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Roman Malinovsky

Roman Malinovsky
Roman Malinovsky in 1913
Member of the State Duma
In office
November 1912 – May 1914
Personal details
Born(1876-03-18)March 18, 1876
Płock Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedNovember 5, 1918(1918-11-05) (aged 42)
Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Political partyRussian Social Democratic Labour Party (1906-)
Military Service
Allegiance Russian Empire
Service / branchRussian Imperial Army
Years of service1902-1905
UnitIzmaylovsky Regiment
Battles / warsRusso-Japanese War

Roman Vatslavovich Malinovsky (Russian: Рома́н Ва́цлавович Малино́вский; 18 March 1876 – 5 November 1918) was a prominent Bolshevik politician before the Russian revolution, while at the same time working as the best-paid agent for the Okhrana, the Tsarist secret police. They codenamed him 'Portnoi' (the tailor).

He was a brilliant orator, tall, red-haired, yellow-eyed and pockmarked,[1] "robust, ruddy complexioned, vigorous, excitable, a heavy drinker, a gifted leader of men."[2]

  1. ^ Montefiore 2007, p. 205
  2. ^ Wolfe, Bertram D. (1966). Three Who Made a Revolution, A Biographical History (includes an entire chapter on the Mlainovsky case, drawn entirely from original Russian language sources). Hardmondswoth, Middlesex: Penguin. p. 601.

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