Boris N. Gurevič-Ber Papers

Period 1924-1977
Total size   0.15 m.
Consultation Not restricted

Biography

True name: Boris Naumovič Gurevič, pseudonym: Ber; born in Russia 1889, died in Moscow 1938; social democrat and Menshevik, living in Paris until 1917; after the February Revolution leader of the main committee of the Rossijskaja Social-Demokratičeskaja Rabočaja Partija (RSDRP) for the Ukraine and a leader of the left wing of the party; his (second) wife was Lidija (Lalja) E. Abramovič, also a Menshevik; both were arrested in the early twenties and lived through long years of persecution; Ber died during interrogation by the GPU.

Content

Collection of documents received from Anna M. Gurevič, widow of Ber's brother Azrail N. Gurevič, consisting of: letters by Ber and Lidija Abramovič to his son Aleksandr B. Gurevič and to his brother Azrail 1924-1936; letters (copies) mainly by Vera Ja. Arkavina to Anna M. Gurevič 1961-1975; some manuscripts of poems, etc., by Vera Arkavina; several letters by Lidija Dan to Kathia Adler 1947-1950; documents on Ber, Lidija Abramovič, Azrail Gurevič, Baša Gurevič, Julij O. Martov and Vera Arkavina.