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Nikolay Dukhonin, White Army General, casualty of the Russian Civil War.
Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter.
Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler and strongman of the early 20th century, born in Väike-Maarja, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire.
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish writer (Lenin: God of the Godless), born in Ludza, Russian Empire
Maxim Litvinov [Meir Genoch Moiseyevich Wallach], Russian statesman, revolutionary and diplomat (People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs.1930-39, Soviet Ambassador to the US 1940-43), born in Białystok, Russian Empire
Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian actress (The Wolf Man, Waterloo Bridge), born in Tula, Russian Empire
Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator, born in Seppälä, Russia
Deaths
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