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Ekhiil Matatov
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Ekhiil Ruvinovich Matatov ( Russian : Ехиил Рувинович Мататов; Hebrew : יחייל מתטוב ; 1888–1943) was a Soviet statesman, public figure, linguist, Mountain Jewish writer, and publisher of literature in the Juhuri language. He served as the Prosecutor of the Dagestan ASSR (1931 - ?), People's Commissar of Justice, and Secretary of the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the Dagestan ASSR. He was also the founder of the world's first Judeo-Tat republican newspaper, The Toiler ( Judeo-Tat : Захметкеш ). Matatov was repressed in 1938.
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soviet statesman
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soviet dagestani politician and judeo-tat writer
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