14 Facts About Konstantin Rodzaevsky

Konstantin Rodzaevsky was lured by the NKVD to return to the Soviet Union with false promises of immunity and executed in a Lubyanka prison cellar after a trial for "anti-Soviet and counter-revolutionary activities".

Konstantin Vladimirovich Rodzaevsky was born in a small town neaf the city of Blagoveshchensk, the administrative city of Amur Oblast on the 11th of August 1907.

Konstantin Rodzaevsky's family was decidedly middle class and was a part of a quite rare and frail status of Siberian bourgeoise.

Unexpected to his family, Konstantin Rodzaevsky fled the Soviet Union for Manchuria in 1925.

In Harbin, Konstantin Rodzaevsky entered the law academy and joined the Russian Fascist Organization.

On May 26,1931, he became the Secretary General of the newly created Russian Fascist Party; in 1934 the Party amalgamated with the All-Russian Fascist Organization of Anastasy Vonsyatsky, Konstantin Rodzaevsky becoming its leader.

Konstantin Rodzaevsky modeled himself on Benito Mussolini, and used the Swastika as one of the symbols of the movement.

Konstantin Rodzaevsky collected around himself personally selected bodyguards, using the symbolism of the former Russian Empire and Russian nationalist symbols; like the Italian Blackshirts, the Russian Fascists wore black uniforms with black crossed belts.

Konstantin Rodzaevsky awaited the day when, leaving these signs on the Russian border, he would lead the White Anti-Soviet forces, joining White General Kislitsin and Japanese forces, into battle to "liberate the people of Russia from Soviet rule".

Konstantin Rodzaevsky claimed that Joseph Stalin's regime was evolving into a nationalist one.

The letter showed striking similarities with the doctrines of National Bolshevism, with Konstantin Rodzaevsky saying he was now a "national Communist and convinced Stalinist":.

Konstantin Rodzaevsky personally begged Stalin for forgiveness, referring to himself as "your unworthy slave".

Konstantin Rodzaevsky returned, only to be arrested upon arrival.

Konstantin Rodzaevsky was executed in a Lubyanka prison cellar on 30 August 1946.