"The Life of Remarkable People" is a series of biographical and fictional-biographical books published in 1890—1924 by the F.F. Pavlenkov publishing house.
"The Life of Remarkable People" is the first in Russia universal collection of biographies of outstanding figures: artists, musicians, painters, writers, commanders, and political figures, scientists and philosophers of different eras and countries, written using historical and literary sources. Recommended for a broad reading audience.
Shakyamuni (Buddha). His life and religious teaching by K. M. Karyagin is a fictional-biographical book about the legendary founder of Buddhism, Shakyamuni (563 BC — 483 BC). Buddha Shakyamuni, also known as Siddhartha Gautama, was born in the luxury of palaces and knew no other life. However, after seeing the outside world, Siddhartha realizes that not everyone is born into comfort…