Vladimir Polonsky

Vladimir Ivanovich Polonsky (Azerbaijani: Владимир Полонски Ыван оғлу, romanized: Vladimir Polonski Ivan oğlu, Russian: Владимир Иванович Полонский; 17 June 1893 – 30 October 1937) was a Soviet politician and the 5th First Secretary of Azerbaijan Communist Party.

Polonsky was born to a Jewish family in Tobolsk, Russia.

Since 1907, he was a member of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP).

Starting from 1908, Polonsky has been a sailor and worked blue collar jobs in Saint Petersburg.

He was sentenced to death by the Military Tribunal of USSR and executed by firing squad on 30 October 1937 in Lubyanka prison.

Portrait of Polonsky after his arrest by the NKVD