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Soviet linguist and orientalist.
Born March 12th, 1891 in Smolensk. [ref]
Died January 25th, 1938 at 46 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground (execution by shooting). [ref]
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs