
13. Elizabeth I- Queen of England, known as the "Maiden Queen" (1533-1603)
14. Karl Marx- German philosopher, founder of Marxism (1818 -1883)
15. Julius Caesar- Roman general statesman(100 -44 BC)
16. Queen Victoria- Queen of Great Britain of the Victorian era (1819 -1901)
18. Joseph Stalin – Soviet leader (1878 -1953)
19. Albert Einstein- theoretical physicist, creator of the Theory of Relativity (1878 -1953)
20. Christopher Columbus- explorer who discovered America for Europeans (1451-1506)
21. Isaac Newton- scientist, creator of the theory of gravity (1643 -1727)
22. Charlemagne- the first Roman emperor, considered the "father of Europe" (742 -814)
23. Theodore Roosevelt- 26th President of the United States (1858 -1919)
24. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart- Austrian composer (1756 - 1791)
25. Plato- Greek philosopher, wrote the work "Republic" (427 -347 BC)
26. Louis XIV- King of France, known as the "Sun King" (1638 -1715)
27. Ludwig van Beethoven- German composer (1770 -1827)
28. Ulysses S. Grant- 18th President of the United States (1822-1885)
29. Leonardo da Vinci- Italian artist and inventor (1452 - 1519)
31. Carl Linnaeus- Swedish biologist, father of taxonomy - the classification of flora and fauna
32. Ronald Reagan- 40th President of the United States (1911-2004)
33. Charles Dickens- English novelist (1812 -1870)
34. Apostle Paul- Christian apostle (5 AD - 67 AD)
35. Benjamin Franklin- Founding Father of the United States, scientist (1706 - 1790)
36. George W. Bush- 43rd President of the United States (1946 -)
37. Winston Churchill- Prime Minister of Great Britain (1874 -1965)
38. Genghis Khan- Founder of the Mongol Empire (1162 - 1227)
39. Charles I- King of England (1600-1649)
40. Thomas Edison- Inventor of the light bulb and phonograph (1847 -1931)
41. Jacob I- King of England (1566-1625)
42. Friedrich Nietzsche- German philosopher (1844-1900)
43. Franklin D. Roosevelt- 32nd President of the United States (1882-1945)
44. Sigmund Freud- Austrian neurologist, creator of psychoanalysis (1856 -1939)
45. Alexander Hamilton- Founding Father of the United States (1755 -1804)
46. Mahatma Gandhi- Indian national leader (1869-1948)
47. Woodrow Wilson- 28th President of the United States (1856 - 1924)
48. Johann Sebastian Bach- German composer (1685 -1750)
49. Galileo Galilei- Italian physicist and astronomer (1564 -1642)
50. Oliver Cromwell- Lord Protector of England (1599 - 1658)
51. James Madison- 4th President of the United States (1751 -1836)
52. Guatama Buddha- the central figure in Buddhism (563 -483 BC)
53. Mark Twain- American writer (1835 -1910)
54. Edgar Alan Poe- American writer (1809 -1849)
55. Joseph Smith- American religious leader, founder of Mormonism (1805 -1844)
56. Adam Smith- economist (1723 -1790)
57. David- the biblical king of Israel, the founder of Jerusalem (1040 -970 BC)
58. George III- King of Great Britain (1738 - 1820)
59. Immanuel Kant- German philosopher, author of the "Critique of Pure Reason" (1724 -1804)
60. James Cook- explorer and discoverer of Hawaii and Australia (1728 -1779)
61. John Adams- Founding father and 2nd President of the United States (1735 -1826)
62. Richard Wagner- German composer (1813 -1883)
63. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky- Russian composer (1840 -1893)
64. Voltaire- French philosopher of the Enlightenment (1694 -1778)
65. Apostle Peter- Christian apostle (? - 67 AD)
66. Andrew Jackson- 7th President of the United States (1767 -1845)
67. Constantine the Great- Roman emperor, the first Christian emperor (272 -337)
68. Socrates- Greek philosopher (469 -399)
69. Elvis Presley- "King of rock and roll" (1935 -1977)
70. Wilgelm the conqueror- King of England, Norman conqueror (1027 -1087)
71. John F. Kennedy- 35th President of the United States (1917 -1963)
72. Aurelius Augustine- Christian theologian (354 -430)
73. Vincent Van Gogh- post-impressionist painter (1853 -1890)
74. Nikolay Compernik- astronomer, author of heliocentric cosmology (1473 -1543)
75. Vladimir Lenin- Soviet revolutionary, founder of the USSR (1870 -1924)
76. Robert Edward Lee- American military leader (1807 -1870)
77. Oscar Wilde- English writer and poet (1854 -1900)
78. Charles II- King of England (1630-1685)
79. Cicero- Roman politician and orator, author of "On the State" (106 -43 BC)
80. Jean Jacques Rousseau- philosopher (1712 -1778)
81. Francis Bacon- English scientist, founder of empiricism (1561 -1626)
82. Richard Nixon- 37th President of the United States (1913 -1994)
83. Louis XVI- King of France, executed during the French Revolution (1754 -1793)
84. Charles V- Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (1500 -1558)
85. King Arthur- the mythical king of Great Britain of the 6th century
86. Michelangelo- Italian Renaissance sculptor (1475 -1564)
87. Philip II- King of Spain (1527 -1598)
88.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe- German writer and thinker (1749 -1832)
89. Ali ibn Abu Talib- caliph and central figure in Sufism (598-661)
90. Thomas Aquinas- Italian theologian (1225 -1274)
91. John Paul II- Pope of Rome of the 20th century (1920 - 2005)
92. Rene Descartes- French philosopher (1596 -1650)
93. Nikola Tesla- inventor (1856 -1943)
94. Harry S. Truman- 33rd President of the United States (1884 -1972)
95. Joan of Arc- French heroine, canonized saints (1412 -1431)
96. Dante Alighieri- Italian poet, author Divine Comedy" (1265 -1321)
97. Otto von Bismarck- the first chancellor and unifier of modern Germany (1815 -1898)
98. Grover Cleveland- 22nd and 24th President of the United States (1837 -1908)
99. Jean Calvin- French Protestant theologian (1509 - 1564)
100. John Locke- English philosopher of the Enlightenment (1632-1704)
Restoration of the face from the skull, or the method of anthropological reconstruction of the appearance on a craniological basis, of famous (and not only) historical characters is a favorite pastime of anthropologists. Not so long ago, scientists presented to the public their vision of the appearance of Tutankhamun. It is difficult to judge the extent to which the reconstruction results correspond to the true appearance of the heroes of the past. Sometimes even the objects of reconstruction themselves turn out to be not the ones for whom they were taken. But it's always interesting to look at them. Let's get acquainted with already sunk into oblivion, but looking like living historical figures.
In 2003, Egyptologist Joanne Fletcher identified the KV35YL mummy as Nefertiti, the "main wife" of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten of the 18th dynasty. At the same time, its appearance was reconstructed. However, in 2010, as a result of a DNA study, it turned out that the remains did not belong to Nefertiti, but to another “soul mate” of Akhenaten, and part-time to his sister. True, perhaps she was the wife of another pharaoh - Smenkhkare. However, Egyptologists agree that the remains belong to the mother of Tutankhamun.
2. Using a virtual autopsy, British scientists have recreated the appearance of Tutankhamun, the pharaoh of the XVIII dynasty of the New Kingdom, who ruled Egypt in 1332-1323 BC.
Scientists believe that Tutankhamun suffered from genetic diseases, as well as malaria, which may have caused his early death: the pharaoh died at the age of 19. Half of the men living in Western Europe, are descendants of the Egyptian pharaohs and, in particular, relatives of Tutankhamun, scientists believe. Common ancestor of the ruler ancient egypt and European men with haplogroup R1b1a2 lived in the Caucasus about 9.5 thousand years ago. Carriers of the "Pharaonic" haplogroup began migrating to Europe about 7 thousand years ago.
3. Apostle Paul - the largest figure in world history, one of the authors of the New Testament and one of the founders of Christianity.
Saint Paul lived from AD 5-67. Paul created numerous Christian communities in Asia Minor and the Balkan Peninsula. In 2009, for the first time in history, Scientific research sarcophagus under the altar of the Roman temple of San Paolo Fuori le Mura. Fragments of bones were found in the sarcophagus, which were subjected to carbon-14 analysis by experts who did not know about their origin. According to the results, they belong to a person who lived between the 1st and 2nd centuries. This confirms the undisputed tradition that we are talking about the remains of the Apostle Paul.
4. King Richard III, reconstructed from the remains found in the fall of 2012 under a car park in Leicester.
Richard III - the last representative of the male Plantagenet line on the English throne, ruled from 1483 to 1485. It has recently been established that Richard III died on the battlefield, having dismounted and lost his helmet. Before his death, the English king received 11 wounds, with nine blows to the head. The absence of wounds on the bones of the hands suggests that at the time of his death, the monarch was still in armor. Richard III was killed at the Battle of the Bosphorus while fighting the pretender to the throne, Henry Tudor (future King Henry VII).
5. The remains of the creator of the medieval heliocentric picture of the world, Nicolaus Copernicus, were discovered in the Cathedral of Frombork (modern Poland) in 2005. In Warsaw, a computer facial reconstruction was performed at the Central Laboratory of Forensic Science.
In 2010, the names were assigned by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, and in 2011 the designations of the elements were officially approved: darmstadtium, roentgenium and copernicium (or Copernicus), with numbers 110, 111 and 112, respectively. Initially, for the 112th element, Copernicium, named after Nicolaus Copernicus, the symbol Cp was proposed, then it was changed to Cn.
6. In 2008, Scottish anthropologist Caroline Wilkinson reconstructed the appearance of the great 18th-century German composer Johann Sebastian Bach.
Bach's remains were exhumed in 1894, and in 1908 sculptors tried to recreate his appearance for the first time, guided, however, by the well-known portraits of the composer. Critics of the early 20th century were dissatisfied with this project: they argued that the bust could just as well depict, for example, Handel.
7William Shakespeare Facial Reconstruction Made From A Death Mask English poet and playwright.
The hypothesis of endless monkeys, which will sooner or later print the work of art by William Shakespeare, was tested by the American programmer Jesse Anderson. The monkey program managed to print Shakespeare's poem A Lover's Complaint in a month. True, an attempt to test the hypothesis on living monkeys failed. In 2003, a keyboard connected to a computer was placed in a cage with six macaques at Peyton Zoo (UK). The monkeys typed five pages of incoherent text and broke the keyboard a month later.
8. In 2007, Italian scientists from University of Bologna reconstructed the appearance of the great Italian poet of the turn of the XIII and XIV centuries Dante Alighieri.
Dante Alighieri, according to some scientists, could suffer from narcolepsy - a disease nervous system accompanied by bouts of drowsiness and sudden falling asleep. These conclusions are based on the fact that in Dante's Divine Comedy the symptoms of narcolepsy are reproduced with great accuracy, as well as the cataplexy that often accompanies it, that is, the sudden loss of muscle tone.
9. Perhaps this is what Henry IV looked like - the king of France, the leader of the Huguenots, who was killed by a Catholic fanatic in 1610.
In 2010, forensic experts led by Philippe Charlier determined that the surviving mummified "head of Henry IV" was genuine. On its basis, in February 2013, the same scientists presented a reconstruction of the appearance of the king. However, in October 2013, another group of geneticists questioned the authenticity of the remains of the Bourbon monarch.
10. In 2009, the appearance of Arsinoe IV, the younger sister and victim of Queen Cleopatra, was reconstructed. Arsinoe's face is recreated according to the measurements taken from her skull, which was lost during the Second World War.
Arsinoe died in 41 BC. According to the ancient Roman historian Josephus, she was executed in Ephesus on the orders of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, who saw her half-sister as a threat to her power.
11. The appearance of St. Nicholas was reconstructed according to the data of an Italian professor of anatomy, obtained in the 1950s during the restoration in the Basilica of St. Nicholas in the city of Bari.
In Christianity, Nicholas of Myra is revered as a miracle worker and is considered the patron saint of sailors, merchants and children.
In this section, as you may have guessed, we will talk about great unique personalities. This section is worth studying at least in order to understand how a genius differs from an ordinary person. After all, many people ask these questions. Well... this section will give you the answers to these questions.
The history of unique personalities is always more interesting than that of ordinary inhabitants of our planet. Why is this happening? Maybe they are more gifted, more capable than us? Of course not! They just have a different philosophy of life. And what is their philosophy - you ask. See this section and you will understand everything yourself.
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Our century has come quite recently, and therefore to say who exactly prominent figures Russia of the 21st century, we cannot yet. However, an analysis of the past will give us the opportunity to understand what truly great things we can expect from Slavic blood. After all, as you know, who knows the past, knows the future.
Sergey Yesenin
A contemporary of Mayakovsky and his complete opposite as an author. A subtle and sincere lyricist, who at the same time managed to remain an eternal bully and a teenager. He raised the themes of the struggle of the individual with the environment, love for nature and, of course, for a woman.
Vladimir Vysotsky
Bard, author of many songs and poems. Greatest Poet His hoarse voice seemed to let his voice down under the legacy left to him by all the outstanding personalities of Russia in the 20th century. He raised the topics of the internal and external struggle of a person, his place in society and in the world in general. Subtle satirist.
Bulat Okudzhava
Also a poet who independently performed his poems in the form of songs. Touching and honest, he wrote poems filled with some kind of cosmic thoughtfulness. He often used metaphors, creating deep images with the help of them. His songs had a parable form, which was once (good-naturedly) parodied by Vysotsky.
Cinematographers
Lev Kuleshov
Thanks to him, outstanding personalities of Russia began to appear in the cinema. The discoverer of the "Kuleshov effect" - "two frames that are independent in meaning, glued together, create a new meaning." In fact, the founder of the montage story.
The first person in Russia to use color in cinema was the red flag in the same “Battleship Potemkin”.
Mikhail Romm
Director of documentaries ("Ordinary Fascism") and feature films ("Nine Days of One Year") films. One of the most important cinema theorists of the mid-20th century. VGIK lecturer and author of many scientific papers.
Andrei Tarkovsky
A man who manages to shoot a true art-house in the USSR. His ribbons are filled personal meanings full of metaphors and subtle allusions. He shot "Solaris" and "Stalker", most often making his works such parables-allegories.
Painters
Andrey Rublev
Modern outstanding personalities of Russia among artists would not have been possible without the person who laid the foundation for Russian painting.
Each of his canvases is like a photograph taken during the climax of the event that he was trying to capture. His paintings are infinitely alive and may not always reveal their true meaning at first sight. The main thing in Repin is the emotions of the characters and the details.
Kazimir Malevich
A great modernist, known as the author of the now-familiar Black Square. He was busy looking for new forms and ways of expressing color in painting. His paintings are full of abstractions and geometric shapes, attempts to invent something new in their art. I tried to find "absolute peace" in the paintings.
Composers
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
One of the first Russian professional composers, Tchaikovsky made a true craft out of music (in the good sense of the word). He was a man who simply could not stop writing music.
The extremely diverse topics raised in all possible genres make Pyotr Ilyich a composer capable of reaching the heart of every person. His most famous works are the ballets The Nutcracker and Swan Lake.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
He believed that the main goal of music is the unity of the listener with the true nature of the world, which can only be expressed in a similar, melodic form.
Dmitry Shostakovich
A composer with a difficult fate, at first he worked in the style of modernism and actively experimented in all genres. However, "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District" did not please Stalin personally, and then severe repression followed.
To save himself and his family, Shostakovich had to create in a purely "state" way. However, his music really proves that even a simple listener hears the subtext put in by the composer. Many subtle moods and meanings that he invested in symphonies No. 5 and No. 7 were then understood by everyone.
Scientists
Mikhail Lomonosov
The first Russian encyclopedist, "a man of all sciences." Brought Russian research to the level of Europe. He made many discoveries in almost every modern science for him.
As an academician and one of the most active personalities of his time, he was an icon for the Russian Enlightenment.
Dmitry Mendeleev
A Russian chemist who has already become legendary, who managed to create periodic system chemical elements, which significantly pushed the world science forward.
The existence of such a table clearly proves the harmony of nature and its clear system.
One of the greatest discoveries in which, in fact, the entire modern natural Science, belongs to him. He also worked in other sciences, where he also made various discoveries.
Ivan Pavlov
First Nobel Laureate from Russia. Pavlov made the most important discovery in biology and physiology - it was he who found out the presence of reflexes in the body of living beings. And it was this Russian scientist who divided them into conditional and unconditional.
Pavlov devoted his whole life to this discovery, and even dying, he continued to dictate his feelings to his students - so that science could better know the state of death.
Athletes
Ivan Poddubny
Legendary Russian wrestler, "hero of the XX century." Haven't lost once in ten years. Wrestling champion five times.
Garry Kasparov
A chess player with many awards, "Chess Oscars" and the title of world champion. He became famous for the extremely successful combination of various tactics and strategies and the ability to emerge from a seemingly completely failed game as a winner.
"Kasparov's openings" - this is how unexpected and non-standard moves at the beginning of the game are now called.
Lev Yashin
Soviet goalkeeper, famous for his absolute "impenetrability". Considered the best goalkeeper of the 20th century. Repeatedly recognized as the best goalkeeper of the USSR. Ballon d'Or winner.
Conclusion
As we can see, outstanding personalities in the history of Russia have become extremely significant for all mankind. Chekhov can be safely called the best playwright in the world, and Mendeleev - the greatest chemist. All these people are important not only for Russia, but for every area in which they became famous.
It remains to be hoped that the outstanding personalities of Russia in the 21st century, just like their predecessors, will mean something for the whole world, and not just for their homeland.
