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People of the Revolution and the USSR
Activity(set)
Affiliation
Position
Citizenship
Background
Era
People of the Soviet Union
People of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era
People of the wider world
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Isaac Le Chapelier Isaac Le Chapelier
Author of the Le Chapelier Law banning guilds and workers’ combinations
Legislature and state representation · French monarchy
1754–1794
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Albert Apponyi Apponyi Albert
Aristocratic statesman who led Hungary’s delegation to the Paris peace talks in 1920 and pleaded for revising Trianon at the League
Diplomacy and international organization · Hungary
1846–1933
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Alfred von Tirpitz Alfred von Tirpitz
German admiral who built the High Seas Fleet to rival the Royal Navy, set off a naval arms race and urged unrestricted U-boat war
Military command · Germany state institutions
1849–1930
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Vittorio Emanuele Orlando Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
Italian prime minister who led the country to victory after Caporetto but failed to win its territorial claims at the peace conference
Political and party leadership · Italy state institutions
1860–1952
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István Tisza Tisza István
Defender of the Dual Monarchy who was Hungary’s wartime prime minister and was killed by soldiers on the day of the Aster Revolution
Political and party leadership · Hungary
1861–1918
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David Lloyd George David Lloyd George
Liberal prime minister who led Britain in the later war and argued for moderation towards Germany at the peace conference
Political and party leadership · United Kingdom state institutions
1863–1945
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Erich Ludendorff Erich Ludendorff
General who directed Germany’s war with Hindenburg and later joined Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch
Military command · Germany state institutions
1865–1937
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Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg
Jurist who shaped Finland’s republican constitution and, as its first president, sought to reconcile the defeated Reds
Government and administration · Finland state institutions
1865–1952
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Mykhailo Hrushevsky Михайло Грушевський
Historian who wrote Ukraine as a distinct historical subject, and chairman of the Central Rada
Scholarship and theory
1866–1934
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Gustav Bauer Gustav Bauer
Social Democratic chancellor whose government accepted the Treaty of Versailles under an Allied ultimatum
Political and party leadership · Germany state institutions
1870–1944
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Karl Renner Karl Renner
Austrian Social Democratic leader who signed the Treaty of Saint-Germain and founded the Second Republic in 1945
Political and party leadership · Austria state institutions
1870–1950
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Albert François Lebrun Albert Lebrun
Last president of the Third Republic, who signed the 1940 transfer of power
Legislature and state representation · France state institutions
1871–1950
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Joseph August Joseph August von Österreich
Habsburg archduke and last field marshal of the Austro-Hungarian army who briefly declared himself regent of Hungary in August 1919
Military command · Austria state institutions
1872–1962
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Augusts Kirhenšteins Augusts Kirhenšteins
Microbiologist who headed the puppet government chosen by the Soviet embassy in 1940 and requested Latvia’s incorporation into the USSR
Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union
1872–1963
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Gyula Peidl Peidl Gyula
Printer and Social Democratic leader who headed the six-day “trade-union government” after the fall of the Soviet Republic
Political and party leadership · Hungary
1873–1943
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Oskari Tokoi Oskari Tokoi
Finnish labour leader who became the world’s first Social Democratic head of government and then joined the Red government
Government and administration · Finland state institutions
1873–1963
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Avgustyn Voloshyn Августин Волошин
Greek Catholic priest who became president of Carpatho-Ukraine when it declared independence in March 1939
Government and administration · Czechoslovakia
1874–1945
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István Bethlen Bethlen István
Transylvanian aristocrat who, as prime minister in 1921–1931, consolidated the Horthy regime with a restricted franchise and a League loan
Government and administration · Hungary
1874–1946
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Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin Михаил Иванович Калинин
The long-serving formal head of state
Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union
1875–1946
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Ion Pelivan Ion Pelivan
Veteran of the Bessarabian national movement who, as foreign minister of the Moldavian Democratic Republic, championed union with Romania
Diplomacy and international organization
1876–1954
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Avel Safronovich Yenukidze Авель Сафронович Енукидзе
Stalin's close friend and the 17-year organizational backbone of the Soviet state, the first fall that opened the Great Purge
Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union
1877–1937
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Gustav Stresemann Gustav Stresemann
Weimar chancellor who ended passive resistance in 1923 and, as foreign minister, concluded the Locarno treaties
Diplomacy and international organization · Germany state institutions
1878–1929
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Sadri Maksudi Садри Максуди
Tatar lawyer and Duma deputy who headed the national administration of Idel-Ural
Political and party leadership
1878–1957
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Andreas Hermes Andreas Hermes
Weimar finance minister who founded the CDU in the Soviet zone in 1945 and was deposed for opposing the land reform
Government and administration · Germany state institutions
1878–1964
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Jan Sierada Ян Серада
Veterinarian who chaired the First All-Belarusian Congress and, as chairman of the Rada, presided over the declaration of independence
Legislature and state representation · Belarus state institutions
1879–1943 이후
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Piotra Krečeŭski Пётра Крэчэўскі
Chairman of the Rada of the Belarusian People’s Republic from 1919 until his death, leading it in exile from Prague
Legislature and state representation · Belarus state institutions
1879–1928
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Károly Peyer Peyer Károly
Hungarian Social Democratic and trade-union leader who won legal status for his party in the Bethlen–Peyer Pact of 1921
Legislature and state representation · Hungary
1881–1956
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Ivan Ribar Ivan Ribar
A parliamentarian who carried constitutional politics into the Liberation Movement
Legislature and state representation · Yugoslavia
1881–1968
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Kâzım Karabekir Kâzım Karabekir
Eastern Front commander of the Turkish War of Independence who invaded Armenia in 1920 and imposed the Treaty of Alexandropol
Military command · Turkey state institutions
1882–1948
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István Friedrich Friedrich István
Factory owner who was prime minister of Hungary for three months after the August 1919 coup against the Peidl government
Political and party leadership · Hungary
1883–1951
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Otto Nuschke Otto Nuschke
Kaiser’s successor at the head of the East German CDU, who brought it into line with the SED as deputy prime minister
Government and administration · East Germany
1883–1957
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Pan Halippa Pan Halippa
Journalist and politician who, as vice-president and later president of Sfatul Țării, led the movement for Bessarabia’s union with Romania
Legislature and state representation · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR)
1883–1979
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Ion Inculeț Ion Inculeț
Bessarabian politician who presided over Sfatul Țării and the Moldavian Democratic Republic and saw through its union with Romania
Legislature and state representation · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR)
1884–1940
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Jusztinián Serédi Serédi Jusztinián
Benedictine cardinal who led the Hungarian Catholic Church as Archbishop of Esztergom and Prince Primate in 1927–1945
Religion
1884–1945
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Mammad Amin Rasulzade Məhəmməd Əmin Rəsulzadə
Musavat leader who headed the Azerbaijani National Council that declared the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1918
Political and party leadership
1884–1955
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Pantelimon Erhan Pantelimon Erhan
Bessarabian Socialist Revolutionary who headed the first government of the Moldavian Democratic Republic and put land reform first
Government and administration · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR)
1884–1971
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Kálmán Darányi Darányi Kálmán
Gömbös’s successor as prime minister in 1936–1938, who announced the Győr programme and introduced the First Jewish Law
Government and administration · Hungary
1886–1939
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Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Endre
National radical politician who denounced the Novi Sad massacre in parliament and was executed for preparing an anti-Nazi uprising
Legislature and state representation · Hungary
1886–1944
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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
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Nikolai Mikhailovich Shvernik Николай Михайлович Шверник
Formal head of state in late Stalinism
Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union
1888–1970
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Jüri Uluots Jüri Uluots
Law professor and Estonia’s last constitutional prime minister who, acting as president, formed the Tief government in 1944
Government and administration · Estonia state institutions
1890–1945
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Johannes Vares Johannes Vares
Poet and doctor whom Zhdanov forced on Estonia as puppet prime minister in June 1940, and who led the petition to join the Soviet Union
Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union
1890–1946
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Oleksandr Yakovlevich Shumsky Александр Яковлевич Шумский
Pioneer of Ukrainian national communism, the original 'Shumskyism'
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union
1890–1946
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Béla Miklós Miklós Béla
Commander of the Hungarian First Army who went over to the Soviets in October 1944 and headed the provisional government in Debrecen
Government and administration · Hungary
1890–1948
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Iván Héjjas Héjjas Iván
White Terror commander whose detachment around Kecskemét carried out the Orgovány killings and the Izsák pogrom
Military command · Hungary
1890–1950
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Alexander Grigoryevich Chervyakov Александр Григорьевич Червяков
Architect of Byelorussian Soviet statehood who turned the gun on himself
Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union
1892–1937
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Max Fechner Max Fechner
First East German justice minister, dismissed and imprisoned in 1953 after opposing the prosecution of striking workers
Law and justice · East Germany
1892–1973
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Hermann Matern Hermann Matern
SED Politburo member and chairman of the Central Party Control Commission who stood by Ulbricht in 1953
Political and party leadership · Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1893–1971
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Friedrich Jeckeln Friedrich Jeckeln
Higher SS and Police Leader who directed the mass shootings at Kamianets-Podilskyi, Babi Yar and Rumbula
Security, intelligence and policing · Nazi party and regime
1895–1946
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Kurt Schumacher Kurt Schumacher
SPD leader who survived ten years in Nazi camps and, after the war, refused the merger with the Communists
Political and party leadership · Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
1895–1952