Mikalai Dvornikau
Mikalai Mikalaevich Dvornikau | |
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Mikalai Dvornikau in the Republican uniform during the Spanish Civil War | |
| Native name | |
| Nickname(s) | Gerasim, Andrei, Anton, Stanislav Tomashevich, Robert, Petya |
| Born | 7 December 1907 Gomel, Russian Empire |
| Died | 16 February 1938 (aged 30) Extremadura, Spain |
| Allegiance | Communist International Second Spanish Republic |
| Branch | International Brigades |
| Years of service | 1936–1938 |
| Rank | political instructor |
| Unit | Jose Palafox battalion, Taras Shevchenko Company |
| Battles / wars | Spanish Civil War |
| Memorials | Gomel |
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.