4 Feb 1881

Ukraine
  • Kliment Voroshilov was born in the settlement of Verkhnye in the Bakhmut district of Yekaterinoslav Governorate of the Russian Empire (now part of Lysychansk, Ukraine); his birth date was recorded as 23 Jan 1881 in the Russian Old Style. ww2dbase [Kliment Voroshilov | Lysychansk, Voroshilovgrad | CPC]

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