Aleksandr Zolotarev
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Aleksandr Zolotarev | |
|---|---|
| Died | 20 January 1938 |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Education | Moscow State University |
| Occupation(s) | Politician, Journalist |
Aleksandr Zolotarev (1879–1938) was a Ukrainian politician, statesman and journalist.
Zolotaryov was born into a poor Jewish family. He graduated from the law faculty of the
Jewish Bund. Along with it Zolotarev was a member of the Kiev city Duma, All-Ukrainian council of workers' deputies and state controller for the General Secretariat of Ukraine.[1]
In November 1917 Zolotarev was appointed an emissary to
Odessa. At the end of 1918 he joined Bolsheviks and became a member of the Council of People's Commissars of Ukraine
.
Zolotarev fell victim of the Great Purge. On 25 October 1937 he was arrested and executed on 20 January 1938.
Bibliography
- Zolotarev, A. Iz istoriï Tsentral'noï Ukraïns'koï Rady—1917 (Out of the history of the Central Ukrainian Council) (Kharkiv 1922)
References
External links
- Aleksandr Zolotarev at the Memorial Book of victims of the Communist Terror