Pavel Krushevan
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Pavel Aleksandrovich Krushevan (Russian language: Павел Александрович Крушеван; January 15, 1860-June 5, 1909) was a journalist, editor, publisher and an official in the Imperial Russia. He was an active Black Hundredist and was known for his far-right, ultra-nationalist and openly antisemitic views and was the first publisher of infamous fraud The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
Born Pavolaki Krushevan into a family of impoverished Russianized Moldavian aristocrats in the village Gindeshty (now Ghindeşti, Moldova) Bessarabian guberniya (село Гиндешты Сорокского уезда Бессарабской губ.), he completed four grades of school.
Krushevan served as a clerk in Kishinev (now Chişinău) city Duma. His writings were first published in 1882. In 1887-1896, he worked as a journalist in newspapers Минский листок (Minsky Listok, The Minsk Post), Виленский вестник (Vilensky Vestnik, The Vilno News), and Бессарабский вестник (Bessarabsky Vestnik, The Bessarabia News).
During the decade that followed, Krushevan founded and served as a publisher and editor of several newspapers:
- In 1897, Kishinev daily newspaper Бессарабец (Bessarabets, The Bessarabian) which published materials fomenting anti-Semitism. Krushevan was reported as being one of initiators of the Kishinev pogrom in April 1903.
- In 1903, Saint Petersburg daily newspaper Znamya, where the first (abridged) edition of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion was published in series from August 28 to September 7, 1903.
- In 1906, Kishinev newspaper "Друг" (Droog, The Friend).
Krushevan promoted ultra-nationalist and racist views and was brought to court numerous times for slander, verbal offenses and physical threats. After a homicidal attempt by a P.S. Dashevsky, it was reported that Krushevan lived in constant fear, kept weapons close at hand and was accompanied by a personal cook out of fear to be poisoned.
In 1905 Krushevan organized the Bessarabian Patriotic League. He founded the Bessarabian branch of the Union of the Russian People.
From 1906 to 1909 he served as a speaker of Kishinev city Duma.
In 1907 Krushevan was elected to represent Kishinev in the 2nd Russian State Duma.
[edit] Notes
- This article partially incorporates text from Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- All dates are O.S.
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[edit] External links
- Rosenthal, Herman and Rosenthal, Max, "Kishinef (Kishinev)", in the Jewish Encyclopedia (1901-1906)
- The Fraud of the Century, or the Book Born in Hell By Valery Kadzhaya
- Century of Hatred: 'Protocols' Live To Poison Yet Another Generation
