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

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. In 1898 for his revolutionary activity Zolotaryov was exiled to

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and later

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. In 1904 he emigrated to

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and returned in 1907. In 1915-17 Zolotarev worked in

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. In 1917 he returned to

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and became a member of the

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from 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

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.General Secretariat
at the

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In November 1917 Zolotarev was appointed an emissary to

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. At the end of 1918 he joined

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and became a member of the Council of People's Commissars of Ukraine. Zolotarev fell victim of the

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. 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)

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