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Berzin

Berzin ( ), feminine: Berzina, is a Russified form of the Latvian language surname Bērziņš. Notable persons with the surname include: *Aleksandr Berzin (born 1946), Russian naval officer *Alexander Berzin (born 1944), Buddhist Scholar, translator and teacher focusing on the Tibetan tradition *Eduard Berzin (1894–1938), Latvian soldier and Chekist, remembered for setting up Dalstroy *Evgeni Berzin (born 1970), Russian cyclist who won the Giro d'Italia and Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1994 *Isaac Berzin (born 1967), chemical engineer who in 2001 founded GreenFuel Technologies Corporation * Maia Berzina (1910–2002) Soviet ethnographer, geographer and cartographer *Reingold Berzin (1888–1938), Russian and Soviet military leader *Svetlana Berzina, Russian Egyptologist *Jan Antonovich Berzin (1881–1938), Latvian village teacher, Soviet revolutionary, journalist and diplomat *Yan Karlovich Berzin (1889–1938), Soviet military commander and politician

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Berzin ( ), feminine: Berzina, is a Russified form of the Latvian language surname Bērziņš. Notable persons with the surname include: *Aleksandr Berzin (born 1946), Russian naval officer *Alexander Berzin (born 1944), Buddhist Scholar, translator and teacher focusing on the Tibetan tradition *Eduard Berzin (1894–1938), Latvian soldier and Chekist, remembered for setting up Dalstroy *Evgeni Berzin (born 1970), Russian cyclist who won the Giro d'Italia and Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1994 *Isaac Berzin (born 1967), chemical engineer who in 2001 founded GreenFuel Technologies Corporation * Maia Berzina (1910–2002) Soviet ethnographer, geographer and cartographer *Reingold Berzin (1888–1938), Russian and Soviet military leader *Svetlana Berzina, Russian Egyptologist *Jan Antonovich Berzin (1881–1938), Latvian village teacher, Soviet revolutionary, journalist and diplomat *Yan Karlovich Berzin (1889–1938), Soviet military commander and politician

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  1. date of birth: 1946 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of birth is "1946". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1305551224

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