Description

Yakov Matveyevich Bernstein-Kogan (1859, Chisinau – 1929, Dnepropetrovsk) was a physician and prominent Jewish public figure. He was always at the forefront of various endeavors; for example, after joining the Zionists, he immediately became “Herzl’s right hand.” His memoirs are incredibly truthful and equally subjective, reflecting his turbulent nature. Thanks to his keen eye and commitment to history, the reader will discover unexpected details, even of events and characters he may have known. Bernstein-Kogan depicts student life in Dorpat (Tartu) and St. Petersburg at the turn of the 20th century, Jewish life in Chisinau and Palestine, as well as the events of the First Zionist Congress (1897), the Chisinau pogrom (1903), the Romanian occupation of Bessarabia, and his intercession with the highest echelons of power in St. Petersburg after the pogrom, among other things.
This is a unique historical document that allows us to take a fresh look at a whole range of historical processes related to the life of Russian Jewry, issues of national identity, and the phenomenon of Zionism.

Format: Hardcover. 21.5 x 15.0 x 3.0 cm. Pages: 576. Weight: 665 g
Language of the text: Russian
ISBN: 978-5-905826-40-5
Publisher: M. Grinberg Publishing House
Published: 2021