Adolf Petrovsky
Adolf Markovich Petrovsky (Russian: Адольф Маркович Петровский; 1887, in Warsaw, Vistula Land, Russian Empire[1] – 17 September 1937 in Soviet Union)[2] was a Soviet diplomat.
Career
From 10 December 1924 until 31 January 1930, Petrovsky was the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Soviet Union in Estonia. From 31 January 1930 to 21 December 1930, he was the Plenipotentiary Representative of the USSR in Lithuania. From 21 December 1930 until 1 April 1933, he was the Plenipotentiary Representative of the USSR in Persia.[1]
From 1 April 1933 until 10 November 1935, he was the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Soviet Union in Austria, with concurrent accreditation as the Plenipotentiary Representative of the USSR in Hungary.[1]
Petrovsky was arrested during Joseph Stalin's Great Purge in 1937.[1]
References
- Петровский Адольф Маркович (in Russian). Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
- Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991
| Diplomatic posts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Mikhail Kobetsky |
Plenipotentiary Representative of the Soviet Union in Estonia 1924–1930 |
Succeeded by Fyodor Raskolnikov |
| Preceded by Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko |
Plenipotentiary Representative of the Soviet Union in Lithuania 1930 |
Succeeded by Mikhail Karsky |
| Preceded by Yakov Davydov |
Plenipotentiary Representative of the Soviet Union in Persia 1930–1933 |
Succeeded by Sergey Pastukhov |
| Preceded by Konstantin Yurenev |
Plenipotentiary Representative of the Soviet Union in Austria and Hungary 1933–1935 |
Succeeded by Ivan Lorents |