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Yevgeny Zamyatin
Played by Simon Scardifield
| Fact title | Fact data |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 February 1884 |
| Place of birth | Lebedyan |
| Age at outbreak of WW1 | 29 |
| Occupation | Engineer and writer |
| Address | Sanderson Road, Newcastle upon Tyne |
Based on the naval engineer and later renowned dissident writer, Yevgeny Zamyatin is a Russian émigré who finds himself in the shipyards of the Tyne. Well-travelled and sardonic, he is sceptical of Johnnie's socialism, though happy to trade dialectics for a drink.
