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Ze'ev Jabotinsky, MBE ʒæbəˈtɪnski, ˌʒɑːbə-/; Hebrew: זְאֵב זַ׳בּוֹטִינְסְקִי‎, Ze'ev Zhabotinski; Yiddish: וואלף זשאַבאָטינסקי‎, Wolf Zhabotinski; born Vladimir Yevgenyevich Zhabotinsky, Russian: Влади́мир Евге́ньевич Жаботи́нский; 5 October 1880, Odessa  – 3 August 1940, Hunter, New York), was a Russian Jewish Revisionist Zionist leader, author, poet, orator, soldier, and founder of the Jewish Self-Defense Organization in Odessa. With Joseph Trumpeldor, he co-founded the Jewish Legion of the British army in World War I. Later he established several Jewish organizations in Palestine, including Betar, Hatzohar, and the Irgun.