Boris (Ber) Davydovich Brutskus (, , ; October 15/October 3 (Russian information), 1874 – December 6/December 7 (same with birthdate), 1938) was an economist from the Russian Empire. Brutskus was born in Polangen/

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in Lithuania, which was then part of the

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. His brother was the historian and politician Julius Brutzkus. Brutskus published an English translation for ''Economic Planning in Soviet Russia'' with an introduction by

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in 1935. He was forced into exile by the

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government in 1922.Boris Brutskus Biography
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Literary works

* ''Экономия сельского хозяйства, народно-хозяйственные основа'', 1924 * ''Die Lehre des Marxismus im Lichte der russischen Revolution'', 1928 * B. D. Bruckus: »Ėkonomičeskija osnovy sovremennago političeskago krizisa Rossii« . e. Die ökonomischen Ursachen der gegenwärtigen politischen Krise Rußlands Russkij naučnyj institut RNI, Berlin, January 27, 1928 (i.e. Russian scientific institute)

References

External links

Peoples.ru: Биография Борис Бруцкус / Boris Brutskus
at www.peoples.ru (Russian)
vgd.ru
(Russian, short)

at monderusse.revues.org (French)

at iljinru.tsygankov.ru (German) * 1874 births 1938 deaths People from Palanga People from Courland Governorate Lithuanian Jews Jewish scientists from the Russian Empire Economists from the Russian Empire Soviet emigrants to Germany {{Russia-economist-stub Burials at the Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives