Wikipedia's first sentence called it “chairman of the board of agroterminal ltd and the chairman of the board of century 21”. Today it says “soviet-born american businessman”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Alexander Smukler (born 1960) is a Soviet-born American businessman, who is the chairman of the board of Agroterminal LTD and the chairman of the board of Century 21: Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine. He is a former managing partner of Ariel Investment Group, which develops commercial enterprises and civil engineering projects in Russia. Smukler is a former refusenik who advocated for the rights of Jews in the former Soviet Union . He left the Soviet Union in 1991 and moved to the United States, where he became a prominent member of the American Jewish community and continued his activism on behalf of Jews from the former Soviet Union. Smukler was elected president of National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry in 2008.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Alexander Smukler (born 1960) is the chairman of the board of Agroterminal LTD and the chairman of the board of Century 21: Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine. He is a former managing partner of Ariel Investment Group, which develops commercial enterprises and civil engineering projects in Russia. Smukler is a former refusenik who advocated for the rights of Jews in the former Soviet Union . He left the Soviet Union in 1991 and moved to the United States, where he became a prominent member of the American Jewish community and continued his activism on behalf of Jews from the former Soviet Union. Smukler was elected president of National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry in 2008.
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “chairman of the board of agroterminal ltd and the chairman of the board of century 21”. Today it says “soviet-born american businessman”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
chairman of the board of agroterminal ltd and the chairman of the board of century 21
Now
soviet-born american businessman
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