Yemelyan Mikhailovich Yaroslavsky was an ethnic Jewish Russian Bolshevik Revolutionary, Communist Party Member, Journalist, and Historian.
An atheist and anti-religious polemicist, Yaroslavsky served as editor of the atheist satirical journal Bezbozhnik (The Godless) and led the League of the Militant Godless organization. Yaroslavsky also headed the Anti-Religious Committee of the Central Committee.
