Eduard von Falz-Fein
Baron Eduard Oleg Alexandrowitsch von Falz-Fein (14 September 1912 – 17 November 2018[1]) was a Russian-born Liechtenstein businessman and journalist.
Biography[change | change source]
He was known as a "sports diplomat" who initiated the Olympic movement in Liechtenstein and vice president of Liechtenstein Olympic Committee in the mid-1930s. He was born in Gavrilovka, Kherson Oblast.
In 1951 and from 1953 to 1973, he was President of the Liechtenstein Cycling Association. He turned 100 on 14 September 2012.[2] Falz-Fein died in a house fire in Vaduz on 17 November 2018 at the age of 106.[1][3]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "В Лихтенштейне скончался барон Эдуард фон Фальц-Фейн". Эхо Москвы.
- ↑ "Russian-born art patron turns 100". Voice of Russia. 14 September 2012. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ↑ Танаев, Илья (18 November 2018). "СМИ сообщили о смерти 106-летнего мецената Эдуарда фон Фальц-Фейна". Известия.
Other websites[change | change source]
- Задерейчук А.А. Фальц-Фейны в Таврии. - Симферополь: ДОЛЯ, 2010.
- article 2007 (in German)
- Massie, Robert K. (1995). The Romanovs: The Final Chapter.
- Sack, John (1959). Report from Practically Nowhere. New York: Curtis Publishing Company. pp. 93–107.
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