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1887–1986
Janko Lavrin was a Slovenian expat who lived in pre-revolutionary Saint Petersburg and moved to Great Britain after the First World War. During his Russian career, he worked as a literary critic, journalist and publisher, and developed an idiosyncratic vision on a united Slavic world. Acquainting the Russian public with (mainly) South Slavic literature and culture was an important aspect of his pursuit.
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