Ukrainian geographer & ethnographer (1877-1937).
Born December 3rd, 1877 in PrzemyĆl. [ref]
Died November 3rd, 1937 at 59 years old in Sandarmokh.
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel