Fyodor Kozhevnikov

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  1. "Russian is Named to Court in Hague; Kozhevnikov Succeeds to Post of Countryman Who Left Bench Because of Illness", The New York Times, 28 November 1953.
Fyodor Kozhevnikov
Фёдор Кожевников
Judge of the International Court of Justice
In office
28 November 1953 1961

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