Lazar Aronshtam

Lazar Naumovich Aronshtam
Born8 June 1896
Borzna, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died25 March 1938 (1938-03-26) (aged 41)
AllegianceSoviet Union
BranchSoviet Red Army
Years of service1918–1937
RankArmy Commissar 2nd rank
Battles / warsRussian Civil War

Lazar Naumovich Aronshtam (8 June 1896 – 25 March 1938) was a Soviet military and political officer.

He was born in what is now Ukraine. He was the brother of Grigory Aronshtam. He fought in the Russian Civil War on the side of the Bolsheviks. He was a member of the 17th Central Auditing Commission of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) which was established in 1934. During the Great Purge, he was arrested on 31 May 1937 and executed the following year.