Yakau Branshteyn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yakau Branshteyn

Date of Birth: 10-Nov-1897

Place of Birth: Bielsk Podlaski, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 29-Oct-1937

Profession: writer, literary scholar

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Yakau Branshteyn (Belarusian, ???? ?????????? ?????????, 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.