Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 45. Chapters: People from Arzamas, People from Dzerzhinsk, People from Gagino District, People from Nizhny Novgorod, People from Perevoz District, People from Pochinki District, People from Sarov, People from Vetluga, People from Vyksa, People from Zavolzhye, Maxim Gorky, Mily Balakirev, Oleg Deripaska, Oleg Taktarov, Andrey Vlasov, Nikolay Dobrokhotov, Eduard Limonov, Natalia Pankova, Patriarch Nikon, Nikolai Bulganin, Artem Chubarov, Marina Orlova, Yakov Sverdlov, Nikolai Vladimirovich Zateyev, Arkady Mordvinov, Alexandr Kolobnev, Maya Usova, Vladimir Gusev, Vasily Rozanov, Galina Kakovkina, Anne Vyalitsyna, Natalya Sadova, Evgeny Namestnikov, Pavel Torgayev, Avvakum, Andrej Krementschouk, Nikolay Kruglov, Jr., Tatyana Firova, Sergei Sorokin, Mikhail Artemyevich Muravyov, Ivan Bubnov, Denis Kornilov, Eduard Rossel, Vladimir Denisov, Aleksandr Skvortsov, Pavel Filchenkov, Viktor Konovalenko, Roza Salikhova, Irina Khazova, Sergey Shiryayev, Pavel Karelin, Irina Olegovna Belova, Alexander Baburin, Nikolai Zhilyayev, Zdzis aw Lubomirski, Vera Ulyakina, David Ashkenazi, Petr Sedov, Leonid Volkov, Sergey Gerasimovich Mitin. Excerpt: Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (Russian: , Milij Alekseevi Balakirev, IPA: ) (2 January 1837 - 29 May 1910), was a Russian pianist, conductor and composer known today primarily for his work promoting musical nationalism and his encouragement of more famous Russian composers, notably Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. He began his career as a pivotal figure, extending the fusion of traditional folk music and experimental classical music practices begun by composer Mikhail Glinka. In the process, Balakirev developed musical patterns that could express overt nationalistic feeling. After a nervous breakdown and consequent sabbatical, he returned to classical music but did not wield the same level of influence as he had d...