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| Elias Breeskin | |
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| Born | October 25, 1895 Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire |
| Died | May 9, 1969 (aged 73) Mexico |
| Occupation(s) | Violinist, composer, conductor |
| Instrument | Violin |
Elias Breeskin (Russian: Элиас Бреескин; Ukrainian: Еліас Бреескін; October 25, 1895 – May 9, 1969) was a violinist, composer and conductor.
Elias was born on October 25, 1895, in Yekaterinoslav (now Dnipro), a small village in the Yekaterinoslav Governorate of the Russian Empire, now part of Ukraine, which has now morphed into the industrial city of Dnipro, with over a million inhabitants. The dam on the Dnieper River, shown on the film Doctor Zhivago, is in this city.