Russian Jewish political figure, lawyer. On graduating from the Faculty of Law of Warsaw University, he began practising as a defence attorney. He was a member of the Juridical society of St. Petersburg University. In the 1880s, he participated in the work of the Society for Education of Russian Jews, founded and became a head of its Historical and Ethnographic Commission. He was one of the founders of the Union for Full Rights of Jewish People in Russia (March 1905), and a creator of the Jewish National Group (1907). He was one of the founders, leaders and theorists of the Constitutional Democratic Party (1905), and member of its Central Committee. He was a deputy of the First State Duma. For signing the Vyborg Appeal he was sentenced to three months imprisonment in Kresty prison (1906). After the February Revolution of 1917, Vinaver served as senator of the Civil Department of Cassation of the Senate, Deputy of the Central Duma, one of the editors of the journal Messenger of the Party of People's Freedom. From March 1917, together with historian A.A. Kornilov he became the Head of the Agitation and Publishing Commission of the Party of Constitutional Democrats. From 1918, he participated in the White Movement in the South of Russia. In 1920 he emigrated to France. Vinaver wrote Memoires The Recent (Petrograd, 1917; 2 ed. - Paris, 1926) which is a valuable source for studying the public life of St. Petersburg of the early 20th century.
Russian Jewish political figure, lawyer. On graduating from the Faculty of Law of Warsaw University, he began practising as a defence attorney. He was a member of the Juridical society of St. Petersburg University. In the 1880s, he participated in the work of the Society for Education of Russian Jews, founded and became a head of its Historical and Ethnographic Commission. He was one of the founders of the Union for Full Rights of Jewish People in Russia (March 1905), and a creator of the Jewish National Group (1907). He was one of the founders, leaders and theorists of the Constitutional Democratic Party (1905), and member of its Central Committee. He was a deputy of the First State Duma. For signing the Vyborg Appeal he was sentenced to three months imprisonment in Kresty prison (1906). After the February Revolution of 1917, Vinaver served as senator of the Civil Department of Cassation of the Senate, Deputy of the Central Duma, one of the editors of the journal Messenger of the Party of People's Freedom. From March 1917, together with historian A.A. Kornilov he became the Head of the Agitation and Publishing Commission of the Party of Constitutional Democrats. From 1918, he participated in the White Movement in the South of Russia. In 1920 he emigrated to France. Vinaver wrote Memoires The Recent (Petrograd, 1917; 2 ed. - Paris, 1926) which is a valuable source for studying the public life of St. Petersburg of the early 20th century.
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