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People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity(set)

Any Political and party leadership 139 Government and administration 40 Legislature and state representation 6 Monarchs and royalty 4 Military command 211 Security, intelligence and policing 110 Diplomacy and international organization 44 Economy, finance and planning 94 Industry and production 84 Agriculture and land policy 18 Ideology and propaganda 56 Social movements and organizing 179 Scholarship and theory 105 Education 8 Science and technology 108 Literature and arts 79 Religion 4 Law and justice 31

Affiliation

Most people

Any Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 94 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 23 Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 11 Constitutional Democratic Party (Kadets) 6 Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 4 Soviet Union state institutions 4 Mensheviks (RSDLP) 3 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 3

All 25 affiliations

France

French Communist Party (PCF) 1

Germany

Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 2

International organizations

Comintern 1

Italy

Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 1

Mongolia

Mongolia state institutions 1

Russia

Russian Empire state institutions 2 Kronstadt Provisional Revolutionary Committee 1 Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 11 Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 4 Mensheviks (RSDLP) 3 Union of 17 October (Octobrists) 1 Constitutional Democratic Party (Kadets) 6 Narodnaya Volya 1 General Jewish Labour Bund 1 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 23 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 3 United Russia 1 Our Home – Russia 1

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 94 ↳ Democratic Centralists (Decists) 2 ↳ Workers' Opposition 1 ↳ Workers' Group 1 ↳ Left Opposition 1 Soviet Union state institutions 4

Ukraine

↳ Soviet Ukraine state institutions 1

Position

Any Imperial establishment and White movement 12 Left critics of Bolshevism 15 Socialist-bloc reform leader 4 Non-Bolshevik socialists 18 Narodniks 4 Marxism and communism 88 Liberalism and republicanism 1 Conservatism and Christian democracy 1

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 106 Russia 30 France 1 Germany 1 United States 1

Background(set)

Any Russia 139 Germany 49 China 40 France 37 Hungary 32 Poland 32 Ukraine 14 Georgia 13 Latvia 13 Estonia 12 Italy 11 United Kingdom 11 Czechia 10 Azerbaijan 9 Belarus 9 Spain 9 United States 9 Armenia 8 Bulgaria 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 8 Finland 8 Cambodia 7 Lithuania 7 Moldova 7 Romania 7 Mongolia 6 Angola 5 Kazakhstan 5 Korea 5 Vietnam 5 Yemen 5 Afghanistan 4 Austria 4 Cuba 4 Kyrgyzstan 4 Slovakia 4 Uzbekistan 4 Albania 3 Congo - Brazzaville 3 Croatia 3 India 3 Japan 3 Laos 3 Mozambique 3 Tajikistan 3 Turkey 3 Turkmenistan 3 Czechoslovakia 2 Ethiopia 2 Greece 2 Indonesia 2 Madagascar 2 South Africa 2 Argentina 1 Belgium 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 Brazil 1 Chile 1 DR Congo 1 Egypt 1 Ghana 1 Grenada 1 Guinea-Bissau 1 Iran 1 Netherlands 1 Peru 1 Serbia 1 Slovenia 1 Tanzania 1

Era

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 23 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 37 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 21 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 23 The last generation1985–1991 26

People of the wider world

The age of the Internationals and empires1820–1917 3 The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 5 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 1

Political and party leadership Background: Russia Clear all

139 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Sergei Andreevich Muromtsev Сергей Андреевич Муромцев The Roman law scholar and Kadet leader who chaired Russia's first constitutional parliament Political and party leadership · Constitutional Democratic Party (Kadets) 1850–1910
Mark Andreyevich Natanson Марк Андреевич Натансон The great unifier of the Russian revolutionary movement, from the Chaikovtsy to the Left SRs Political and party leadership · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 1850–1919
Pavel Borisovich Axelrod Павел Борисович Аксельрод Theorist of the mass workers' party: the argument that lost to Lenin's vanguard Political and party leadership · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 1850–1928
Andrei Ivanovich Zhelyabov Андрей Иванович Желябов The Narodnaya Volya leader who organized the assassination of Alexander II and declared his party's creed to the court that condemned him Political and party leadership · Narodnaya Volya 1851–1881
Fyodor Izmailovich Rodichev Фёдор Измайлович Родичев Kadet orator who branded the gallows 'Stolypin's necktie' Political and party leadership · Constitutional Democratic Party (Kadets) 1854–1933
Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov Георгий Валентинович Плеханов The father of Russian Marxism: against his own pupils’ revolution Scholarship and theory · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 1856–1918
Pavel Milyukov Павел Милюков Leader of the Kadets: 'Stupidity or Treason?' Political and party leadership · Constitutional Democratic Party (Kadets) 1859–1943
Alexander Ivanovich Guchkov Александр Иванович Гучков Octobrist leader who received the Tsar's abdication: Boer War volunteer turned Provisional Government minister Political and party leadership · Union of 17 October (Octobrists) 1862–1936
Nikolai Mikhaylovich Kishkin Николай Михайлович Кишкин The Kadet minister named special plenipotentiary to save Petrograd on the day of the October Revolution Government and administration · Russian Empire state institutions 1864–1930
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin Григорий Ефимович Распутин The Siberian “holy man” who reached the imperial bedchamber Political and party leadership · Russian Empire state institutions 1869–1916
Alexander Nikolayevich Potresov Александр Николаевич Потресов One of the six who built Iskra: the Menshevik theorist who parted with Lenin Political and party leadership · Mensheviks (RSDLP) 1869–1934
Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya Надежда Константиновна Крупская She built the Soviet school and library system from the shadow of her husband Education · Soviet Union state institutions 1869–1939
Grigory Andreyevich Gershuni Григорий Андреевич Гершуни The 'Tiger of the Revolution' who founded the SR Combat Organization Political and party leadership · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 1870–1908
Vladimir Mitrofanovich Purishkevich Владимир Митрофанович Пуришкевич The far-right monarchist who hurled water glasses in the Duma and shot Rasputin Political and party leadership 1870–1920
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Владимир Ильич Ленин The helmsman who changed course at every fork Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1870–1924
Leonid Borisovich Krasin Леонид Борисович Красин From revolutionary engineer to Soviet diplomatic architect, the only Bolshevik who could do business with Western capital Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1870–1926
Pyotr Berngardovich Struve Пётр Бернгардович Струве From Marxism through liberalism to conservative anti-Bolshevism: the thinker who traced the arc of a Russian intelligentsia Scholarship and theory · Constitutional Democratic Party (Kadets) 1870–1944
Fyodor Ilyich Dan Фёдор Ильич Дан Menshevism's theoretical pillar who stood for democratic socialism against Lenin Political and party leadership · Mensheviks (RSDLP) 1871–1947
Alexandra Mikhailovna Kollontai Александра Михайловна Коллонтай The first woman cabinet minister, who made women's liberation the revolution's business Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1872–1952
Moisei Solomonovich Uritsky Моисей Соломонович Урицкий The Petrograd Cheka chairman who resisted the terror, and became its trigger Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1873–1918
Victor Mikhailovich Chernov Виктор Михайлович Чернов Founder and chief theoretician of the Socialist Revolutionary Party Political and party leadership · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 1873–1952
Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin Михаил Иванович Калинин The long-serving formal head of state Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union state institutions 1875–1946
Alexander Ivanovich Konovalov Александр Иванович Коновалов The capitalist who gave his workers a nine-hour day and built the Progressive Bloc to challenge the autocracy Industry and production · Constitutional Democratic Party (Kadets) 1875–1949
Konkordia Nikolayevna Samoilova Конкордия Николаевна Самойлова Founder of Rabotnitsa and organizer of Russia's first International Women's Day Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1876–1921
Filipp Isayevich Goloshchyokin Филипп Исаевич Голощёкин The revolutionary who led Kazakhstan's 'Little October' Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1876–1941
Viktor Pavlovich Nogin Виктор Павлович Ногин First commissar to resign demanding a coalition, buried on Red Square Political and party leadership · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 1878–1924
Emelyan Mikhailovich Yaroslavsky Емельян Михайлович Ярославский The Party's Chief Atheist, Called 'the Soviet Priest' Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1878–1943
Nikolai Dmitriyevich Avksentiev Николай Дмитриевич Авксентьев SR Party founder who chaired the last unified anti-Bolshevik government, overthrown by Kolchak Political and party leadership · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 1878–1943
Vladimir Viktorovich Adoratsky Владимир Викторович Адоратский IMEL director and the first Marxist philosopher to publicly anoint Stalin as a theorist Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1878–1945
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
Vasily Vitalyevich Shulgin Василий Витальевич Шульгин The Duma monarchist who took the tsar's abdication and became an ideologue of the White movement Political and party leadership · Russian Empire state institutions 1878–1976
Boris Savinkov Борис Савинков Terrorist, Counter-Revolutionary: the Black Horse of the Revolution Political and party leadership · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 1879–1925
Leon Davidovich Trotsky Лев Давидович Троцкий The orator who built the Red Army, felled by an ice axe Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1879–1940
Grigory Alekseyevich Alexinsky Григорий Алексеевич Алексинский A polemicist who turned from revolutionary internationalism to wartime patriotism Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1879–1967
Mikhail Isaakovich Liber Михаил Исаакович Либер A Menshevik who defended the revolution against its Bolshevik direction Political and party leadership · General Jewish Labour Bund 1880–1937
Vladimir Mikhailovich Zenzinov Владимир Михайлович Зензинов A Socialist Revolutionary who defended democratic socialism through exile and testimony Literature and arts · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 1880–1953
Vyacheslav Alekseyevich Karpinsky Вячеслав Алексеевич Карпинский Lenin's trusted Bolshevik publicist and a 68-year party veteran Social movements and organizing · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 1880–1965
Serafima Ilyinichna Gopner Серафима Ильинична Гопнер First woman to lead the Ukrainian Bolshevik party; delegate to all seven Comintern congresses Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern 1880–1966
Ivan Nikitich Smirnov Иван Никитич Смирнов The Siberian Bolshevik of the Left Opposition Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1881–1936
Platon Mikhailovich Kerzhentsev Платон Михайлович Керженцев Proletkult theorist who became architect of Stalin-era arts censorship Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1881–1940
Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky Александр Фёдорович Керенский The orator ground away between revolution and counter-revolution Government and administration · Russian Empire state institutions 1881–1970
Vladimir Vladimirovich Mazurin Владимир Владимирович Мазурин Combat commander of the Moscow uprising and founding leader of the Maximalist SRs Political and party leadership · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 1882–1906
Abram Rafailovich Gots Абрам Рафаилович Гоц SR Combat Organization veteran who chaired the first-convocation VTsIK in 1917 Political and party leadership · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 1882–1940
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
Vladimir Mikhailovich Zagorsky Владимир Михайлович Загорский Revolutionary organizer who led the Moscow party and pioneered early Soviet diplomacy Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1883–1919
Lev Borisovich Kamenev Лев Борисович Каменев The party’s licensed voice of caution: his warnings outlived him Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern 1883–1936
Nikolai Kakurin Николай Какурин Red Army commander who was chief of staff of the Tambov suppression and became a historian of the Civil War Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1883–1936
Olga Davidovna Kameneva Ольга Давыдовна Каменева Trotsky's sister and Kamenev's wife: the architect of Soviet cultural diplomacy with the West Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1883–1941
Mikhail Mikhailovich Lashevich Михаил Михайлович Лашевич Bolshevik military leader of 1917 and the Civil War Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1884–1928
Alexander Konstantinovich Voronsky Александр Константинович Воронский Editor of Krasnaya Nov, Marxist critic who discovered Babel and Pasternak and led Pereval against RAPP Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1884–1937

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