Nisn Pups

Nisn Pups
Nisonas Pupsas
Born1892 (1892)
Nevarėnai, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire
Died (aged 86)
Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR
Other names
  • Meyer Ziv
  • Mier Pups
Occupations
  • Revolutionary
  • journalist
  • publicist
  • trade unionist

Nisn Pups (Lithuanian: Nisonas Pupsas,[1] Russian: Нисон Пупс[2][3] Yiddish: ניסן פּופּס; 1892 - 1978) was a Soviet Lithuanian-Jewish revolutionary, journalist, publicist and trade unionist. He was known by the party name Meyer Ziv (Russian: Меер Зив, Meer Ziv[3]) from 1921 onwards.[4][5] In some periods he used combinations of his birth name and party name, going by Meir Pups (Lithuanian: Mejeris Pupsas, Polish: Majer Gerszon Pups).[6][7]

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