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=== Early Life ===

== Early Life ==

Joseph Trumpeldor was born in Pyatigorsk, North Caucasus, Russia, 21.11.1880. His father, Ze’ev, was from a family of Polish origin. Ze’ev was forcibly taken into the Russian army while a tender boy, given over to education in gentile homes, served for 25 years and excelled in the Crimean War in the defense of Sevastopol. Ze’ev withstood all the pressure and temptations to convert to Christianity. After his release from the Russian army, he was the chief pharmacist at the Jewish hospital in Rostov-on-Don. He was a devoted Jew all his life, until he died in Pyatigorsk - about 85 years old in 1915. His mother, Fidosia bat Moshe Akselbandant was born in the Caucasus and was inclined to assimilation, like her family, in which quite a few converted to Christianity.

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	=== Early Life ===		== Early Life ==
	Joseph Trumpeldor was born in Pyatigorsk, North Caucasus, Russia, 21.11.1880. His father, Ze’ev, was from a family of Polish origin. Ze’ev was forcibly taken into the Russian army while a tender boy, given over to education in gentile homes, served for 25 years and excelled in the Crimean War in the defense of Sevastopol. Ze’ev withstood all the pressure and temptations to convert to Christianity. After his release from the Russian army, he was the chief pharmacist at the Jewish hospital in Rostov-on-Don. He was a devoted Jew all his life, until he died in Pyatigorsk - about 85 years old in 1915. His mother, Fidosia bat Moshe Akselbandant was born in the Caucasus and was inclined to assimilation, like her family, in which quite a few converted to Christianity.		Joseph Trumpeldor was born in Pyatigorsk, North Caucasus, Russia, 21.11.1880. His father, Ze’ev, was from a family of Polish origin. Ze’ev was forcibly taken into the Russian army while a tender boy, given over to education in gentile homes, served for 25 years and excelled in the Crimean War in the defense of Sevastopol. Ze’ev withstood all the pressure and temptations to convert to Christianity. After his release from the Russian army, he was the chief pharmacist at the Jewish hospital in Rostov-on-Don. He was a devoted Jew all his life, until he died in Pyatigorsk - about 85 years old in 1915. His mother, Fidosia bat Moshe Akselbandant was born in the Caucasus and was inclined to assimilation, like her family, in which quite a few converted to Christianity.