Zagorsky Vladimir Mikhaylovich (real name Volf Mikhelevich Lubotsky; January 3 [15], 1883, Nizhny Novgorod — September 25, 1919, Moscow) was a figure of the Russian revolutionary movement, a Bolshevik, and secretary of the Moscow Committee of the RCP(b) in 1918–1919. A native of Nizhny Novgorod, he began his revolutionary activity right here.[1]

The Nizhny Novgorod Years

Zagorsky was born in Nizhny Novgorod on January 3 (15), 1883. From 1902 he took part in the city's Social Democratic circles, for which he was arrested and exiled.[1] In 1904 he escaped from exile to Geneva.[2]

Revolutionary Activity

In January 1905 Zagorsky returned to Moscow for party work and took part in the December armed uprising. In 1908 he emigrated to London. In 1910 he returned to Russia illegally and carried out party work in Saratov, after which he again went abroad, to Leipzig, carrying out assignments for the Bolshevik center.[1]

After the October Revolution of 1917 he returned to Russia. In 1918 he came to Moscow and was elected secretary of the Moscow Committee of the RCP(b).[2] He was a delegate to the 8th Congress of the RCP(b) (1919).[1] In January 1919, as secretary of the Moscow Committee, he sent the Revolutionary Tribunal a communication regarding the counterrevolutionary actions of Maria Spiridonova.[3] In September 1919, together with F.E. Dzerzhinsky, he headed the Moscow city defense committee.[1]

Death and Memory

On September 25, 1919, Zagorsky was killed in an explosion caused by a bomb thrown by an anarchist group into the premises of the Moscow Committee of the RCP(b) in Leontyevsky Lane.[1] He was buried on Red Square in Moscow.[2] In 1930, in his memory, the town of Sergiev in Moscow Region was renamed Zagorsk (now Sergiev Posad).[2]

Links

  • Wikidata (Q4183587 — an entry in the free knowledge base)
  • VIAF (71151776799818011602 — a union library catalog)

Sources

  1. names52.ru — Zagorsky Vladimir Mikhailovich
  2. rozanov-lib.ru — ZAGORSKY VLADIMIR MIKHAILOVICH — V.V. Rozanov Library
  3. docs.historyrussia.org — Electronic Library of Historical Documents (EBID)