Name Alexander Zarudny Role Politician | Died November 30, 1934 | |
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Alexander Sergeyevich Zarudny (Russian: Александр Серге́евич Зарудный, 31 August [O.S. 19 August] 1863 in Tsarskoye Selo, Russia – 30 November 1934 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) was a Russian lawyer and politician. In 1887 he was arrested regarding the assassination of Alexander II of Russia but was released due to lack of evidence. In 1902-1917 he worked as a lawyer. He was an attorney for Menahem Mendel Beilis, a Jew accused of ritual murder in the infamous Beilis trial. In 1917 he was the Minister for Justice in the Russian Provisional Government. After the October Revolution he stopped his political activities and worked as a lawyer in the Soviet Union.
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