Background
ANSKIY, (real was born in 1863.
belletrist and publicist Jewish revolutionary
ANSKIY, (real was born in 1863.
Foreign a long while active in Populist movement. Personal secretary to P. Lavrov. In Russian published first stories about Jewish life, folk art, studies and articles on sociological themes.
Later wrote in Yiddish. Toward the end of his life quit the revol movement and associated himself with conservative Jewish soc groups.