Fedor Rodichev

Fedor Izmailovich Rodichev (Russian: Федор Измайлович Родичев, February 9, 1854 – February 28, 1933) was a Russian politician and lawyer. A member and one of the leaders of the Constitutional Democratic Party, he was also a member in the Provisional Council of the Russian Republic in 1917.

Early life and education

Fyodor Izmailovich Rodichev was born on February 9, 1854, in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire to parents Izmail Dmitrievich and Sofya Nikolaevna (née Ushakova). His father was a member of the Tver Provincial Zemstvo.

Rodichev studied and graduated at the first St. Petersburg Vocational Gymnasium in 1870. He then studied Faculty of Law at the St. Petersburg University, where he graduated in 1876.

Career Rodichev was appointed as a member of the Provisional Committee of Duma in March 1917 for a short period of time. He was also appointed acting Minister for the Finnish Affairs under the Russian Provisional Government, where he preceded Vladimir Markov.

During this time, he participated in the White movement in Southern Russian in the October Revolution. He was then succeeded by Carl Enckell in April of the same year. Rodichev died in Lausanne on February 28, 1933. He was 79. He was later buried in the Bois-de-Vaux cemetery.