A Jew's Fate in Eurasian Space: Between Hatred and Misunderstanding. Role of Mikhail Vygon's Legacy in Understanding Persecution of Jews in Crimea in Twentieth Century
Journal: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Year: 2020

Mikhail Josifovich Vygon (1924-2011) was a prominent writer, educator and public figure of the Jewish origin. He was born in Rudnya (Smolensk district, USSR) but spent his childhood in Mayfeld, a little Crimean hamlet near Jankoy. In the city of Yalta (Crimea) he has been working for the chief part of his life. A witness to bloody crimes against the Jewish nation during Great Patriotic War years, later he became a victim of the Soviet political persecution of Jews. His oeuvres remain mainly unpu