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Born November 5, 1733 • Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyy • Ukraine
Died October 9, 1807 (aged 73) • Moscow • Russia
Notable Works “Plody nauk” • “Rossiyada” • “Vladimir vozrozhdyonny”
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