, birthname = Dmitry Yakovlevich Popov , nationality =

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, image = Popov DYa-3.jpg , caption = photo of 1902 , office = Deputy of the Fourth

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, term_start = 20 November 1912 , term_end = 6 October 1917 , monarch =

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, party = Progressive Party;

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(1918) , relations = , spouse = , children = , residence = , occupation = , signature = , website = , footnotes = Dmitry Yakovlevich Popov (pseudonyms — ''D. Punimov'' and ''D. Ya. Podov'', russian: Дми́трий Я́ковлевич Попо́в; May 3, 1863,

— October 9, 1921,

) was a priest and revolutionary, who was expelled from the seminary because of his

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. Later he became a head of a

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and a censor of translations from

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from the

between 1912 and 1917. During the February Revolution, he blessed revolutionary troops in front of

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. After October 1917, he supported the

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, for which he was

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of clergy. Later he became a member of the Komi-autonomist party and was accused of anti-Soviet activities.

Literature

* ''Николаев А. Б.'
Попов Дмитрий Яковлевич
(in Russian) // Государственная дума Российской империи: 1906—1917 / Б. Ю. Иванов, А. А. Комзолова, И. С. Ряховская. — Москва: РОССПЭН, 2008. — P. 482. — 735 p. — .
Попов
(in Russian) // Члены Государственной думы (портреты и биографии): Четвертый созыв, 1912—1917 г. / сост. М. М. Боиович. — Москва: Тип. Т-ва И. Д. Сытина, 1913. — P. 39. — LXIV, 454, p. * ''Демин В.'
Дмитрий Яковлевич Попов, общественный деятель и поэт
(in Russian) // Писатели Коми: Библиографический словарь. — Сыктывкар: Научная библиотека Республики Коми; Коми научный центр УрО РАН; Литературно-мемориальный музей И. Куратова, 2001. — Vol. 2. — P. 134. — 510 p. — . {{DEFAULTSORT:Popov, Dmitry 1863 births 1921 deaths People from the Komi Republic People from Ust-Sysolsky Uyezd Russian Eastern Orthodox priests Progressive Party (Russia) politicians Left socialist-revolutionaries Members of the 4th State Duma of the Russian Empire