Aleksey Brusilov

Russian and soviet military commander.

Born August 3rd, 1853 in Tbilisi.

Died March 17th, 1926 at 72 years old in Moscow (pneumonia). [ref]

Occupations
memoirist, military officer
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner