Manya Shochat | |
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מניה שוחט | |
Born | 1880 |
Died | 1961 (aged 80–81) Tel Aviv, Israel |
Manya Shochat (also Mania, Wilbuszewicz/Wilbushewitz; later Shochat; 1880–1961) was a Russian-Jewish politician who was a leading figure in the Zionist movement. She was influential in the establishment of kibbutzim in Palestine in the early 1900s, which laid the groundwork for the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.