Yukhym Medvediev

Yukhym Medvediev
Юхим Медведєв
Medvedev in 1918
Chairman of TsVK
In office
December 24, 1917  March 18, 1918
Preceded byinstallation of Soviet power
Succeeded byVolodymyr Zatonsky
Personal details
Born(1886-04-01)April 1, 1886
Bakhmut, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedJune 7, 1938(1938-06-07) (aged 52)
Soviet Union
NationalityUkrainian
Political partyRSDLP (1904–1917)
USDLP (1917–1919)
Borotbists (1919–1920)
CP(b)U (1920–1932)
Alma materBakhmut Technology College

Yukhym Hryhorovych Medvediev (Ukrainian: Юхим Григорович Медведєв, Russian: Ефим Григорьевич Медведев, romanized: Yefim Grigoryevich Medvedev; 1 April 1886 – 7 June 1938) was a Ukrainian Soviet politician and the first elected chairman of the Soviet parliament in Ukraine. Medvediev was a member of various Communist parties, but in early 1930s quit his political life and committed himself to a civilian life. In January 1938 he was arrested by the State Security police and later that year shot on the grounds of being an anti-Soviet terrorist. In 1957 Medvedev was rehabilitated posthumously.