Konstantin Rodzaevsky

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Konstantin Rodzaevsky

Konstantin Vladimirovich Rodzaevsky (August 11, 1907 – August 30, 1946) was the leader of the Russian Fascist Party

Russian Fascist Party

The Russian Fascist Party , sometimes called the All-Russian Fascist Party, was a minor Russian emigre movement that was based in Manchukuo during the 1930s and 1940s....
, which he led in exile from Manchuria

Manchuria

Manchuria is a historical name given to a vast geographic region in northeast Asia. Depending on the definition of its extent, Manchuria either falls entirely within People's Republic of China, or is divided between China and Russia....
.

in Blagoveshchensk

Blagoveshchensk

Blagoveshchensk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, the administrative center of Amur Oblast, located 7,985 km east of Moscow....
(across the Amur

Amur

The Amur River or Heilong Jiang is the Earth's ninth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeastern China....
from China

China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
) in a family of the Siberia

Siberia

Siberia , is the name given to the vast region constituting almost all of North Asia and for the most part currently serving as the massive central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, having served in the same capacity previously for the Soviet Union from its beginning, and the Russian Empire beginning in the 16th century....
n middle-class, he fled the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
for Manchuria in 1925. In Harbin

Harbin

Russian Fascist Organization

Russian Fascist Organization was the name adopted by a Russian emigr? group active in Manchuria before World War II.The original RFO was formed in 1925 by members of the Law Faculty at Harbin Normal University....
. On May 26, 1931, he became the Secretary General

Secretary General

A number of international organizations, communist parties, and other bodies use the title Secretary General or Secretary-General for their chief administrative officer....
of the newly created Russian Fascist Party; in 1934 the Party amalgamated with the Russian Fascist Organization, Rodzaevsky becoming its leader.

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Konstantin Vladimirovich Rodzaevsky (August 11, 1907 – August 30, 1946) was the leader of the Russian Fascist Party

Russian Fascist Party

Manchuria

Far Eastern Fascism

Born in Blagoveshchensk

Blagoveshchensk

Blagoveshchensk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, the administrative center of Amur Oblast, located 7,985 km east of Moscow....
(across the Amur

Amur

The Amur River or Heilong Jiang is the Earth's ninth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeastern China....
from China

China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
) in a family of the Siberia

Siberia

Soviet Union

Harbin

Russian Fascist Organization

Secretary General

Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini, Order of the Bath Sovereign Military Order of Malta Order of the Tower and Sword was an Italy politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....
, and also used the Swastika

Swastika

The swastika is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at Angle#Types of angles, in either right-facing form or its mirrored left-facing form....
as one of the symbols of the movement.

Rodzaevsky collected around himself personally selected Bodyguard

Bodyguard

A bodyguard is a type of security guard or government agent who protects a person?usually a famous, wealthy, or politically important figure?from assault, kidnapping, assassination, stalking, loss of Confidentiality, or other threats....
s, and used symbolism of the former Russian Empire

Russian Empire

File:Russian Emperor Flag.jpgFile:Romanov Flag.svgThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917....
along with Russian nationalist

Nationalism

Nationalism refers to an ideology, a feeling, a form of culture, or a social movement that focuses on the nation. While there is significant debate over the historical origins of nations, nearly all Expert accept that nationalism, at least as an ideology and social movement, is a Modernity phenomenon originating in Europe....
symbols; like the Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
Blackshirts

Blackshirts

The Blackshirts were Fascism paramilitary groups in History of Italy as a monarchy and in the World Wars during the period immediately following World War I and until the end of World War II....
, the Russian Fascists wore black uniform

Uniform

File:Porfirio Diaz paint.jpgA uniform is a set of standard clothing worn by members of an organization while participating in that organization's activity....
s with black crossed belts; they were armed with weapons obtained from Japan

Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
's Imperial Japanese Army

Imperial Japanese Army

The Imperial Japanese Army , or literally Army of Empire of Greater Japan was the official ground based armed force of Imperial Japan from 1867 to 1945....
. They created an international organization of White émigrés

White movement

The White movement , whose military arm is known as the White Army or White Guard and whose members are known as Whites comprised some of the Russian forces, both political and military, which opposed the Bolsheviks after the October Revolution and fought against the Red Army during the Russian Civil War from 1917 to 1923...
with a central office in Harbin

Harbin

is a sub-provincial city and the Capital of the Heilongjiang in Northeast China. It lies on the southern bank of the Songhua River. Harbin is ranked as the tenth largest city in China, serving as a key political, economic, scientific, cultural and communications center of Northeastern China....
, the "Russian Far East
Russian Far East

Russian Far East is a term that refers to the Russian part of the Far East, i.e., extreme east parts of Russia, between Siberia and the Pacific Ocean....
Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
", and links in twenty-six nations around the world. The most important of these international posts was in New York City

New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
.

Manchukuo

Rodzaevsky had around 12,000 followers in Manchukuo

Manchukuo

Manchukuo was a puppet state in Manchuria and eastern Inner Mongolia. The region was the Qing Dynasty's historical homeland, created by former Qing Dynasty officials with help from Imperial Japan in 1932....
. During the 2,600nd anniversary of the founding of the Empire of Japan

Empire of Japan

The Empire of Japan was a Japanese political entity that existed during the period from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until its defeat in World War II in 1945....
, Rodzaevsky with a select group paid his respects to Emperor

Emperor of Japan

The of Japan is the symbol of the state and of the unity of the Japanese people. He is the head of the Imperial House of Japan. Under Japan's present constitution, the Emperor is the "symbol of the state and the unity of the people," and is a ceremonial figurehead in a constitutional monarchy ....
Hirohito

Hirohito

, also known as , was the 124th Emperor of Japan of Japan according to the traditional order, reigning from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989....
at the official celebration in the region.

The fascists installed a great swastika

Swastika

The swastika is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at Angle#Types of angles, in either right-facing form or its mirrored left-facing form....
of neon light

Neon sign

Neon signs are luminous-tube signs that contain neon or other inert gases at a low pressure. Applying a high voltage makes the gas glow brightly....
at their branch in Manzhouli

Manzhouli

Manzhouli is a sub-prefecture-level city located in Hulunbuir prefecture-level city, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China ....
(Manchouli), at least 3km from the Soviet border. It was kept on all day and night to provide a show of power against the Soviet government. Rodzaevsky awaited the day when, leaving these signs on the Russian border, he would lead the White Anti-Soviet forces, joining White General Kislistin and Japanese forces, into battle to "liberate" the Soviet Union. Their main military acts involved the training of Asano Detachment, the all ethnic-Russian special forces

Special forces

Special Forces , also known as, Special Operation Forces is a generic term for highly-trained military teams/units that conduct specialized Military operation such as reconnaissance, unconventional warfare, and counter-terrorism actions....
in the Kwantung Army

Kwantung Army

The , also known as the Guandong Army , was an army group of the Imperial Japanese Army in the early twentieth century. It became the largest and most prestigious command in the IJA....
, organized for carrying out sabotage against Soviet forces in case of any Japanese invasion of Siberia

Siberia

Outer Manchuria

Outer Manchuria , known in China as Outer Northeast [China] , and Priamurye in Russia, is the territory ceded by China to Russia in the Treaty of Aigun in 1858 and the Treaty of Peking in 1860....
.

World War II and execution

During World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, Rodzaevsky tried to launch an open struggle against Bolshevism, but Japanese authorities limited the RFP’s activities to acts of sabotage

Sabotage

Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy, oppressor or employer through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction....
in the Soviet Union. A notorious anti-Semite

Anti-Semitism

Antisemitism is prejudice against or hostility towards Jews.This prejudice or hostility is usually characterized by a combination of Religion, Race , cultural and ethnic group biases....
, Rodzaevsky published numerous articles in the party newspapers Our way and The Nation; he was also the author of the brochure

Brochure

A brochure or pamphlet is a leaflet advertisement. Brochures may advertise locations, events, hotels, products, services, etc. They are usually succinct in language and eye-catching in design....
Judas
Judas Iscariot

'Judas Iscariot', "Yehuda" was, according to the New Testament, one of the twelve original Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Among the twelve, he was apparently designated to keep account of the "accountant" , but he is most traditionally known for his role in Jesus' betrayal into the hands of Roman authorities....
’ End and the book Contemporary Judaisation of the World or the Jewish Question
Jewish Question

The Jewish question was an issue for discussions and debate, particularly in western Europe and central Europe, during the French Revolution and into the nineteenth century by societies, politicians and writers on issues of Jewish legal and economic disabilities , Jewish emancipation and Jewish assimilation....
in the XX Century.

At the end of the war, Rodzaevsky began to believe that the Soviet regime under Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1922 until his death in 1953....
was evolving into a nationalist

Nationalism

National Bolshevism

National Bolshevism is a political movement that claims to combine elements of nationalism and Bolshevism.National Bolshevism is often Anti-capitalism in tone, and sympathetic towards certain nationalist forms of communism and socialism....
:

"I issued a call for an unknown leader, ... capable of overturning the Jewish government and creating a new Russia. I failed to see that, by the will of fate, of his own genius, and of millions of toilers, Comrade J V Stalin, the leader of the peoples, had become this unknown leader".

He returned to Russia, where he was promised freedom and a job in one of the Soviet newspapers. Instead, he was arrested, tried and sentenced to be shot; he was executed in a Lubyanka prison cellar.