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Yevgeny Zamyatin
Played by Simon Scardifield
| Fact title | Fact data |
|---|---|
| Date of birth |
1 February 1884
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| Place of birth |
Lebedyan
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| Age at outbreak of WW1 |
29
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| Occupation |
Engineer and writer
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| Address |
Sanderson Road, Newcastle upon Tyne
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Based on the naval engineer and later renowned dissident writer, Yevgeny Zamyatin is a Russian émigré who finds himself in the shipyards of the Tyne. Well-travelled and sardonic, he is sceptical of Johnnie's socialism, though happy to trade dialectics for a drink.
