Benjamin Of Petrograd

Benjamin Of Petrograd

male, deceased (1922)
Hieromartyr Benjamin was the Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church in Petrograd and Gdovsk in Russia. He was executed on 31 July, 1922 by a...
Victor Serge

Victor Serge

male, deceased (1947)
Victor Lvovich Kibalchich (1890-1947) better known as Victor Serge was a Russian revolutionary. Originally an anarchist, he joined the Russian...
Lavr Kornilov

Lavr Kornilov

male, deceased (1918)
Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov (Russian: Лавр Георгиевич Корнилов) (August 18, 1870-April 13, 1918) was a senior Russian army general during World W...
Yakov Sverdlov

Yakov Sverdlov

male, deceased (1919)
Yakov Mikhaylovich Sverdlov, born Yankel Movshevich Eiman ; known under pseudonyms "Andrey", "Mikhalych", "Max", "Smirnov", "Permyakov" (March 16...
Moisei Uritsky

Moisei Uritsky

male, deceased (1918)
Moisei Solomonovich Uritsky was a Bolshevik revolutionary leader in Russia. He was born in the town of Cherkasy, Ukraine, to a Jewish family. His...
Maria Spiridonova

Maria Spiridonova

female, deceased (1941)
Maria Spiridonova was a figure in Russian revolutionary circles at the beginning of the 20th century. She joined the Socialist-Revolutionary Party...
Fritz Platten

Fritz Platten

male, deceased (1942)
Fritz Platten was a Swiss Communist. After the collapse of the Second International, Platten joined the Zimmerwald Movement and became a Communist....
Galina Ulanova

Galina Ulanova

female, deceased (1998)
Galina Sergeyevna Ulánova (8 January 1910 (O.S. 26 December 1909) - 21 March, 1998) has the reputation of the greatest Soviet ballerina. Her flat i...
Alexander Shlyapnikov

Alexander Shlyapnikov

male, deceased (1937)
Alexander Gavrilovich Shliapnikov (also spelt Shlyapnikov) (August 30, 1885, Murom - September 2, 1937, Moscow) was a Russian communist, trade...
Nathan Altman

Nathan Altman

male, deceased (1977)
Nathan Isaevich Altman was a Russian avant-garde artist, Cubist painter, stage designer and book illustrator.