Vadim Podbelsky

Vadim Nikolayevich Podbelsky (Russian: Вади́м Никола́евич Подбе́льский; November 1887 – February 25, 1920) was a Russian revolutionary and Bolshevik politician following the Russian Revolution.

Vadim Podbelsky
Podbelsky as depicted on a 1987 Soviet stamp
BornNovember 1887
Yakutia, Russian Empire
DiedFebruary 25, 1920(1920-02-25) (aged 32)
Moscow, Soviet Russia

Born in Yakutia in 1887, Podbelsky joined the Bolshevik Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1905. During the 1905 uprising he was involved in anti-government demonstrations and meetings. Fearing arrest, Podbelsky fled to France in 1906.

After the October Revolution he served as the head of the Moscow City Committee.[1]

Vadim Podbelsky died in Moscow in 1920 and was buried in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis. Former station Ulitsa Podbelskogo on the Moscow Metro was named in his honour.[2]

References
  1. "Moscow after October Revolution".
  2. "Гвардия Октября. Москва (Подбельский В.Н.)". leftinmsu.narod.ru. Retrieved 2020-11-18.


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