The Kharkiv Yiddish literary world, 1920s‐mid‐1930s
The Kharkiv Yiddish literaryworld, 1920s ‐ mid ‐1930s
Gennady Estraikh
Associate Fellow, Oxford Centre for Hebrewand Jewish Studies
Published online: 19 Jun 2008.
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East European Jewish Affairs
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