Talk:Matvei Bronstein

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Rehabilitated in the 50's? He died in the 30's.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.165.168.229 (talk) 01:29, 15 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Rehabilitated in this context means his reputation was officially changed from bad to good. you couldnt look up term??? 75.163.147.50 (talk) 09:00, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Reasons of the arrest
Why was he arrested? His wife, Lydia Chukovskaya, writes in 1990 : "There was only one reason for the terror of 1937: quotas. The authorities set themselves the task of arresting a certain number of professors, teachers, dentists, chauffeurs, deaf and dumb people, workers, factory managers, officers, musicians, actors, film directors, shoe shiners and many others, and it didn’t matter whom they chose in each category. Those who were arrested were tortured until they admitted they were members of counterrevolutionary organizations and denounced others whose names were provided by the investigator. Afterwards they were either sent to a camp or shot. If they hadn’t confessed they would have met the same fate." Professor Tournesol (talk) 10:33, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Probable reason for arrest
In my opinion it is likely he was arrested becouse of his last name. Bronstein was acually also the real last name of Leon Trotsky (who took the name trotsky as a pseudonym). Trotsky was of course number one enemy of Stalin. And anyone who vaguely resembled Trotsky in any way was likely to get in trouble with the authorities during Stalin's terror. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.222.116.138 (talk) 11:21, 24 October 2011 (UTC)


 * and nobody says this is proof of russian stupdity?  Well  I do! 75.163.147.50 (talk) 09:02, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

This thought (same last name as Trotsky) certainly occurred to me as well, but is there any source for such an assumption? --Partnerfrance (talk) 13:41, 6 March 2019 (UTC)