Theodor Nette, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Soviet diplomatic courier
Date of Birth: 15-Aug-1895
Place of Birth: Riga, Latvia
Date of Death: 05-Feb-1926
Profession: Diplomatic courier
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Theodor Nette
- Theodor Ivanovich Nette (Russian: ?????? ???????? ?????, b.
- 1895 or 1896 – d.
- February 5, 1926, Moscow-Riga train, Latvia) was a Soviet diplomatic courier of NKID, who died in a terrorist attack on the Soviet train while delivering diplomatic mail to Berlin.
- Vladimir Mayakovsky published a poem praising his death – "To Comrade Nette, the Man and the Ship" (1926) saying he wants to die like Nette.
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