Rebel regimental commander of the Tambov rising who died with his brother Alexander when the Cheka cornered them in 1922
Born in Kirsanov, Tambov province, he served as a medical orderly at the front in 1916–1917. From May 1917 he worked in the Tambov militia; in June 1918 he joined an anti-Bolshevik rising in Tambov, went into hiding and at the end of the year joined the fighting band of his elder brother Alexander Antonov. In the Tambov rising of 1920–1921 he sat on the main operational staff, commanded the 4th Nizovsky regiment of the 2nd Insurgent Army and chaired the Kalugino district Union of Working Peasants. On 24 June 1922 he and his brother were cornered by a Cheka detachment in the village of Nizhny Shibryai, Borisoglebsk district, and killed.
Also known as: Dmitri Antonov
Activities and affiliations
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1920–1922
Tambov insurgent army (Partisan Armies of Tambov Region)Main
Military command
Career Timeline
- 1916–1917Medical orderly at the front
- 1917–1918Junior assistant in the Tambov militia
- 1918Took part in the anti-Bolshevik rising in Tambov; joined his brother's band
- 1920–1921Main operational staff of the Tambov insurgents; commander of the 4th Nizovsky regiment, 2nd Insurgent Army
- 1920–1921Chairman of the Kalugino district Union of Working Peasants