Facts:   - death place: sandarmokh , soviet union    - death cause: executed by firing squad    - death date: 27 october 1937      - birth date: 23 october 1876    - name: nikolai durnovo Николай Дурново    - ethnicity: russian    - birthname: nikolai nikolaevich durnovo    - image: file : durnovo.jpg    - birth place: moscow , russian empire    - occupation: linguist   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of nikolai nikolayevich durnovo .
nikolai nikolayevich durnovo -lrb- ; -- 27 october 1937 -rrb- was a russian linguist .he was executed during the great purge .