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Pavel Pestel
1793Jul, 5

Pavel Pestel

Pavel Pestel, Russian officer (d. 1826)
Colonel Pavel Ivanovich Pestel (Russian: Павел Иванович Пестель; 5 July [O.S. 24 June] 1793 in Moscow – 25 July [O.S. 13 July] 1826 in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian revolutionary and ideologue of the Decembrists.

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