Nikoly Rudnev

Nikoly Nikolaevich Rudnev was a Ukrainian–Uzbekistani chess master.
Born in Kharkiv, he played in the Mannheim [1914 chess tournament]. After World War I and Bolshevik Revolution, he was sent to Uzbekistan. He tied for 1st with Sergey von Freymann in the Championship of Middle Asia in 1927, took 6th in the 6th USSR [Chess Championship] at Odessa 1929.
He took 2nd, behind von Freymann, at Tashkent 1932, tied for 8-9th at Tashkent 1934, Rudnev won the 7th Uzbekistani Chess Championship in 1938.