Dmitri Furmanov
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Dmitry Andreyevich Furmanov was a Russian
writer. During the Russian Civil War
he joined the Red Army
and served as a Bolshevik
commissar
. He is well-known for his novel Chapayev about Vasily Chapayev
, a Red Army officer and a hero of the Civil War. The novel is available in English translation.
In 1941, the town of Sereda, where he was born, was renamed Furmanov after him. A street in Almaty
is named after him.
Commissar Furmanov died of meningitis on March 15, 1926.
Furmanov is buried in Novodevichy Cemetery
.
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
writer. During the Russian Civil War
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed to the Soviets, under the domination of the Bolshevik party. Soviet forces first assumed power in Petrograd The Russian Civil War (1917–1923) was a...
he joined the Red Army
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...
and served as a Bolshevik
Bolshevik
The Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists , derived from bol'shinstvo, "majority") were a faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party which split apart from the Menshevik faction at the Second Party Congress in 1903....
commissar
Commissar
Commissar is the English transliteration of an official title used in Russia from the time of Peter the Great.The title was used during the Provisional Government for regional heads of administration, but it is mostly associated with a number of Cheka and military functions in Bolshevik and Soviet...
. He is well-known for his novel Chapayev about Vasily Chapayev
Vasily Chapayev
Vasily Ivanovich Chapayev or Chapaev was a celebrated Russian soldier and Red Army commander during the Russian Civil War.-Biography:...
, a Red Army officer and a hero of the Civil War. The novel is available in English translation.
In 1941, the town of Sereda, where he was born, was renamed Furmanov after him. A street in Almaty
Almaty
Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500...
is named after him.
Commissar Furmanov died of meningitis on March 15, 1926.
Furmanov is buried in Novodevichy Cemetery
Novodevichy Cemetery
Novodevichy Cemetery is the most famous cemetery in Moscow, Russia. It is next to the 16th-century Novodevichy Convent, which is the city's third most popular tourist site. It should not be confused with the Novodevichy Cemetery in Saint Petersburg....
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