Aron Baron

Aron Baron (Russian: Аро́н Дави́дович Ба́рон; 1891–1937) was an anarcho-syndicalist revolutionary and theorist, brother of the Red Cossacks Army Ataman Mikhail Baron. Pseudonyms included Faktorovich, Kantorovich, Polevoy.

Aron and Fanya Baron in Russia

Aron Baron supported by foreign anarchists

Aron Baron in exile with wife and daughter

Aron Baron
Aron Baron, 1911
Born	Aron Davidovich Baron (1891-07-01)July 1, 1891 Gnilets, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	August 12, 1937(1937-08-12) (aged 46) Tobolsk, Russia
Cause of death	Executed
Other names	Aron Polevoy Aron Faktorovich Aron Kantorovich
Occupation	Anarchist Political activist Baker
Spouse(s)	Fanya Baron, Fanny Avrutskaya
Children	Theodore, Voltairine

As a teenager, Baron participated in the 1905 Russian Revolution and was banished to Siberia as punishment. He fled to the United States, where he lived in Chicago. There he and his wife (Fanya) was arrested for starting a demonstration against unemployment. Baron repatriated to Ukraine in 1917. His lectures and writings grew in popularity and the Kiev bakers' union elected him as a representative. Following that year's October Revolution, Baron moved to Kharkov with Fanya. He participated in the birth of the Nabat movement, of which he would become its secretariat and a prominent leader, alongside Peter Arshinov and Volin. Baron and Volin were co-editors of the confederation's journal.[1]

References

1. Avrich 1967, p. 205.

Bibliography

• Avrich, Paul (1967). The Russian Anarchists. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-00766-3. OCLC 266518.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Further reading

• Malet, Michael (1982). Nestor Makhno in the Russian Civil War. London: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-25969-6. OCLC 8514426.
• Smele, Jonathan D. (2015). "Baron, Fania". Historical Dictionary of the Russian Civil Wars, 1916–1926. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-4422-5281-3.

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