Rostislav Polchaninov (21.01.1919-08.10.2022) was a Russian writer and journalist, public figure of the Russian emigration, NTS activist, organizer of the scout movement.

The son of Colonel of the Russian Army and member of the White movement Vladimir Pavlovich Polchaninov (1881-1939). In infancy he was taken by his parents to emigration, lived in Yugoslavia, where he became a member of the emigrant scout movement.  On October 8 Rostislav Polchaninov passed away, just several months shy of his 104th birthday.   Rostislav Vladimirovich survived the civil and Second World War, as a young child sat in the arms of Baron Wrangel, worked in the famous Pskov Orthodox mission and was most likely the last surviving participant, suffered the hardships of life in a camp for displaced persons in post-war Germany.