Aleksandr Drevin

Aleksandr Drevin
Aleksandrs Drēviņš
Александр Древин
Drevin following his arrest, 1938
Born
Aleksandrs Rūdolfs Drēviņš
Александр Давыдович Древин

(1889-07-15)15 July 1889
Cēsis, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (now Latvia)
Died26 February 1938(1938-02-26) (aged 48)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
Resting placeButovo firing range
55°32′00″N 37°35′39″E / 55.53333°N 37.59417°E / 55.53333; 37.59417
MovementGreen Flower
Spouse
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(m. 1919)​
ChildrenAndrey Drevin

Aleksandr Davydovich Drevin (Latvian: Aleksandrs Rūdolfs Drēviņš; Russian: Александр Давыдович Древин; 15 July 1889 – 26 February 1938) was a Latvian and Soviet painter. Drevin was executed during the Great Purge as part of the Latvian Operation.

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