Mikalai Dvornikau

Mikalai Mikalaevich Dvornikau
Mikalai Dvornikau in the Republican uniform during the Spanish Civil War
Native name
Мікалай Мікалаевіч Дворнікаў (Belarusian)
Nickname(s)Gerasim, Andrei, Anton, Stanislav Tomashevich, Robert, Petya
Born(1907-12-07)7 December 1907
Gomel, Russian Empire
Died16 February 1938(1938-02-16) (aged 30)
Extremadura, Spain
AllegianceCommunist International
Second Spanish Republic
Service/branch International Brigades
Years of service1936–1938
Rankpolitical instructor
UnitJose Palafox battalion,
Taras Shevchenko Company
Battles/warsSpanish Civil War
MemorialsGomel

Mikalai Dvornikau (Belarusian: Мікалай Мікалаевіч Дворнікаў, Mikalai Mikalaevich Dvornikau Russian: Николай Николаевич Дворников, Nikolai Nikolaevich Dvornikov) known under the pseudonyms Gerasim, Andrei, Anton, Stanislav Tomashevich, Robert and Petya (7 December 1907 – 16 February 1938) was a Soviet Belarusian political militant, a member of the Communist Party of Western Belarus and the Communist Youth League (Komsomol) of Western Belarus. He was a participant of the Spanish Civil War, political instructor of the Jose Palafox battalion and commander of the Ukrainian interbrigade company Taras Shevchenko.