Shmarya Yehuda Leib Medalia

Shmarya Yehuda-Leib Medalia (Russian: Шмер-Лейб Янкелевич Медалье; 1872 – April 26, 1938) was the chief rabbi of Moscow between 1933 and 1938.

Shmarya Yehuda-Leib Yankelevich Medalia was born to a family of Lubavitcher Hasidim.

In 1933, he received the appointment to serve as the rabbi of the Moscow Choral Synagogue.

[citation needed] In 1938, he was accused in court of communicating with Lubavitcher rebbe Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn, and with German agents; also with corrupting the youth.

Upon conviction, he was shot and buried in the common tomb in the Kommunarka shooting ground.