Arnold Margolin

Arnold Davydovich 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.

For the American television producer, screen writer, and television director, see Arnold Margolin (television producer).
Arnold Davydovich Margolin
Арнольд Марголін
Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom
In office
1919–1920
PresidentSymon Petliura
Preceded byMykola Stakhovsky
Succeeded byJaroslav Olesnitsky
Personal details
BornNovember 16 [O.S. November 4] 1877
Kyiv
DiedOctober 29, 1956(1956-10-29) (aged 78)
Washington DC
Alma materKyiv University
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Davydovich and the family name is Margolin.
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