Vasily Yan

Russian writer (1875-1954).

Born January 4th, 1875 in Kyiv. [ref]

Died August 5th, 1954 at 79 years old in Zvenigorod. [ref]

Occupations
journalist, opinion journalist, playwright, poet, prosaist, screenwriter, teacher, writer
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While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Leonardo da Vinci