Grob Mojzesza Zylberfarba-Grave of Mojzesz Zylberfarb

Moishe Zylberfarb (, ) was a Ukrainian politician, diplomat, and public activist of Jewish descent. He was one of the authors of the Law of Ukraine about national-individual autonomy (1918) which later was canceled by the Communist regime.

Brief biography

Zylberfarb was born in

Rovno Rivne ( ; , ) is a city in western Ukraine. The city is the administrative center of Rivne Oblast (province), as well as the Rivne Raion (district) within the oblast.

in 1876. In 1906 he became a founder of the group ''Vozrozhdenie'' and the Jewish Socialist Workers Party (SERP). From the very beginning he was a member of the

Central Council of Ukraine The Central Rada of Ukraine, also called the Central Council (), was the All-Ukrainian council that united deputies of soldiers, workers, and peasants deputies as well as few members of political, public, cultural and professional organizations o ...

(March 1917) as member of the

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. Zylberfarb was a member of Little Council. On 27 July 1917 he became a Jewish representative at the

General Secretariat of Ukraine The General Secretariat of Ukraine () was the autonomous Ukrainian executive government of the Russian Republic from June 28, 1917, to January 22, 1918. For most of its existence it was headed by Volodymyr Vynnychenko. The secretariat was cre ...

(regional government of the

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). During the

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Zylberfarb became a member of the

Regional Committee in Protection of Revolution in Ukraine Regional Committee in Protection of Revolution in Ukraine () was a short lived revolutionary organization preceding the Kiev revolutionary committee of Bolsheviks. It declared itself the supreme authority in Ukraine after the October Revolution. The ...

. After the independence of Ukraine, Zylberfarb became a Minister of Jewish Affairs in Ukraine. During 1918 to 1920 he was a rector at the Jewish National UniversityJewish National University
at the Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine and the Society in support of development of Jewish Culture (Culture League) in

Kiev Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

. In 1921 Zylberfarb moved to

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where he headed ORT. He died in

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in 1934, and was buried in

Works

*''Jewish ministry and Jewish autonomy in Ukraine'' (1919)

References

External links

Moishe Zylberfarb
at the Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine
Moishe Zylberfarb
at the Russian Jewish Encyclopedia
Moishe Zylberfarb
at the Electronic Jewish Encyclopedia 1876 births 1934 deaths Politicians from Rivne People from Volhynian Governorate Jews from the Russian Empire Members of the Central Council of Ukraine Jewish ministers of Ukraine Jewish Socialist Workers Party politicians United Jewish Socialist Workers Party politicians Jewish socialists Jewish Ukrainian politicians {{Ukraine-politician-stub