Arnold Margolin
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Arnold Davydovych Margolin (Ukrainian: Арнольд Марґолін) (born: November 16 [O.S. November 4] 1877, Kyiv – died October 29, 1956, Washington DC) – was a Ukrainian diplomat, lawyer, active participant in Ukrainian and Jewish community and political affairs; attorney who became world-famous as the defense counsel for Mendel Beilis in the notorious Jewish blood libel trial in Kyiv from 1911 to 1913. He was a justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Ukraine, Undersecretary of State of Ukraine and a member of the Ukrainian delegation to the Versailles Peace Conference between 1918 and 1919.
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Arnold Davydovych Margolin Арнольд Марголін | |
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Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom | |
In office 1919–1920 | |
President | Symon Petliura |
Preceded by | Mykola Stakhovsky |
Succeeded by | Jaroslav Olesnitsky |
Personal details | |
Born | November 16 [O.S. November 4] 1877 Kyiv |
Died | October 29, 1956(1956-10-29) (aged 78) Washington DC |
Alma mater | Kyiv University |
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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Davydovych and the family name is Margolin.