Who is Nicholas Lobachevsky?
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"Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (Dec. 1, 1792 – Feb. 24, 1856) was a Russian mathematician. His main achievement is the development of non-Euclidean geometry. Another of his achievements was developing a method for the numerical approximation of the roots of algebraic equations."
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How about Nicolas Anelka?
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He was from Georgia (not the state in the U.S.).  His real name is Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili but he adopted the name "Stalin" because that is the Russian word for "steel".
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Vladimir Arutyunian was recently convicted in an attempt to throw a grenade at Bush and the Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili on May 10, 2005.\n\nThe cited article is from the Washington Post dated January 12, 2006.
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Crime and Punishment, F. D. Dostojevskij. Albert Camus' Stranger comes close second.
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Yes I am sure the Russian government was very intimately involved in his assassination. He was a KGB guy who broke rank, so it's not entirely surprising. Like any other intelligence service, the KGB (now called what the FSB?) has a variety of people working there. Some might be spies, but don't like dirty politics - especially involving something like the war in Chechnya. The Russian mafia probably had nothing to do with it as I believe Litvinenko was friendly with Berezovsky (who lives in Brittain in exile). I could be wrong about that. In any case, I doubt the Russian mafia has the professional expertise to pull off such a murder.  It has the Russian government/KGB stamp written all over it. The KGB has special institutes which teach their agents how to assassinate by specialized means like this and like ricin.\nI saw an interesting bumper sticker here today. It said: "Vladimir Illich PUTIN SUCKS!" For those who don't know, Illich is not his middle name but the middle name of Lenin.\nI hope the press does not let this rest.\nAddition: My husband says Litvinenko was part of a KGB team that was sent to assassinate Berezovsky, but he revealed the plot to him. After that Berezovsky bought Litvinenko a house in England, so they were on excellent terms. It looks to me like this is the primary reason why Litvnienko was assassinated, and why Putin's crowd are trying to blame it on Litvinenko.
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Lover\nSacsofonist\nPolitician\nEstablished good relations with Russia\nFunny man
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Ukranian: Martinovich. \nI found it here:\nhttp://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~alan/family/S-Martyn.html
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Putin is from the old school. For a former KGB guy, poisoning the opposition is no biggie.
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i haven't heard of him.  that is very remarkable.  do you have a link for info about this?
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St. Nicholas of Myra (Also called NICHOLAS OF BARI).\n\nBishop of Myra in Lycia; died 6 December, 345 or 352. Though he is one of the most popular saints in the Greek as well as the Latin Church, there is scarcely anything historically certain about him except that he was Bishop of Myra in the fourth century.\n\nSome of the main points in his legend are as follows: He was born at Parara, a city of Lycia in Asia Minor; in his youth he made a pilgrimage to Egypt and Palestine; shortly after his return he became Bishop of Myra; cast into prison during the persecution of Diocletian, he was released after the accession of Constantine, and was present at the Council of Nicaea. In 1087 Italian merchants stole his body at Myra, bringing it to Bari in Italy.\n\nThe numerous miracles St. Nicholas is said to have wrought, both before and after his death, are outgrowths of a long tradition. There is reason to doubt his presence at Nicaea, since his name is not mentioned in any of the old lists of bishops that attended this council. His cult in the Greek Church is old and especially popular in Russia. As early as the sixth century Emperor Justinian I built a church in his honour at Constantinople, and his name occurs in the liturgy ascribed to St. Chrysostom. In Italy his cult seems to have begun with the translation of his relics to Bari, but in Germany it began already under Otto II, probably because his wife Theophano was a Grecian. Bishop Reginald of Eichstaedt (d. 991) is known to have written a metric, "Vita S. Nicholai." The course of centuries has not lessened his popularity. The following places honour him as patron: Greece, Russia, the Kingdom of Naples, Sicily, Lorraine, the Diocese of Liège; many cities in Italy, Germany, Austria, and Belgium; Campen in the Netherlands; Corfu in Greece; Freiburg in Switzerland; and Moscow in Russia. He is patron of mariners, merchants, bakers, travellers, children, etc. His representations in art are as various as his alleged miracles. In Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands, they have the custom of making him the secret purveyor of gifts to children on 6 December, the day on which the Church celebrates his feast; in the United States and some other countries St. Nicholas has become identified with Santa Claus who distributes gifts to children on Christmas eve. His relics are still preserved in the church of San Nicola in Bari; up to the present day an oily substance, known as Manna di S. Nicola, which is highly valued for its medicinal powers, is said to flow from them.
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Peter Drucker\n\nhttp://www.peter-drucker.com/about.html
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Alexander Zivojinovich \n\n"Lifeson" is a literal translation of "Zivojinovich"
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Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (Russian: Григо́рий Ефи́мович Распу́тин) (22 January [O.S. 10 January] 1869 – 29 December [O.S. 16 December] 1916) was a Russian mystic with an influence in the later days of Russia's Romanov dynasty. Rasputin played an important role in the lives of the Tsar Nicholas II, his wife the Tsarina Alexandra, and their only son the Tsarevich Alexei, who suffered from hemophilia coming from Queen Victoria.
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Oleg Salenko,Haristo Stowichkov
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Actually, the correct name is J. Frederick George, which is the pseudonym for the author George Jewsbury.\n\nHe was born November 26, 1941 in Colchester, Illinois. He was married in 1964, and he has 3 children.\n\nHe earned a BA from Mankato State College in 1962; a MA from the University of Washington in 1965; and a PhD in history in 1970. \n\nHe has collaborated on several textbooks in the "Civilization: Past & Present" series. He has also written several books on Russian history.
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Isn't he the guy who has translated a significant number of math books from Russian into English(often published as Dover books)?  You could contact Dover publisher and they will forward correspondence to him.