Endre Rudnyánszky

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Brodskiy II Rudyanskiy

Endre Rudnyánszky (1885–1921 or 1943?) was a Hungarian lawyer, military officer, and communist. He held leadership posts in international and Hungarian communist organizations until his disappearance in 1921.

Biography

Early years

Rudnyánszky was born in 1885 in Hungary. Rudnyánszky became a

First World War. Serving as a cavalry officer, he was taken prisoner and by 1917 had embraced Bolshevism.[1]

Political career

In

Comintern.[1]

When the

Second World Congress of the Comintern, he was elected to the organization's executive committee (ECCI) and served on its five-member presidium.[1]

Disappearance and legacy

While still holding these positions, Endre Rudnyánszky failed to appear at the organization's Third Congress in June 1921, disappearing while in possession of significant Comintern funds. His disappearance was never explained and, according to Béla Kun, he was expelled in absentia from the party.[1] However, according to Pierre Broué he had returned to Russia five years later and was imprisoned for fifteen years, allegedly remaining in Russia until he was last seen in 1943.[2]

See also

  • List of people who disappeared

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d Branko Lazitch with Milorad M. Drachkovitch, Biographical Dictionary of the Comintern: New, Revised, and Expanded Edition. Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, 1986; pg. 407.
  2. ^ Broué, Pierre. "Five Years On". Marxists Internet Archive. Revolutionary History. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
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