Sholem Schwarzbard | |
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שלום שװאַרצבאָרד | |
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| Born | Shulem Itskovich Shvartsburd 18 August 1886 |
| Died | 3 March 1938 (aged 51) |
| Resting place | 32°21′1.44″N 34°52′19.56″E / 32.3504000°N 34.8721000°E |
| Nationality | Bessarabian Jew |
| Other names | Samuel Schwarzbard |
| Known for | Schwartzbard trial |
| Movement | Anarchism |
| Criminal charge | Assassination of Symon Petliura |
| Criminal status | Acquitted |
| Spouse | Anna Render |
| Parent(s) | Isaak Shvartsburd Khaye Vaysberger |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  French Republic Russian SFSR Ukrainian SSR |
| Service | French Army Red Guards Red Army |
| Years of service | 1914–1919 |
| Unit | French Foreign Legion 363rd Infantry Regiment (France) Petrograd Red Guards Cavalry group of Tiraspol squad International brigade (Red Army, 1919) |
| Battles / wars | |
| Awards | Croix de guerre (1917) |
Samuel "Sholem" Schwarzbard (Russian: Самуил Исаакович Шварцбурд, romanized: Samuil Isaakovich Shvartsburd; Yiddish: שלום שװאַרצבאָרד; French: Samuel 'Sholem' Schwarzbard; 18 August 1886 – 3 March 1938) was a Russian-French Yiddish poet. He served in the French and Soviet military, was a communist and anarchist, and is known for organising Jewish community defense against pogroms in the pre-First World War era and the Russian Civil War era in Ukraine, and for the assassination of Ukrainian nationalist leader Symon Petliura in 1926. He wrote poetry in Yiddish under the pen name of Baal-Khaloymes (English: The Dreamer).