Feodor Kuzmich was a Russian Orthodox elder who lived in the 19th century. Born around 1776 in the Russian Empire, he lived a life of extreme asceticism and was eventually exiled to Siberia. He is widely remembered for his spiritual wisdom and his reputation as a righteous man. A persistent historical legend suggests that he may have actually been Emperor Alexander I, who supposedly faked his death in 1825 to live as a hermit. He died in Tomsk in 1864 and was later recognized as a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church.