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,^[1] he was also a member in the Provisional Council of the Russian Republic in 1917.

Fyodor Izmailovich Rodichev was born on February 9, 1854, in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire^[a] to parents Izmail Dmitrievich and Sofya Nikolaevna (née Ushakova). His father was a member of the Tver Provincial Zemstvo.^[2]

Rodichev studied and graduated at the first St. Petersburg Vocational Gymnasium in 1870. He then studied Faculty of Law at the St. Petersburg University,^[3] where he graduated in 1876.^[4][5]

Rodichev was appointed as a member of the Provisional Committee of Duma in March 1917 for a short period of time.^[6] He was also appointed acting Minister for the Finnish Affairs under the Russian Provisional Government, where he preceded Vladimir Markov.^[7][8]

During this time, he participated in the White movement in Southern Russian in the October Revolution.^[9] He was then succeeded by Carl Enckell in April of the same year.^[8]

Rodichev met and married Katerina Aleksandrovna Svechina in sometime in 1880. They later had two daughters; Sofiia Bernatskaia and Aleksandra Rodicheva.^[4]

After the October Revolution, Finland declared its independence from Russia in 1917. Rodichev hence went into exile to Lausanne, Switzerland with his family.^[10] Rodichev died in Lausanne on February 28, 1933. He was 79. He was later buried in the Bois-de-Vaux cemetery.^[5]