Isaak Mints
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Isaak Mints | |
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Исаа́к Изра́илевич Минц | |
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| Born | February 3, 1896 |
| Died | April 5, 1991 (aged 95) |
| Occupation | Historian |
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| Alma mater | Institute of Red Professors |
Isaak Izrailevich Mints (Russian: Исаа́к Изра́илевич Минц, Ukrainian: Ісак Ізраїльович Мінц; 3 February 1896 – 5 April 1991) was the leading Soviet historian in the early and mid-twentieth century. In 1949 he lost most of his academic positions as part of the campaign against the "rootless cosmopolitans", a Soviet euphemism for Jews. Nevertheless, he had eventually become an "ideal Soviet Jew" due to his adherence to the Soviet "party line".[1]
Biography
[edit]Isaak Mints was born in Krinichki in the Russian Empire.[1][a]
Mints was the leading Soviet historian in the early and mid-twentieth century. In 1949 he lost most of his academic positions following a campaign against him by his colleague Arkady Sidorov that was part of the drive by Joseph Stalin to eliminate the "rootless cosmopolitans", most of whom were Jewish.[2][1] Despite this, in 1953 he arranged for Soviet Jews to write a letter to Pravda condemning Zionism, Israel, and the "doctors' plot".[1]
Selected publications
[edit]- Istoriia Velikogo Oktiabria (History of the Great October) (3 vols.)
Explanatory notes
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Mints, Isaak Izrailevich. Vera Kaplan, translated from Russian by I. Michael Aronson, Yivo Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ↑ Tikhonov, V. V., "Bor'ba za vlast' v sovetskoy istoricheskoy nauke: A.L. Sidorov i I.I. Mints (1949 g.)" (The struggle for power in Soviet historical science: A. L. Sidorov and I. I. Mints (1949)) Вестник Липецкого государственного педагогического университета. Science Magazine. Humanities Series. 2011, No 2, pp. 76-80.
External links
[edit]- https://w.histrf.ru/articles/article/show/mints_isaak_izrailievich Archived 2019-12-31 at the Wayback Machine
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