Felix Vadimovich Volkhovsky, born in 1846 in Poltava and died on July 21 (August 3) 1914, was a prominent Russian revolutionary, journalist, and writer. In the 1860s, he began participating in radical student politics in St. Petersburg. In 1867, together with Herman Lopatin, he founded the "Society of One Ruble," which focused on propaganda and education among the population.

After several arrests in 1873, Volkhovsky moved to Odessa, where he created a circle associated with N.V. Chaykovsky's Circle. Among the members of the Odessa group was Andrei Zhelyabov, who later became one of the organizers of the assassination of Tsar Alexander II.

In 1874, Volkhovsky was arrested again and became a defendant in the "Trial of the 193" in 1878. After being exiled to Siberia, he escaped in 1889 through America. Volkhovsky participated in the organization "Land and Freedom," and after its dissolution in 1879, in "People's Will." After escaping from Siberia, he settled in Western Europe, eventually residing in London. There, he worked at the "Free Russian Printing House" and was a close friend and associate of the revolutionary writer S.M. Stepnyak-Kravchinsky. Stepnyak died under a train in 1895 while on his way to Volkhovsky, after which Volkhovsky took on the role of editor of the magazine "Free Russia."

Volkhovsky played a connecting role in the Russian opposition movement and between Russian radicals and the Western European public. He maintained contacts with both older Russian émigrés, such as A.I. Herzen, and younger "nihilists," anarchists, and political revolutionaries, as well as with Russian Social Revolutionaries and liberals. Volkhovsky facilitated the rapprochement between Russian and Ukrainian Social Revolutionaries, spoke out against pogroms in Russia, and fought against anti-Semitism in the Russian revolutionary movement. He also represented the Russian opposition movement in the West, maintaining connections with British, French, and German socialist parties, publishing articles in British and American newspapers, including the "New York Times," and creating brochures for a Western audience. His correspondent was George Kennan.

Volkhovsky was a member of the Anglo-American Society of Friends of Russian Freedom. In the early 1900s, he joined the Socialist Revolutionary Party and participated in the 1905 revolution in Russia, supplying weapons to the insurgents.

Kropotkin attended his cremation, and his ashes were scattered over Crocus Lawn.