Dmitry Yakovlevich Popov

Dmitry Popov
Russian: Дмитрий Попов
photo of 1902
Deputy of the Fourth Imperial Duma
In office
20 November 1912 – 6 October 1917
MonarchNicholas II / monarchy abolished
Succeeded bypost abolished
Personal details
Born
Dmitry Yakovlevich Popov

(1863-05-03)3 May 1863
Vologda Governorate, Russian Empire
Died9 October 1921(1921-10-09) (aged 58)
Komi-Zyryan Autonomous Oblast, RSFSR
NationalityRussian
Political partyProgressive Party;
Socialist Revolutionary Party (1918)

Dmitry Yakovlevich Popov (pseudonyms — D. Punimov and D. Ya. Podov, Russian: Дми́трий Я́ковлевич Попо́в; May 3, 1863, Vologda Governorate — October 9, 1921, Komi-Zyryan Autonomous Oblast) was a priest and revolutionary, who was expelled from the seminary because of his alcoholism. Later he became a head of a parochial school and a censor of translations from Komi language - he also wrote poems in this language. Popov was a deputy of the Fourth Imperial Duma from the Vologda Governorate between 1912 and 1917. During the February Revolution, he blessed revolutionary troops in front of Tauride Palace. After October 1917, he supported the bolsheviks, for which he was laicization of clergy. Later he became a member of the Komi-autonomist party and was accused of anti-Soviet activities.