Ren Fuchen

Ren Fuchen (Chinese: 任辅臣; April 1884 – November 1918) was a Chinese member of the Bolshevik party and a commander of a Chinese regiment of the Soviet Red Army during the Russian Civil War. He joined the Bolsheviks in 1908. He was killed in action during a battle against the White Army forces of Alexander Kolchak. He was known as "China's first Bolshevik". In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, he raised a regiment of 1,500 Chinese expatriates for the Soviet cause. He was killed in November 1918. The Soviet Union awarded him a Red Flag medal in November 1989, and a statue of him was erected in Tieling, his hometown, in 1993.[1]

Ren Fuchen
BornApril 1884
Tieling County, Liaoning Province
DiedNovember 1918 (1918-12) (aged 34)
Sverdlovsk Oblast, RSFSR
Service/branchRed Army
Battles/warsRussian Civil War
In this Chinese name, the family name is Ren.

References
  1. Mark O'Neill (25 August 2014). From the Tsar's Railway to the Red Army. Penguin Books Limited. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-85797-907-0.


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