Daniil Andreyev, Russian mystic and poet (b. 1906)
Daniil Leonidovich Andreyev (Russian: Дании́л Леони́дович Андре́ев, IPA: [dənʲɪˈil lʲɪɐˈnʲidəvʲɪtɕ ɐnˈdrʲejɪf] (listen); November 2, 1906, Berlin – March 30, 1959, Moscow) was a Russian writer, poet, and Christian mystic.
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