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Mikhail Gromov
Russian and soviet military aviator, test pilot and researcher, hero of the soviet union (1899-1985).
Born February 23rd, 1899 in Tver.
Died January 22nd, 1985 at 85 years old in Moscow.
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon