Background
ZASLAVSKIY, David was born on January 13, 1880 in Yelizavetgrad, now Kirovograd.
satirist feuilletonist and literary critic
ZASLAVSKIY, David was born on January 13, 1880 in Yelizavetgrad, now Kirovograd.
1910 graduate Kiev University.
Joined Mensheviks in Kiev, then member of Bund. Prior to 1917 October Revol worked for newspapers “Kiyevskaya mysl’,” “Kiyevskiye otkliki,” “Den’,” “Sevemyye zapiski,” “Novaya zhizn’,” “Sovremennyy mir” and “Nasha zarya” under various pseudonyms. Edited several Bund and Menshevik periodicals.
1907 attended 5th (London) Russian Social-Democratic Workers’ Party Congress. Several times arrested and imprisoned. During Civil War in the Ukraine.
1919, after establishment of Bolshevik rule in Kiev, wrote a letter to newspaper “Kommunist” confessing his former “errors” and renouncing politics. 1924 wrote letter to newspaper “Pravda” further recanting his Menshevik views. 1925 resumed press work as feuilletonist for Leningrad “Krasnaya gazeta” then for “Leningradskaya pravda”.
1926-1928 worked for ed staff, newspaper “Izvestiya”. From 1928 contributed to newspaper “Pravda”. 1934 admitted to Communist Party on Stalin’s personal recommendation.
Communist Party member from 1934.