Arkady Kots

Arkady Yakovlevich Kots (Russian: Аркадий Яковлевич Коц; alias - A.Danin, A.Bronin, A.Shatov) (15 October [O.S. 3 October] 1872, in Odessa – 13 May 1943) was a Russian socialist, poet and translator of Jewish descent. Kots was born in 1872 in Odessa. In 1880 he witnessed the infamous Pogroms which left a great impression on him. He began to compose poetry at the age of 13. At the age of 15, Kots graduated from the six-year Odessa city school. He successfully passed the exams to continue his education but was not able to enroll due to restrictive quotas on Jewish enrollment. Kots attended mining school in Horlivka from 1889-1893. Kots graduated in 1893 with the title of foreman and worked in his specialty at the Moscow and Donets Coal Basins. From 1894-1897, Kots worked in the Voznesensky and Petrovsky mines in the Yuzovka region.