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Heroism, the Caucasian mountaineers say, is endurance for one moment more.

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You can take the whole of the United States of America, from Maine to California and from Lake Superior to the Gulf of Mexico, and set it down in the middle of Siberia, without touching anywhere the boundaries of the latter's territory.

George Kennan

George Kennan

George Kennan

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Born: February 16, 1845

Died: May 10, 1924 (aged 79)

Bio: George Kennan was an American explorer noted for his travels in the Kamchatka and Caucasus regions of the Russian Empire. He was a cousin twice removed of diplomat and historian George F. Kennan, with whom he shared his birthday.

Known for:

The Kennan Diaries
Russia Leaves the War
American diplomacy, 1900-1950
The fateful alliance

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