Background
Bachaev, Mordekhai was born in 1911.
Bachaev, Mordekhai was born in 1911.
Active in Jewish circles in Bukhara. Wrote on Jewish subjects in central Asian publications, 1929-1938. Arrested, 1938, and accused of Zionism and anti-Soviet propaganda.
Gulag inmate, 1938-1943. In exile, 1943-1957. Rehabilitated, 1957. Editor of the Tadzhik state publishing house and the Tadzhik Encyclopaedia, 1954-1971.
Emigrated to Israel, 1973. Prominent member of the Bukhara Jews in Israel. Wrote memoirs of his time in the Gulag.