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 | |
| Born | November 1887 | 
| Died | February 25, 1920 (aged 32) | 
| Resting place | Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow | 
| Political party | RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1905–1918) Russian Communist Party (1918–1920) | 

Born in Yakutia in 1887 to a family of exiled revolutionaries, Podbelsky joined the Bolshevik faction of the 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 on February 25, 1920, in Moscow and was buried in Mass Grave No. 4 of the Kremlin Wall Necropolis. Former station Ulitsa Podbelskogo on the Moscow Metro was named in his honour.[2]
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- "Moscow after October Revolution".
- "Гвардия Октября. Москва (Подбельский В.Н.)". leftinmsu.narod.ru. Retrieved 2020-11-18.