Yacov Boyarsky | |
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![]() Yakov Boyarsky after his arrest. | |
Born | Yacov Iosifovich Shimshelevich 14 March 1890 |
Died | 2 February 1940 | (aged 49)
Yacov Osipovich Boyarsky[1] (Yacov Iosifovich Shimshelevich) was a soviet theatre, trade union and community activist. In 1929—1936 he headed the Trade Union of Art Workers, in 1937—1939 he was the director of the Moscow Art Theatre.