Yakau Branshteyn (Belarusian, Якаў Анатолевіч Бранштэйн, November 10, 1897 - October 29, 1937) was a Belarusian literary critic. He was born in Bielsk Podlaski in the Grodno Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Poland). During the Great Purge, he was shot as part of the 1937 mass execution of Belarusians. After the death of Joseph Stalin, he was rehabilitated.
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10 November 1897
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29 October 1937 (aged 39)
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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