Yakau Anatolevich Branshteyn (

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: Якаў Анатолевіч Бранштэйн, russian: Яков Анатольевич Бронштейн, ''Yakov Anatolyevich Bronshteyn''; November 10, 1897 - October 29, 1937) was a Belarusian literary critic. He was born in

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in the

Grodno Governorate The Grodno Governorate, (russian: Гро́дненская губе́рнiя, translit=Grodnenskaya guberniya, pl, Gubernia grodzieńska, be, Гродзенская губерня, translit=Hrodzenskaya gubernya, lt, Gardino gubernija, u ...

of the

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(present-day

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). During the

Great Purge The Great Purge or the Great Terror (russian: Большой террор), also known as the Year of '37 (russian: 37-й год, translit=Tridtsat sedmoi god, label=none) and the Yezhovshchina ('period of Nikolay Yezhov, Yezhov'), was General ...

, he was shot as part of the

1937 mass execution of Belarusians In October 1937, there was a mass extermination of Belarusian writers, artists and statespeople by the Soviet Union occupying authorities. This event marked the peak of the Great Purge and Soviet repressions in Belarus, repressions of Belarusians i ...

. After the death of

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secreta ...

, he was rehabilitated.

References

* Бародзіч Д. Спадчына Я. Бранштэйна // ЛіМ. 1958, 23 ліп. * Лынькоў М. Ён быў сярод нас… // ЛіМ. 1962, 25 снеж. * БП, т. 1. * Возвращенные имена. Мн.: Наука и техника, 1992

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Член-карэспандэнт БРАНШТЭЙН Якаў Анатольевіч

Инна Бронштейн — За глянцевой обложкой Блаженств
1897 births 1937 deaths People from Bielsk Podlaski People from Belsky Uyezd (Grodno Governorate) Jews from the Russian Empire Belarusian Jews Soviet Jews Belarusian male writers Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War Great Purge victims from Belarus Jews executed by the Soviet Union People executed by the Soviet Union by firearm Soviet rehabilitations Soviet people of Polish-Jewish descent Belarusian people of Polish-Jewish descent {{Belarus-bio-stub