Nikolai Shpanov was a Russian political writer, who wrote Incendiaries, 1949, in which he described the lead-up of the Second World War. Wikipedia
Born: June 22, 1896, Ussuriysk, Russia
Died: October 2, 1961 (age 65 years), Moscow, Russia
Movies: Deep Raid, General and Daisies, and Morskoi Yastreb