Mikhail Isaakovich Sheftel (1862–1919) was a Russian Jewish lawyer, member of the First Duma of the Russian Empire in 1906.[1] He figured among the leaders of the OPE, the Society for the Promotion of Enlightenment among the Jews of Russia.[2]
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- ^ Brian Horowitz, "Victory from defeat: 1905 and the Society for the Promotion of Enlightenment among the Jews of Russia", in: Stefani Hoffman, Ezra Mendelsohn, ed. (2008). The Revolution of 1905 and Russia's Jews. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 320. ISBN 978-0-8122-4064-1. Retrieved 2009-11-07., pp. 79-95