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12975 Efremov

It was named after the Russian astronomer Yuri Efremov - and not after the palaeontologist and writer Ivan Yefremov, whose name was previously given to the asteroid 2269 Efremiana.

Ivan Yefremov

Yefremov survived on his own for some time then joined a Red Army unit as a "son of the regiment" and reached Perekop with it.

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