Saul Grigorievich (Shoil Gershkovich) Bron ( 1887 - 1938 ) - Soviet economic leader, economist and diplomat, revolutionary [1] . Authorized by the NKVT of the RSFSR under the Council of People's Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR [2] , trade representative of the USSR in Great Britain.
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Biography
Born January 25, 1887 in a Jewish family in Odessa . He began to receive higher education at the Kiev Commercial Institute . He began his revolutionary activities in his student years, for which he was expelled from the university. He continued his studies abroad, in particular in Germany, France and Switzerland. At the University of Zurich, he defended his doctoral dissertation in economics on foreign trade in grain. Fluent in French, German and English.
In the years 1921-1923. worked as an authorized NKVT of the RSFSR under the SNK of the Ukrainian SSR.
In 1924 - temporarily transferred to work at the People’s Commissariat of Labor , and was soon appointed director of Roskombank ( Vneshtorgbank of the USSR ).
In 1925-1926 - President of Exportbread .
In 1927-1930 - Chairman of the Board of the Soviet-American trading company Amtorg .
In February 1930, in Detroit, he entered into an agreement with the architectural and construction firm Albert Kahn regarding the construction of tractor plants in Kharkov , Stalingrad and Chelyabinsk .
In May 1930 - appointed Trade Representative of the USSR in Great Britain . With this, he combined the duties of the chairman of the London trading company ARKOS .
September 20, 1931 was recalled to Moscow with the appointment of the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of the USSR and the Deputy Commissar of Foreign Trade of the USSR.
In 1934, he was transferred to the post of deputy head of the Association of State Book and Journal Publishing House under the People's Commissariat of Education of the USSR .
October 25, 1937 arrested.
On April 21, 1938, he was sentenced to be shot by the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR for espionage, terrorist activities, and organizing an attempt on the life of Stalin .
On April 21, 1938, he was shot and buried in the town of Kommunarka ( Butovo training ground ), Moscow Region .
April 25, 1956 rehabilitated by the Military College of the Supreme Court of the USSR. [3] .
Proceedings
- Saul G. Bron Soviet Economic Development and American Business. - New York, H. Liveright, 1930.
Family
- Wife - Klara Azarovna Kholodovskaya, died in exile in a camp in Kazakhstan.
- Daughter - Miriam, died shortly after her father’s rehabilitation
- Son - Lev Saulovich Bron , a scientist in the field of machine tools.
Notes
- ↑ In the birth record, available on the Jewish genealogy website JewishGen.org, the name is also written as "Shoel."
- ↑ TRADE DIPLOMACY OF SOVIET UKRAINE (1920-1923): MAJOR PERSONALITIES
- ↑ Computer database “Victims of political repression, shot and buried in Moscow and the Moscow Region from 1918 to 1953”
Literature
- Melnikova-Reich S. M. The Soviet Problem with Two “ Unknowns ”: How the American Architect and Soviet Trade Representative Launched the Industrialization of the USSR
Links
- About the upgraded NKZT USRR under the RNA of the RSFRR Bron Saul Grigorovich (1887-1938 rr.) // Problems of history and history of Ukraine: Materials of the V International Science Conference “Days of History of the Faculty of History - 2012”. Section of the Department of History for Humanities Faculties / Vidp. ed. G. Kazmirchuk, Yu. Latish. - K .: Logos, 2012 .-- S. 43-45.