Leo Chintschuk, the new Russian ambassador to Germany, who arrived here today to assume his duties, is the son of Orthodox parents. Born in Poltava in 1868 he was excluded from the gymnasium because of his political activities and all of his endeavors to obtain admission to a secondary school failed because he was a Jew.
He then went to Berne, Switzerland, where he studied at the university, returning to Russia in 1893. He was arrested and exiled to Siberia. During the Bolshevik revolution Chintschuk became a Menshevik and took a keen interest in Jewish affairs. Later, however, he joined the Bolsheviks.
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