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People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity(set)

Any Political and party leadership 382 Government and administration 92 Legislature and state representation 25 Military command 264 Security, intelligence and policing 193 Diplomacy and international organization 80 Economy, finance and planning 119 Industry and production 104 Agriculture and land policy 26 Ideology and propaganda 83 Social movements and organizing 238 Scholarship and theory 44 Education 10 Science and technology 126 Literature and arts 61 Law and justice 34

Affiliation

Most people

Any Soviet Unionstate 12 Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 11 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 5 Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 1 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) 1 Communist Party USA (CPUSA) 1 Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) 1 East Germanystate 1

All 9 affiliations

Angola

Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) 1

Czechoslovakia

Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) 1

East Germany

East Germanystate 1

Russia

Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 1 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 5

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 11 Soviet Unionstate 12

United States

Communist Party USA (CPUSA) 1 Socialist Party of America 1

Position(set)

Any Imperial establishment and White movement 1 Counter-revolutionary forces 2 Left critics of Bolshevism 3 Socialist-bloc reform leader 1 Dissident 6 Anarchists 3 Non-Bolshevik socialists 5 Narodniks 1 Jacobins and French revolutionary radicals 1 National liberation and anti-colonial movements 2 Russian revolutionary democrats 2 Western Marxist theorists 1 Marxism and communism 61

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 46 China 3 Czechoslovakia 2 United States 2 Angola 1 East Germany 1 France 1 South Africa 1 Trinidad and Tobago 1 Turkey 1 United Kingdom 1 Vietnam 1

Background

Any Russia 34 China 3 Latvia 3 Ukraine 3 Georgia 2 United States 2 Angola 1 Azerbaijan 1 Belarus 1 Czechia 1 Czechoslovakia 1 Germany 1 Kyrgyzstan 1 Martinique 1 Poland 1 South Africa 1 Trinidad and Tobago 1 Turkey 1 United Kingdom 1 Vietnam 1

Era

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The revolutionary generation1917–1940 22 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 14 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 7 The last generation1985–1991 3

People of the Chinese revolution and the People’s Republic

The Chinese revolutionary generation1911–1949 3

People of the wider world

The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 3 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 9

Literature and arts Marxism and communism Clear all

61 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Alexander Serafimovich Александр Серафимович The Don Cossack's son who gave the revolution its epic Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1863–1949
Alexei Maximovich Gorky Алексей Максимович Горький The stormy petrel, caged Literature and arts · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 1868–1936
Maria Fyodorovna Andreyeva Мария Фёдоровна Андреева Actress turned Bolshevik financial agent whom Lenin called 'Comrade Phenomenon' Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1868–1953
Nariman Najaf oglu Narimanov Нариман Наджаф оглы Нариманов From Azerbaijani Enlightener to a Head of the Soviet State Literature and arts · Soviet Union 1870–1925
Vladimir Alexandrovich Bazarov Владимир Александрович Базаров The Machist philosopher-economist of Gosplan who proposed a genetic-teleological planning synthesis Literature and arts · Soviet Union 1874–1939
Vsevolod Emilievich Meyerhold Всеволод Эмильевич Мейерхольд Creator of biomechanics, the architect of theatre who staged revolution on stage Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1874–1940
Anatoly Vasilyevich Lunacharsky Анатолий Васильевич Луначарский Russian revolutionary, first People's Commissar of Enlightenment, and literary critic Education · Soviet Union 1875–1933
Lu Xun 鲁迅 Author of The True Story of Ah Q, father of modern Chinese literature who carried May Fourth’s critical spirit into the left-wing league Literature and arts 1881–1936
Fyodor Vasilyevich Gladkov Фёдор Васильевич Гладков Classic writer of socialist realism who pioneered the Soviet industrial novel with Cement Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1883–1958
Yevgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin Евгений Иванович Замятин The architect of a forbidden future Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1884–1937
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
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
Zmicier Zhylunovich Зміцер Жылуновіч Worker-poet known as Tsishka Hartny who headed the first Soviet government of Byelorussia Government and administration · Soviet Union 1887–1937
Alexander Vasilievich Chayanov Александр Васильевич Чаянов The agrarian economist who uncovered the moral logic of peasant economy Literature and arts · Soviet Union 1888–1937
Alexander Yakovlevich Arosev Александр Яковлевич Аросев The revolutionary who ordered the Kremlin shelled, and the proletarian writer who published thirty books Literature and arts · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 1890–1938
Leib Moiseyevich Kvitko Лев Моисеевич Квитко A Yiddish poet who gave voice to Soviet Jewish culture Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1890–1952
Dmitry Andreyevich Furmanov Дмитрий Андреевич Фурманов The commissar-writer who turned Chapaev into a Soviet myth Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1891–1926
Alexander Mikhailovich Rodchenko Александр Михайлович Родченко Founder of Constructivism, pioneer of Soviet design, advertising, and photography Literature and arts 1891–1956
Asja Ernestovna Lācis Asja Lācis Proletarian children's theatre pioneer who led Walter Benjamin to Marxism and Brecht Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1891–1979
Konstantin Aleksandrovich Fedin Константин Александрович Федин Novelist who began as a Serapion Brother and became the chief gatekeeper of Soviet literature for 18 years Literature and arts · Soviet Union 1892–1977
Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky Владимир Владимирович Маяковский The revolution’s megaphone and satirist Literature and arts · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 1893–1930
Mykola Hryhorovych Khvylovy Микола Григорович Хвильовий Founder of modern Ukrainian Soviet prose Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1893–1933
Alexander Petrovich Dovzhenko Александр Петрович Довженко Poet of Earth: the Soviet master who sang the Ukrainian land and people through lyrical montage Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1894–1956
Larisa Mikhailovna Reisner Лариса Михайловна Рейснер The revolution's Valkyrie. Poet, scout, and the first woman commissar of the Naval General Staff Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1895–1926
Robert Petrovich Eideman Роберт Петрович Эйдеман Latvian-born Civil War hero turned defendant in the Tukhachevsky trial Military command · Soviet Union 1895–1937
Peretz Davidovich Markish Перец Давидович Маркиш A radical lyrical voice of Soviet Yiddish literature Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1895–1952
Mikhail Efimovich Koltsov Михаил Ефимович Кольцов A leading voice of Soviet journalism whom Hemingway immortalized as Karkov Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1898–1940
Andrei Platonovich Platonov Андрей Платонович Платонов The engineer who wrote utopia's ruins Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1899–1951
Lev Vladimirovich Kuleshov Лев Владимирович Кулешов Creator of the Kuleshov Effect, the father of Soviet montage theory who proved editing, not the shot, creates meaning Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1899–1970
Fritz Selbmann Fritz Selbmann East German heavy-industry minister who faced the striking workers outside the House of Ministries on 16 June 1953 Industry and production · East Germany 1899–1975
Alexei Alexandrovich Surkov Алексей Александрович Сурков Poet of "Zemlyanka" and the Writers' Union enforcer who led the campaign against Pasternak Literature and arts · Soviet Union 1899–1983
Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeyev Александр Александрович Фадеев Writers’ Union manager who killed himself at the thaw Literature and arts · Soviet Union 1901–1956
Mikhail Ilyich Romm Михаил Ильич Ромм The director who built Lenin's screen myth for Stalin, then dissected fascism under the Thaw Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1901–1971
Jaroslav Seifert Jaroslav Seifert A poet who confronted censorship and power at each moment of reform Literature and arts · Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) 1901–1986
Yevgeny Petrovich Petrov Евгений Петрович Петров Co-author with Ilf of The Twelve Chairs, satirist who captured NEP-era Soviet life and later edited Ogonyok magazine Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1902–1942
Nâzım Hikmet Nâzım Hikmet The Turkish revolutionary poet who survived a 28-year sentence with verse: giant of 20th-century letters who fused modernism and communism Literature and arts 1902–1963
George Padmore George Padmore From Comintern Negro Bureau chief to architect of Pan-African independence, the revolutionary journalist who broke with empire Literature and arts · Communist Party USA (CPUSA) 1903–1959
Nikolai Konstantinovich Cherkasov Николай Константинович Черкасов The actor of transformation, whose profile is stamped on the Order of Alexander Nevsky Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1903–1966
Nikolai Alekseyevich Ostrovsky Николай Алексеевич Островский Author of How the Steel Was Tempered, paragon of socialist realism Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1904–1936
Vilis Tenisovich Lācis Вилис Тенисович Лацис From Ulmanis's favorite novelist to the architect of Latvia's Sovietization Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1904–1966
Ding Ling 丁玲 From Miss Sophia’s Diary to The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River, a writer who lived through Yan’an and the anti-rightist purge Literature and arts · Communist Party of China 1904–1986
Mikhail Alexandrovich Sholokhov Михаил Александрович Шолохов The Russian and Soviet novelist of And Quiet Flows the Don Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1905–1984
Wang Shiwei 王实味 The writer whose “Wild Lilies” criticised privilege at Yan’an and made him the rectification movement’s first victim Literature and arts · Communist Party of China 1906–1947
Lev Romanovich Sheinin Лев Романович Шейнин The Stalin-era chief investigator who pioneered the Soviet detective story Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1906–1967
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович The composer who scored the Soviet century, and walked through two official annihilations Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1906–1975
Aleksandr Trifonovich Tvardovsky Александр Трифонович Твардовский Novy Mir editor who opened the Thaw and national poet of Vasili Tyorkin Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1910–1971
Olga Fyodorovna Berggolts Ольга Фёдоровна Берггольц The radio voice of the besieged city Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1910–1975
Georgy Mokeevich Markov Георгий Мокеевич Марков The Brezhnev-era literary gatekeeper who celebrated Siberia while enforcing official aesthetics as head of the Writers' Union for 15 years Literature and arts · Soviet Union 1911–1991
Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov Тихон Николаевич Хренников Gatekeeper of Soviet music for 43 years Literature and arts · Soviet Union 1913–2007
Aimé Césaire Aimé Césaire Co-founder of Négritude, pioneering critic of colonialism Literature and arts · French Communist Party (PCF) 1913–2008

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