ISAIA AISENSTADT, PIONEER RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARY AND ONE OF THE FOUR FOUNDERS OF THE RUSSIAN JEWISH LABOR MOVEMENT, DIED HERE TODAY AT THE AGE OF 71.
AISENSTADT, WIDELY KNOWN UNDER HIS PEN NAME, “YUDIN,” HAD A STORMY CAREER AS WRITER, EDITOR, LABOR ORGANIZER AND REVOLUTIONARY CONSPIRATOR, JAILED AND EXILED REPEATEDLY FIRST BY THE CZARIST GOVERNMENT OF RUSSIA AND LATER BY THE COMMUNISTS.
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