Aron Sheinman
Aron Sheinman (Russian: Арон Львович Шейнман (24 December 1885 - 22 May 1944) was a Bolshevik Revolutionary.
He was twice chairman of Gosbank, the central bank of the Soviet Union (1921-1924) and (1926-1929).[1]
In 1922 Lenin wrote him a scathing letter accusing him of being a "communist-mandarin" stating that Gosbank was "a bureaucratic paper game" suggesting that Sheinman had become blinded to the truth by being too engrossed in "the sweet communist-official lies".[2]
In 1933 he started work for Intourist in London and filled the post of Director from 1937 to 1939. When he was dismissed he refused to return to Moscow, and gained British citizenship later that year.[3]
References
- ↑ "The State Bank of the USSR". Bank of Russia Today. Bank of Russia. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ↑ Lenin, Vladimir (1922). Letter to A. L. Sheinman. Progress Publishers. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ↑ "Aaron Lwowitch SCHEINMAN, aliases SHEIMANN, CHEINMAN: Russian/British. A revolutionary". The National Archives. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by position created |
Chairman of Board of the Chairman of the Board of the RSFSR State Bank 1921–1924 |
Succeeded by N. G. Tumanov |
| Preceded by N. G. Tumanov |
Chairman of Board of the Chairman of the Board of the USSR State Bank 1926–1929 |
Succeeded by Georgy Pyatakov |
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