birth_date: 1876-05-27 00:00:00
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name: Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski
about: Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski was a Polish writer, journalist, traveler, globetrotter, explorer, anti-communist, university professor, a member of the French Academy, political activist.After World War II all his books were covered by the censors in Poland because of his anti-communist beliefs. Only since 1989, his work can be officially published in Poland again. He is best known for his books:Beasts, Men and Gods – 1922(org. title: Przez kraj ludzi, zwierząt i bogów. Konno przez Azję Centralną)The Shadow of the Gloomy East: A Moral History of the Russian People – 1923(org. title: Cień ponurego Wschodu. Za kulisami życia rosyjskiego)Lenin: God of the Godless – 1930(org. title: Lenin)
death_date: 1945-01-03 00:00:00