Vatslav Vorovsky

Vatslav Vatslavovich Vorovsky (Russian: Ва́цлав Ва́цлавович Воро́вский; Polish: Wacław Worowski) (27 October [O.S. 15 October] 1871 – 10 May 1923) was a Russian Bolshevik, Marxist revolutionary, literary critic, publicist and Soviet 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 Vatslavovich Vorovsky
Born(1871-10-27)27 October 1871
Moscow, Russian Empire
Died10 May 1923(1923-05-10) (aged 51)
Lausanne, Switzerland
Resting placeKremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow
NationalityRussian
Other namesP. Orlovsky, Y. Adamovich, M. Schwarz, Josephine, Felix Alexandrovich
Occupation(s)diplomat, literary critic
Years active1895–1923
Known forbeing the victim of a political assassination
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