Yakau Anatolevich Branshteyn (Belarusian: Якаў Анатолевіч Бранштэйн, , Yakov Anatolyevich Bronshteyn; November 10, 1897 - October 29, 1937) was a Belarusian literary critic. He was born in Bielsk Podlaski in the Grodno Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Poland). During the Great Purge, he was shot as part of the 1937 mass execution of Belarusians. After the death of Joseph Stalin, he was rehabilitated.
References Бародзіч Д. Спадчына Я. Бранштэйна // ЛіМ. 1958, 23 ліп. Лынькоў М. Ён быў сярод нас… // ЛіМ. 1962, 25 снеж. БП, т. 1. Возвращенные имена. Мн.: Наука и техника, 1992
External links Член-карэспандэнт БРАНШТЭЙН Якаў Анатольевіч