History of the Jews in Russia: Studies and Documents

Osher Margolis

1930

Osher Margolis was one of a handful of Soviet professional historians of Jewry. Like the others, he brought a Marxist perspective to his work. The work below, though focused on the nineteenth century, is included because it brings to light rarely seen and interesting documents and because it illustrates the class focus of Soviet Jewish…
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Osher Margolis

1891–1976

Osher Margolis (also Margulis), born in Rivne, Ukraine, was a Soviet historian who applied Marxist-Leninist theories to Jewish issues in the Russian Empire. Margolis taught at the Jewish Pedagogical Institute in Kiev and served as head of the historical section of Kiev’s Institute of Jewish Proletarian Culture. During World War II he was active in the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee.

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