Given the question: Facts: - death place: sandarmokh , soviet union - death cause: executed by firing squad - death date: 27 october 1937 - birth date: 23 october 1876 - name: nikolai durnovo - ethnicity: russian - birthname: nikolai nikolaevich durnovo - image: file : durnovo.jpg - birth place: moscow , russian empire - occupation: linguist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of nikolai nikolayevich durnovo .
The answer is:
nikolai nikolayevich durnovo -lrb- ; -- 27 october 1937 -rrb- was a russian linguist .he was executed during the great purge .