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 Yakutia, Russian Empire
Died	February 25, 1920(1920-02-25) (aged 32) Moscow, Russian SFSR
Resting place	Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow
Political party	RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1905–1918) Russian Communist Party (1918–1920)

Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Mass Grave No. 4 where also Vadim Podbelsky is buried

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]