Livushin Alexander (1867)

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SurnameLivushin
NameAlexander
Birth year1867
SexM

Livushin (Livuschin) Alexander (1867) – public figure.

Alexander Livushin was born into a family of orthodox, wealthy parents. Received a strict religious upbringing at home, later graduated from secondary school. From 1899, he was a commercial representative of the Moscow Western Publishing House for the Baltic provinces. At the same time, he was a major exporter.

He was a co-founder and board member of a number of Jewish organisations: the Society of Cheap Public Kitchens and the First Gmilut Chesed, of which he was elected an honorary member on its 25th anniversary. He was one of the founders of Nord Bank, a small Jewish bank, and a board member of the Commercial Bank. Co-founder and board member of the Jewish Club, co-founder of the Jewish ‘Minority Theatre,’ the ‘League for Workers' Rights in Eretz Israel’ in the Baltic States, and a number of other Jewish societies.