About Leonid Tsypkin
Lived 1926 – 1982 (aged 56). Leonid Tsypkin was a Russian writer, virologist and physician.
Leonid Borisovich Tsypkin (Леонид Борисович Цыпкин) (March 20, 1926 – March 20, 1982) was a Soviet writer and medical doctor, best known for his book Summer in Baden-Baden.
Early life Tsypkin was born in Minsk, Soviet Union (now the capital of Belarus), to Russian-Jewish parents, "both of whom were medical specialists." "At the start of Stalin's Great Terror, in 1934, Tsypkin's father, Boris, an orthopaedic surgeon, was arrested on trumped-up charges, but was later released after a suicide attempt in which he broke his back."
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Who was Leonid Tsypkin?
Soviet writer (1926–1982)
When was Leonid Tsypkin born?
Leonid Tsypkin was born on 20 March 1926 in Minsk.
When did Leonid Tsypkin die?
Leonid Tsypkin died on 20 March 1982 in Moscow.
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Leonid Tsypkin was a writer, virologist and physician.
What nationality was Leonid Tsypkin?
Leonid Tsypkin was Russian.
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