Vatslav Vorovsky
| Vatslav Vatslavovich Vorovsky | |
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| Born |
October 27, 1871 Moscow, Russian Empire |
| Died | May 10, 1923 (aged 51) Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Nationality | Soviet Union |
| Other names | P. Orlovsky, Y. Adamovich, M. Schwarz, Josephine, Felix Alexandrovich |
| Occupation | diplomat, literary critic |
| Years active | 1895–1923 |
| Known for | being the victim of a political assassination |
Vatslav Vatslavovich Vorovsky (Russian: Ва́цлав Ва́цлавович Воро́вский; Polish: Wacław Worowski) (1871 – 1923) was a Marxist revolutionary, literary critic, and Soviet Russian diplomat. One of the first Soviet diplomats, Vorovsky is best remembered as the victim of a May 1923 political assassination in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he was the official representative of the Soviet government to the Conference of Lausanne.
Vatslav Vorovsky was born October 27, 1871 (n.s.) in Moscow, the son of an ethnic Polish engineer. Following the completion of secondary school, Vorovsky enrolled at the University of Moscow, where he was exposed to the ideas of political radicalism.
Vorovsky became active in the socialist movement in 1895. He was arrested by the Tsarist secret police shortly thereafter and sentenced to three years' exile in the city of Orlov. Upon his release, Vorovsky adopted a new underground pseudonym, "P. Orlovsky," as a tribute to this experience. During the course of his underground career, Vorovsky also used the pseudonyms "Y. Adamovich," "M. Schwarz," "Josephine," and "Felix Alexandrovich."
Vorovsky emigrated to Europe in 1902, spending time in Italy, Germany, and Switzerland. In 1903 he affiliated himself with the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party, becoming an editor of the official organ of the party, Vperyod (Forward), in 1905.
During the Russian Revolution of 1905, Vorovsky returned to Russia, working actively as a revolutionary in St. Petersburg. Following the defeat of the 1905 uprising he moved to Odessa in the Ukraine, where he was a leading underground Bolshevik from 1907 to 1912.
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