Natan Yakovlevich Futerfas

Natan Yakovlevich Futerfas (Натан Яковлевич Футерфас; d. 1937), Polish-Russian clerk, polyglot and anarchist, who was a prominent figure in the Esperanto movement in the USSR, born. During the Civil War he was a member of the Moscow anarchist groups and headed the Organising Committee of the All-Russian Federation of Esperantists (Всероссийской федерации эсперантистов)(1918-1924), uniting anarcho-esperantists. From 1924 onwards, he was arrested at least four times, almost always ending up in prison and exile. At the same time, he continued to take part in the anarchist movement, being one of the prominent members of the Petrograd Anarcho-Syndicalists Group (Петроградской группы анархо-синдикалистов) in 1927, and was a member of various groups of exiled anarchists in the Narym (Нарымском) region and in Arkhangelsk. On February 18, 1937, he was arrested again and, based on false testimonies, accused of terrorist activities. On October 23, 1937, a Troika under the NKVD of the Arkhangelsk region found Natan Futerfas guilty and he was shot four days later.