Padraic Breslin

Padraic Breslin
Born(1907-06-14)14 June 1907
London, England
Died21 June 1942(1942-06-21) (aged 35)
Volgolag corrective labour camp, Kazan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
OccupationTranslator
Known forAn Irish victim of the Great Purge
Political party
Spouses
  • Yekaterina "Katya" Kreizer
    (m. 1929; div. 1936)
  • (m. 1936⁠–⁠1942)

Padraic Breslin (14 June 1907 – 21 June 1942) was an Irish communist and translator. After moving to the Soviet Union and renouncing his Irish citizenship, he became disenchanted with the Soviet Union, was convicted of "counter-revolutionary agitation", and died in a gulag.