Isaak Mints

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Izrailevich and the family name is Mints.

Isaak Mints
Исаа́к Изра́илевич Минц
Born	(1896-02-03)February 3, 1896 Krynychky, Yekaterinoslav uezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	April 5, 1991(1991-04-05) (aged 95) Moscow, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian
Occupation	Historian

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 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.

Early life and education

Isaak Mints was born in Krynychky.

Career

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 Arkadiĭ Sidorov that was part of the drive by Joseph Stalin to eliminate the "rootless cosmopolitans", most of whom were Jewish. Despite this, in 1953 he arranged for Soviet Jews to write a letter to Pravda condemning Zionism, Israel, and the "doctors' plot".

Death

Mints died in 1991.

Selected publications

• Istoriia Velikogo Oktiabria (History of the Great October) (3 vols.)

External links

• https://w.histrf.ru/articles/article/show/mints_isaak_izrailievich Archived 2019-12-31 at the Wayback Machine