Solomon Samuilovich Krym (Russian: Соломон Самойлович Крым; 1864 – 1936) was a Crimean politician, statesman and agronomist of

Crimean Karaite The Crimean Karaites or Krymkaraylar (Crimean Karaim: Кърымкъарайлар, ''Qrımqaraylar'', singular къарай, ''qaray''; Trakai dialect: ''karajlar'', singular ''karaj''; he, קראי מזרח אירופה; crh, Qaraylar; ), a ...

origin. He was elected in 1906 to the

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(1906–07) as a ''Kadet'' (

Constitutional Democratic Party The Constitutional Democratic Party (russian: Конституцио́нно-демократи́ческая па́ртия, translit=Konstitutsionno-demokraticheskaya partiya, K-D), also called Constitutional Democrats and formally the Party of P ...

). He was an active member of the irregular

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lodge, the Grand Orient of Russia’s Peoples. A few months after the dismantling of the Tatar-controlled

Crimean People's Republic The Crimean People's Republic ( crh, Qırım Halq Cumhuriyeti; uk, Кримська народна республіка, translit=Kryms'ka narodna respublika; russian: Крымская народная республика, translit=Krymskaya ...

, he was briefly the Finance Minister under the first

Crimean Regional Government Crimean Regional Government (russian: Крымское краевое правительство ''Krymskoe kraevoe pravitel'stvo'') refers to two successive short-lived regimes in the Crimean Peninsula during 1918 and 1919. History Following Ru ...

headed by General Suleyman Sulkiewicz. On November 16, 1918 he became the Prime Minister of the second short-lived Crimean Regional liberal, anti-separatist and anti-Soviet government. His Foreign Affairs Minister was

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, another former ''Kadet'' member of the First Duma. After the defeat of the

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in April 1919 he emigrated and went into exile in a Russian ''émigrés'' colony at

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(

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), building a house on the "Russian hill" there.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Krym, Salomon 1864 births 1936 deaths People from Feodosia People from Taurida Governorate Crimean Karaites Russian Jews Russian Constitutional Democratic Party members Members of the 1st State Duma of the Russian Empire Members of the 4th State Duma of the Russian Empire Members of the Grand Orient of Russia's Peoples Imperial Moscow University alumni Ukrainian Freemasons White Russian emigrants to France