Semyon Solomonovich Yushkevich (July 12, 1868 – December 2, 1927), was a Russian language writer, and playwright and a member of the Moscow literary group Sreda. He was a representative of the Jewish-Russian school of literature.Maxim Shrayer, ''An Anthology of Jewish-Russian Literature'' (M. E. Sharp, 2007), p. 133. Yushkevich studied medicine at the Sorbonne, before beginning his writing career."Юшкевич Семен"
entry at the Electronic Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved September 18, 2010. Yushkevich's first story was published in 1897, entitled "The Tailor: From Jewish Daily Life" (Портной. Из еврейского быта) in

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. Yushkevich wrote for the theater, including the 1906 play ''King'' (''Король''). His 1910 play ''Miserere'' was staged at the

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. Yushkevich wrote novels as well, such as ''Leon Drei'' (''Леон Дрей'').Shrayer p.134 He contributed to the publications ''Русском Богатстве, Восходе, Мире Божьем, Журнале для всех'' and others. During Yushkevich's lifetime, in

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, a 15-volume collection of his works was published. Yushkevich spent time in Berlin following the

Kishinev Pogrom The Kishinev pogrom or Kishinev massacre was an anti-Jewish riot that took place in Kishinev (modern Chișinău, Moldova), then the capital of the Bessarabia Governorate in the Russian Empire, on . During the pogrom, which began on Easter Day, ...

in 1903. Yushkevich emigrated in 1920. He lived in Romania, France, the United States, and Germany before his death in Paris in 1927. Two pieces, "Jewish Luck" (Еврейское Счастье ) and "The Automobile" (Автомобиль) were republished in 2004.

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