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Viktor Abakumov
Head of smersh, russian minister of state security (1908-1954).
Born April 24th, 1908 in Moscow.
Died December 19th, 1954 at 46 years old in Leningrad.
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