Background
ORSHANSKIY, Boris was born on November 30, 1884 in Gorodok, Vitebsk Province. Son of a merchant.
ORSHANSKIY, Boris was born on November 30, 1884 in Gorodok, Vitebsk Province. Son of a merchant.
From 1903 member, Jewish Social-Democratic "Bund”. 1911 began lit work; from 1926 head, Jewish Section, Institute of Belorussian Culture, Minsk. Member, Belorussian, then Moscow Association of Proletarian Writers.
1930-1932 associate. State Academy of Arts. From 1932 edited newspaper in Kamchatka.
Communist Party member from 1918.