About Yakov Bronstein
Lived 1897 – 1937 (aged 39). Yakov Bronstein was a Russian literary scholar, writer, literary critic and journalist.
Yakau Anatolevich Branshteyn (Belarusian: Якаў Анатолевіч Бранштэйн, , Yakov Anatolyevich Bronshteyn; November 10, 1897 - October 29, 1937) was a Belarusian literary critic. He was born in Bielsk Podlaski in the Grodno Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Poland). During the Great Purge, he was shot as part of the 1937 mass execution of Belarusians. After the death of Joseph Stalin, he was rehabilitated.
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Who was Yakov Bronstein?
Yiddish literary critic (1897-1937)
When was Yakov Bronstein born?
Yakov Bronstein was born on 10 November 1897 in Bielsk Podlaski.
When did Yakov Bronstein die?
Yakov Bronstein died on 29 October 1937 in NKVD of Minsk.
What was Yakov Bronstein's occupation?
Yakov Bronstein was a literary scholar, writer, literary critic and journalist.
What nationality was Yakov Bronstein?
Yakov Bronstein was Russian.
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