David Iosifovich Zaslavsky (January 13, 1880 – March 28, 1965) was a

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journalist and

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. He joined the

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(the Jewish socialist party of the Russian Empire) and initially opposed the

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, but a few years after the latter established the Soviet Union he became a Communist supporter.

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1880 births 1965 deaths 20th-century Russian journalists 20th-century Russian male writers Journalists from Kyiv Expelled members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Bundists Fyodor Dostoyevsky scholars Jewish Russian writers Journalists from the Russian Empire Literary critics from the Russian Empire Mensheviks Russian bibliographers Russian literary critics Russian male journalists Russian Marxists Russian revolutionaries Russian social democrats Soviet journalists {{USSR-bio-stub Soviet literary critics Yiddish-language journalists Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery