Nikifor Vilonov

Nikifor Efremovic Vilonov (Russian: Ники́фор Ефре́мович Вило́нов; 23 February 1883 – 1 May 1910) was a Russian revolutionary affiliated to the Bolsheviks who was imprisoned and then forced into exile, dying in Davos, Switzerland in 1910.

[1] He wrote philosophical tracts which influenced Alexander Bogdanov and was secretary of the Capri Party School established by Bogdanov, Lunacharsky and Gorky in 1909.

Vilonov was a mechanic at the Kaluga railway station in 1901–2.

However he joined the Russian Social Democratic Workers Party and was soon a very effective agitator and organiser.

[1] He married Mariia Zolina, and kept in touch with her while abroad.