Sholom Schwartzbard
Sholem-Shmuel Schwarzbard (Russian: Самуил Исаакович Шварцбурд, Samuil Isaakovich Shvartsburd, Yiddish: שלום-שמואל שװאַרצבאָרד, French: Samuel (Sholem) Schwarzbard) (August 18, 1886, Izmail, Bessarabia Governorate, Russia – March 3, 1938, Cape Town, South Africa) was a Russian Yiddish poet of Jewish descent. He served in French and Soviet military, was an anarchist, and is known for the assassination of the Ukrainian national leader Symon Petliura. He wrote poetry in Yiddish under the pen name of Baal-Khaloymes (English: The Dreamer).
Read more about Sholom Schwartzbard: Early Life, The Assassination of Petlura, The Trial, After The Trial, Writings