Theodor Rothstein, former member of the collegium of the foreign commissariat and a former Soviet ambassador to Persia was today appointed to the Soviet Academy of Sciences. A native of Russia, Rothstein lived in London for many years where he was active in the Socialist movement.
He was the editor of the Die Naye Wochenblatt and London correspondent of the Volkszeitung. After the Russian revolution he returned to Moscow where he became a member of the Peoples Commissariat for Foreign Affairs. In 1921 he was named Soviet ambassador to Persia. Later he was appointed to the collegium of the foreign commissariat. He is one of the editors of the Soviet encyclopedia.
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