context: Lev Simkhovich Vygodsky (changed his surname in 1923) was born 1896 in Orsha the second of eight children in the family of a graduate of the Kharkov Commercial School, merchant Simha Leibovich (Semyon Lvovich) Vygodsky (1869-1931), a native of Polotsk from a merchant family [32], and his wife, teacher Tsipa (Cecilia) Moiseevna Vygodskaya (1874-1935) [33] [34] [35]. A year later, the family moved to Gomel, where his father received the position of deputy manager of the local branch of the United Bank and was engaged in timber trade. The Vygodsky family was quite prosperous: together with other heirs of his father’s deceased brother, they owned a house in Gomel [36]. The education of children was carried out by a private teacher, Sholom Mordukhovich (Solomon Markovich) Ashpiz (1876 — after 1940), known for using the so-called method of Socratic dialogue and participating in revolutionary activities as part of the Gomel Social Democratic organization [37] [38] [39] [40] [41]. A significant influence on the future psychologist in his childhood was also exerted by his cousin, later a well-known literary critic and translator David Isaakovich Vygodsky (1893-1943) [42] [43]. After the death of his father in 1897, David Vygodsky with his brother, sister and mother Dvosya Yakovlevna lived in the family of his uncle, Semyon Lvovich Vygodsky, and was brought up with his eight children [44]. L.S. Vygodsky subsequently changed one letter in his surname to differ from D.I. Vygodsky already having gained fame.
question: When was Lev Semenovich Vygotsky born?
answers.text: 1896