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People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity

Any Political and party leadership 63 Government and administration 4 Military command 16 Security, intelligence and policing 6 Diplomacy and international organization 4 Economy, finance and planning 1 Ideology and propaganda 3 Social movements and organizing 30 Scholarship and theory 2 Science and technology 1 Literature and arts 3 Law and justice 1

Affiliation

Most people

Any Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 15 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 14 Comintern 13 Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 10 French Communist Party (PCF) 7 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 7 Communist Party USA (CPUSA) 7 Hungarystate 6

All 50 affiliations

Austria

Austria state institutionsstate 1

Brazil

Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) 1

Bulgaria

Bulgarian Communist Party (BKP) 2

Chile

Communist Party of Chile 1

China

Communist Party of China 3 ↳ Chinese Communist revolutionary forces (before 1949) 2

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party 1

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) 1

Finland

Social Democratic Party of Finland 3 Communist Party of Finland (SKP) 4

France

France state institutionsstate 1 French Communist Party (PCF) 7 French Workers' Party (POF) 1 Francs-Tireurs et Partisans (FTP/FTPF) 2 French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 2

Germany

Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 14 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 7 Communist Party of Germany Opposition (KPO) 2 Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) 4

Greece

Communist Party of Greece (KKE) 2 Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) 1

Hungary

Hungarystate 6 Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 10 Hungarian Social Democratic Party (MSZDP) 2

India

Indian National Congress 1

Indonesia

Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) 2

International organizations

Comintern 13

Italy

Communist Party of Italy / Italian Communist Party (PCdI/PCI) 2 Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 2

Japan

Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 2

Lithuania

Lithuania state institutionsstate 1

Mongolia

Mongoliastate 4 Mongolian People's Party / Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party 6

Poland

Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 1 Communist Party of Poland (KPP) 2 Polish Workers' Party (PPR) 1 Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania (SDKPiL) 4 Polish Socialist Party (PPS) 1

Russia

Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 5

South Korea

Communist Party of Korea 1

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 15 Soviet Unionstate 5

Spain

Spanish Republicstate 1 Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 4 Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (POUM) 1

United Kingdom

Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) 3

United States

Communist Party USA (CPUSA) 7 Socialist Party of America 4

Yugoslavia

Yugoslaviastate 1 Communist Party / League of Communists of Yugoslavia (KPJ/SKJ) 4

Position(set)

Any Imperial establishment and White movement 1 Counter-revolutionary forces 114 Left critics of Bolshevism 7 Anarchists 8 Non-Bolshevik socialists 46 Fascists and Nazis 38 National liberation and anti-colonial movements 10 Western Marxist theorists 8 Marxism and communism 94 Revolutionary socialism 1 Liberalism and republicanism 18 Conservatism and Christian democracy 15 Monarchy and royalism 15 Agrarianism and peasant parties 3 Nationalism 29

Citizenship

Any Germany 14 Soviet Union 12 Hungary 10 France 8 United States 7 Mongolia 5 Spain 4 Yugoslavia 4 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 3 Japan 3 Bulgaria 2 Greece 2 Italy 2 Russia 2 United Kingdom 2 Brazil 1 Chile 1 Cuba 1 Czechoslovakia 1 Estonia 1 Finland 1 India 1 Indonesia 1 Korea 1 Netherlands 1 Poland 1 Switzerland 1 Turkey 1

Background

Any Germany 10 Hungary 9 France 8 United States 7 Mongolia 5 Poland 5 Russia 5 Finland 4 Spain 4 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 3 Japan 3 Bulgaria 2 Estonia 2 Greece 2 India 2 Italy 2 Korea 2 Lithuania 2 Montenegro 2 Austria 1 Belarus 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 Brazil 1 Chile 1 Croatia 1 Cuba 1 Czechia 1 Indonesia 1 Netherlands 1 Palestine 1 Romania 1 Switzerland 1 Turkey 1 United Kingdom 1

Era(set)

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 9 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 210 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 430 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 370 The last generation1985–1991 165

People of the Chinese revolution and the People’s Republic

The Chinese revolutionary generation1911–1949 19 People of the Mao era1949–1976 25 The reform generation1976–현재 10

People of the wider world

The age of the Internationals and empires1820–1917 7 The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 94 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 179 Scholars of this history1892–현재 6

Marxism and communism The revolutionary wave and the world war 1917–1945 Clear all

94 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Sen Katayama 片山潜 Japanese communist founder who shook Plekhanov's hand and shaped Comintern East Asia strategy Political and party leadership · Comintern 1859–1933
Feliks Yakovlevich Kon Феликс Яковлевич Кон From Warsaw boy patriot to Comintern old revolutionary: the Pole who returned in the sealed train Political and party leadership · Soviet Union 1864–1941
Hugh Lincoln Cooper Hugh Lincoln Cooper The American colonel who brought General Electric turbines and dam-building expertise to the Soviet Union's showcase construction site Science and technology · Soviet Union 1865–1937
Ernst Friedrich Däumig Ernst Friedrich Däumig German socialist and a leading figure in the workers’ council movement. Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 1866–1922
Julian Józefowicz Marchlewski Julian Marchlewski A Pole who passed through the German and Russian revolutions and tried to bring revolution home Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 1866–1925
Leo Jogiches Leo Jogiches The revolution's underground organizer, always behind the scenes, until he had to lead Political and party leadership · Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania (SDKPiL) 1867–1919
Tserendorj Цэрэндорж First prime minister of the Mongolian People's Republic, diplomat of the old regime Government and administration · Mongolia 1868–1928
W. E. B. Du Bois W. E. B. Du Bois "Capitalism cannot reform itself": father of the modern Negro liberation movement who joined the Communist Party at 93 Scholarship and theory · Communist Party USA (CPUSA) 1868–1963
Marcel Cachin Marcel Cachin Leader who took the SFIO majority into the Comintern at Tours in 1920, founding the French Communist Party, and ran L’Humanité Political and party leadership · French Communist Party (PCF) 1869–1958
Fernand Loriot Fernand Loriot French socialist and teachers’ union activist who led the Committee for the Third International Social movements and organizing · Comintern 1870–1932
Karl Liebknecht Karl Liebknecht The lone vote against the war; the revolution's first martyr Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 1871–1919
Rosa Luxemburg Rosa Luxemburg “Freedom is always the freedom of the one who thinks differently” Social movements and organizing · Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 1871–1919
Jenő Landler Landler Jenő Labour lawyer turned Communist who was interior commissar and a Red Army commander in the Hungarian Soviet Republic Government and administration · Hungary 1875–1928
Luis Emilio Recabarren Luis Emilio Recabarren Father of the Chilean labour movement and pioneer of Latin American communism Social movements and organizing · Communist Party of Chile 1876–1924
Antonín Janoušek Antonín Janoušek Czech journalist who chaired the Revolutionary Governing Council of the Slovak Soviet Republic in 1919 Social movements and organizing · Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 1877–1941
Vasil Petrov Kolarov Васил Петров Коларов Co-founder of Bulgarian communism, from the Comintern to head of state Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern 1877–1950
Aurél Stromfeld Stromfeld Aurél Professional officer who as chief of staff of the Hungarian Red Army directed the northern campaign of 1919 Military command · Hungary 1878–1927
Angelica Isaakovna Balabanova Анжелика Исааковна Балабанова The Comintern's first secretary, who taught Mussolini and branded him traitor Political and party leadership · Comintern 1878–1965
Vincas Kapsukas Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas Founder of the Lithuanian Communist Party who headed Soviet Lithuania and Litbel Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1880–1935
Eero Haapalainen Eero Haapalainen Trade union leader who commanded the Finnish Red Guards from January to March 1918 Military command · Communist Party of Finland (SKP) 1880–1937
Kullervo Achilles Manner Kullervo Achilles Manner Head of Finland's 1918 Red revolutionary government, who later led the exiled Communist Party and served the Comintern Political and party leadership · Social Democratic Party of Finland 1880–1939
Richard Müller Richard Müller Lathe operator who led Berlin’s Revolutionary Stewards, chaired the council Executive in 1918 and later wrote the revolution’s history Social movements and organizing 1880–1943
Edvard Gylling Edvard Gylling Finnish socialist who was Red Finland’s commissar of finance and later headed the government of Soviet Karelia Government and administration · Soviet Union 1881–1938
William Z. Zebulon Foster William Zebulon Foster From leading the Great Steel Strike of 1919 to longest-serving leader of American communism Political and party leadership · Communist Party USA (CPUSA) 1881–1961
Heinrich Brandler Heinrich Brandler KPD chairman who called off a revolution; co-founder of the International Right Opposition Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 1881–1967
Zigmas Angarietis Zigmas Angarietis Interior commissar of Soviet Lithuania, a Lithuanian communist leader killed in the Great Terror Security, intelligence and policing · Lithuania state institutions 1882–1940
Georgi Mihaylov Dimitrov Георги Михайлов Димитров From Leipzig defendant to Comintern General Secretary Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern 1882–1949
Eugen Leviné Eugen Leviné Communist who led the Bavarian Soviet Republic in 1919 and was shot after its fall Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 1883–1919
Paul Levi Paul Levi From Rosa Luxemburg's lawyer to KPD leader, his 'anti-putschism' took on Comintern adventurism Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 1883–1930
Fritz Platten Fritz Platten Swiss communist who organised Lenin’s sealed-train journey in 1917 and sat on the Comintern’s founding presidium Social movements and organizing · Independent activity 1883–1942
Henk Sneevliet Henk Sneevliet The Dutch revolutionary who planted communist seeds in Indonesia and China, then fought both Stalinism and Nazism Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) 1883–1942
Jaan Anvelt Jaan Anvelt Head of the Estonian Workers' Commune and leader of the 1924 rising Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1884–1937
August Thalheimer August Thalheimer Main theorist of the KPD and Bonapartist analyst of fascism Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Germany Opposition (KPO) 1884–1948
Mikhail Markovich Borodin Михаил Маркович Бородин Sun Yat-sen's political advisor, architect of the First United Front, and the Comintern's global emissary Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern 1884–1951
Alexandra Petrovna Kim Александра Петровна Ким The first Korean communist, who gave her life bridging the Russian Revolution and Korean liberation Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1885–1918
Danzan Данзан Founding member and first party chairman, shot as a 'bourgeois' Political and party leadership · Mongolian People's Party / Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party 1885–1924
Eino Rahja Eino Rahja Petrograd Finnish Bolshevik who helped Lenin escape to Finland in 1917 and sat on the Red Guards’ three-man command in 1918 Military command · Communist Party of Finland (SKP) 1885–1936
Anna Louise Strong Anna Louise Strong The American journalist who chronicled the Russian and Chinese revolutions from the inside, founder of Moscow News Literature and arts · Communist Party USA (CPUSA) 1885–1970
Béla Kun Kun Béla 133 days of the second Soviet state in Europe, and the execution cellar 19 years later Political and party leadership · Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 1886–1938
Ernst Thälmann Ernst Thälmann Hitler's personal prisoner, unbroken by eleven years in solitary Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 1886–1944
André Marty André Marty The naval engineer who led the Black Sea mutiny and rose to the Comintern Secretariat Political and party leadership · French Communist Party (PCF) 1886–1956
John Reed John Reed From eyewitness of the Bolshevik Revolution to founder of the Communist Labor Party of America: an American buried at the Kremlin Wall Literature and arts · Independent activity 1887–1920
Hugo Eberlein Hugo Eberlein German Communist who abstained on the Comintern’s founding at its first congress and was later shot in the Great Purge Social movements and organizing · Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 1887–1941
Manabendra Nath Roy মানবেন্দ্র নাথ রায় The Indian Marxist who debated Lenin on colonial revolution Political and party leadership · Comintern 1887–1954
Viktor Kingissepp Viktor Kingissepp Bolshevik who led the underground communist party in independent Estonia and was executed Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1888–1922
Elbegdorj Rinchinovich Rinchino Элбек-Доржи Ринчинович Ринчино Buryat revolutionary, drafter of Mongolia's 1924 constitution, victim of the Great Terror Political and party leadership · Mongolia 1888–1938
Willi Münzenberg Willi Münzenberg The 'Red Millionaire' who exposed Nazi terror through publishing, the Comintern's greatest propagandist, who broke with Stalin Ideology and propaganda · Comintern 1889–1940
Amadeo Bordiga Amadeo Bordiga The left-communist theorist who rejected parliamentarism and analyzed the USSR as state-capitalist Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Italy / Italian Communist Party (PCdI/PCI) 1889–1970
Tibor Szamuely Szamuely Tibor Communist deputy war commissar of the Hungarian Soviet Republic and a leading figure of its Red Terror Military command · Hungary 1890–1919
Georgios Siantos Γιώργης Σιάντος A KKE leader who bore both the Resistance's victory and its defeat at the negotiating table Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Greece (KKE) 1890–1947

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