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17 Notable deaths
 by execution by shooting

Eero Haapalainen

Finnish politician.

Born October 27th, 1880 in Kuopio.

Died November 27th, 1937 at 57 years old in Petrozavodsk, Sulazhgora (execution by shooting).

Józef Marcinkiewicz

Polish mathematician.

Born March 30th, 1910 in Cimoszka.

Died April 5th, 1940 at 30 years old in Kharkiv (execution by shooting).

Yevgeny Polivanov

Soviet linguist and orientalist.

Born March 12th, 1891 in Smolensk. [ref]

Died January 25th, 1938 at 46 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground (execution by shooting). [ref]

Valerian Pidmohylny

Ukrainian writer.

Born February 2nd, 1901 in Pysarivka.

Died November 3rd, 1937 at 36 years old in Solovetsky Islands (execution by shooting).

Alicja Kotowska

Polish nun (1899-1939).

Born November 20th, 1899 in Warsaw.

Died November 11th, 1939 at 39 years old in Wielka Piaśnica (execution by shooting).

Ervin Bauer

Hungarian biologist (1890-1938).

Born October 19th, 1890 in Levice.

Died January 11th, 1938 at 47 years old in Leningrad (execution by shooting).

Edmund Jankowski

Polish rower.

Born August 28th, 1903 in Wrocki.

Died November 1st, 1939 at 36 years old in Fordon (execution by shooting).

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