Nikolai Repin, entrepreneur Mathematician, internet pioneer and businessman, Nikolai Repin is a serious character. Even curt digressions into his former hobby (“sailing”) or family life (“a wife and a little daughter”) are matter-of-fact and give no cause for even a smile of pride. Life is not a joking matter to 41-year-old Nikolai Repin. 100 Young Russians
"We're all neighbors now. No, not neighbors. FAMILY." How a disastrous flood is helping to knit a community back together and taking leader to task.
Marat Safin, athlete It takes an extraordinary tennis player to unseat Pete Sampras in three straight sets in a Grand Slam final. Marat Safin is that player. 100 Young Russians
Alyosha the Pot One of the author's last stories, and one of his most poignant. Not published until after his death. In English and Russian. Literature
Maxim Sokolov, journalist Maxim Sokolov, 41, hardly looks the part of a Russian TV journalist. The stocky, bearded writer looks more like a 19th century Russian kupets who you can picture calling out to a waiter in the traktir, “Hey, man! Bring twenty bliny! And don’t forget the salmon! 100 Young Russians
After the Ball Excerpt from one of Tolstoy's later and lesser known stories, in which he seems to revert to his earlier, more literary style. In English and Russian Literature
Maria Yeliseyeva, activist Maria Yeliseyeva, 36, had been working for years with children and the arts—she had an art studio attached to the local House of Pioneers, plus a puppet theater. But just over seven years ago, she happened to visit Orphanage #103 in Moscow’s Lefortovo district. 100 Young Russians
Tolstoy the Didact Shorter pieces and extracts from longer works, showing how Tolstoy sought to teach and instruct through his writings. In English and Russian. Literature
Olga Yeliseyeva, historian Historian Olga Yeliseyeva, 34, represents a new breed of Russian historians: young scientists who have cast off the ideological constraints of their predecessors. 100 Young Russians
Tolstoy the Outrageous Excerpts (in English and Russian) from Tolstoy's works, illustrating some of the more outrageous ideas he advocated. Literature
Marina Zhgivaleva, artist Marina Zhgivaleva has been drawing since age three. When she was young, her pencils, colors and sheets of paper were her most beloved toys. She lived in a magic world all her own, one inhabited by fascinating creatures which she created in her drawings: animals, trees, plants, flowers, fruits, birds, people. 100 Young Russians
