Average remarkable person

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90 years ago at the initiative of Gorky Maxime in the USSR release of the book series "Life of Remarkable People" founded in 1890 was resumed. Whom authors of ZhZL considered remarkable — in research newspaper "Kommersant". Research included the books entirely devoted to the individual (1962 releases, including reprintings). The collections including some heroes (for example, "Rotshilda were not considered: Their life and capitalist activity" 1894 of release), and also subseries (for example, "Life of remarkable people. A small series", issued since 1989 and numbering more than 100 volumes). Heroes of different eras...