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I have the impression that if he didn't complicate his life so needlessly, he would die of boredom.
Boris Pasternak
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Boris Pasternak
Age: 70 †
Born: 1890
Born: February 10
Died: 1960
Died: May 30
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Moscow
Russian SFSR
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Boris Leonidovich Pasternak
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