Isaak Mints

Isaak Izrailevich Mints (Russian: Исаа́к Изра́илевич Минц, Ukrainian: Ісак Ізраїльович Мінц; 3 February 1896 – 5 April 1991) was the leading Soviet historian in the early and mid-twentieth century. In 1949 he lost most of his academic positions as part of the campaign against the "rootless cosmopolitans", a Soviet euphemism for Jews. Nevertheless, he had eventually become an "ideal Soviet Jew" due to his adherence to the Soviet "party line".^[1]

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Izrailevich and the family name is Mints.

Isaak Mints
Исаа́к Изра́илевич Минц
Born	(1896-02-03)February 3, 1896 Krynychky, Yekaterinoslav uezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	April 5, 1991(1991-04-05) (aged 95) Moscow, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian[citation needed]
Occupation	Historian

Biography

Isaak Mints was born in Krinichki, Russian Empire, now Krynychky, Ukraine.^[1]

Mints was the leading Soviet historian in the early and mid-twentieth century. In 1949 he lost most of his academic positions following a campaign against him by his colleague Arkady Sidorov that was part of the drive by Joseph Stalin to eliminate the "rootless cosmopolitans", most of whom were Jewish.^[2][1] Despite this, in 1953 he arranged for Soviet Jews to write a letter to Pravda condemning Zionism, Israel, and the "doctors' plot".^[1]

Selected publications

• Istoriia Velikogo Oktiabria (History of the Great October) (3 vols.)