Dmitry Ivanovich Popov

Dmitry Ivanovich Popov
Дмитрий Иванович Попов
Dmitry Ivanovich Popov with his sailor uniform
Secretary of the Revolutionary Insurgent Council
In office
31 January 1920 (1920-01-31) – 26 November 1920 (1920-11-26)
Preceded byVolin
Succeeded byOffice disestablished
Personal details
Born1892 (1892)
Kononovo [ru], Moscow, Russian Empire
Died1 May 1921(1921-05-01) (aged 28–29)
Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad
NationalityRussian
Political partyLeft Socialist-Revolutionaries
ProfessionSailor
Military service
Allegiance Russian Empire (1914-1917)
 RSFSR (1917-1918)
Makhnovshchina (1919-1920)
Branch/service Imperial Russian Navy (1914-1917)
Red Guards (1917-1918)
Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine (1919-1920)
Years of service1914-1920
Battles/wars

Dmitry Ivanovich Popov (Russian: Дмитрий Иванович Попов; 1892–1921) was a Russian sailor and Left Socialist-Revolutionary that led the Left SR uprising against the Bolsheviks in July 1918. Following the suppression of the uprising, he joined the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine and became a leading member, spearheading the negotiations between the Makhnovists and the Bolsheviks until his arrest and execution by the Cheka.