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This All Books title by ChaeRan Y Freeze; Gregory L Freeze, sku-749145236, draws on the diaries of Zinaida Poliakova (1863–1953). She was the eldest daughter of Lazar Solomonovich Poliakov, one of three brothers known as the Russian Rothschilds. The brothers were prominent in Russian finance and business and built almost a quarter of Imperial Russia's railroad lines. Poliakova kept detailed diaries for more than seventy-five years, documenting Jewish elite life in Moscow and St. Petersburg, including friendships, arts patronage and philanthropy. The account describes her Jewish and Russian identities, the confessional restrictions she faced, her marriage to Reuben Gubbay, a grandson of Sir Albert Abdullah Sassoon, and her move to France. It also covers the loss of nearly all her family and friends during the Holocaust. The book collects these primary sources as A Jewish Woman of Distinction, Edition 1, in hardcover.You may also like John A Dimaggio Forensic Podiatry All Books sku-15180207.