CommuLingo
People

People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity

Any Political and party leadership 49 Government and administration 21 Legislature and state representation 14 Monarchs and royalty 3 Military command 39 Security, intelligence and policing 16 Diplomacy and international organization 5 Economy, finance and planning 6 Industry and production 4 Agriculture and land policy 1 Ideology and propaganda 8 Social movements and organizing 15 Scholarship and theory 11 Education 2 Science and technology 4 Literature and arts 5 Law and justice 4

Affiliation

Most people

Any Germany state institutionsstate 52 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 31 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 30 Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 21 Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) 21 Nazi party and regime 20 East Germanystate 18 Soviet Unionstate 10

All 20 affiliations

East Germany

Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 21 East Germanystate 18

Germany

Germany state institutionsstate 52 Nazi party and regime 20 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 30 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 31 Communist Party of Germany Opposition (KPO) 2 Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 5 Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) 21

Hungary

Hungarystate 3

International organizations

Comintern 3

Russia

Russian Empirestate 2 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 4

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 9 ↳ Left Opposition 1 Soviet Unionstate 10

Spain

Spanish Republicstate 2

Ukraine

↳ Soviet Ukrainestate 1

United States

United States state institutionsstate 1 Republican Party (United States) 1

Position

Any Imperial establishment and White movement 2 Counter-revolutionary forces 30 Left critics of Bolshevism 1 Dissident 1 Anarchists 1 Non-Bolshevik socialists 22 Fascists and Nazis 18 Western Marxist theorists 5 Marxism and communism 44 Liberalism and republicanism 1 Conservatism and Christian democracy 7 Monarchy and royalism 3

Citizenship

Any Germany 99 East Germany 20 Soviet Union 8 Hungary 3 Russia 3 United States 3

Background(set)

Any Russia 1139 Germany 136 United States 128 France 125 Ukraine 120 Poland 96 Hungary 86 China 72 United Kingdom 62 Belarus 56 Latvia 43 Georgia 42 Armenia 35 Lithuania 30 Estonia 28 Finland 27 Czechia 25 Japan 25 Spain 21 Azerbaijan 19 Italy 19 Romania 15 Vietnam 15 Czechoslovakia 13 Moldova 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 12 Greece 11 Angola 10 Bulgaria 10 Korea 10 Serbia 10 Uzbekistan 10 Cambodia 9 Cuba 9 Albania 8 Austria 8 Yemen 8 Congo - Brazzaville 7 Croatia 7 Kazakhstan 7 Mongolia 7 Turkey 7 Ethiopia 6 Kyrgyzstan 6 Slovakia 6 Afghanistan 5 India 5 Laos 5 Madagascar 5 South Africa 5 Benin 4 Ireland 4 Somalia 4 Tajikistan 4 Turkmenistan 4 Belgium 3 Chile 3 Indonesia 3 Mozambique 3 Netherlands 3 Switzerland 3 Trinidad and Tobago 3 Brazil 2 East Germany 2 Martinique 2 Montenegro 2 Slovenia 2 Argentina 1 Australia 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 Burkina Faso 1 Canada 1 DR Congo 1 Egypt 1 El Salvador 1 Ghana 1 Grenada 1 Guinea-Bissau 1 Guyana 1 Iran 1 Israel 1 Myanmar 1 New Zealand 1 Nicaragua 1 Palestine 1 Peru 1 Portugal 1 South Korea 1 Sweden 1 Tanzania 1

Era

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 3 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 3 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 5 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 1

People of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era

The Revolution and the Napoleonic era1774–1830 2

People of the wider world

The age of the Internationals and empires1820–1917 9 The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 74 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 37 Scholars of this history1892–현재 2

Background: Germany

136 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Charles William Ferdinand of Brunswick Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel Commander of the Austro-Prussian army who issued the Brunswick Manifesto Military command 1735–1806
Frederick William II Friedrich Wilhelm II King of Prussia who signed the Declaration of Pillnitz and campaigned against France Monarchs and royalty 1744–1797
Karl Marx Karl Marx Author of Capital and leader of the First International Scholarship and theory 1818–1883
Friedrich Engels Friedrich Engels Marx's co-author and patron; author of Socialism: Utopian and Scientific Scholarship and theory 1820–1895
Ferdinand Lassalle Ferdinand Lassalle Founder of the ADAV, Germany's first workers' party Scholarship and theory 1825–1864
Wilhelm Liebknecht Wilhelm Liebknecht Co-founder of the Eisenach party and drafter of the Gotha Programme Political and party leadership · Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 1826–1900
August Bebel August Bebel Co-founder of the SPD who led the German workers' movement for over 40 years, the 'shadow emperor' of the working class Political and party leadership · Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 1840–1913
Franz Erdmann Mehring Franz Mehring The elder theoretician of German Marxism: historian, literary critic, and Spartacus League co-founder Scholarship and theory · Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 1846–1919
Paul von Hindenburg Paul von Hindenburg German field marshal in World War I and president of the Weimar Republic Military command · Germany state institutions 1847–1934
Hermann von Eichhorn Hermann von Eichhorn German field marshal who governed occupied Ukraine in 1918 and was assassinated in Kiev by a Left SR Military command · Germany state institutions 1848–1918
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
Eduard Bernstein Eduard Bernstein Founder of Marxist revisionism and evolutionary socialism, author of The Preconditions of Socialism Scholarship and theory · Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 1850–1932
Clara Zetkin Clara Zetkin Creator of International Women's Day, she set women's liberation at the heart of class struggle Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 1857–1933
Wilhelm II Wilhelm II. Last German Emperor, who backed Austria-Hungary in the July Crisis and abdicated and fled in 1918 Monarchs and royalty · Germany state institutions 1859–1941
Carl Legien Carl Legien German trade-union leader who signed the 1918 agreement with Stinnes and met the Kapp Putsch of 1920 with a general strike Social movements and organizing · Independent activity 1861–1920
Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin Пётр Аркадьевич Столыпин The premier who held the gallows in one hand and reform in the other Government and administration · Russian Empire 1862–1911
Hugo Haase Hugo Haase Lawyer who founded the USPD against the war and co-chaired the Council of People’s Deputies with Ebert in 1918 Political and party leadership · Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 1863–1919
Robert Emil Eichhorn Robert Emil Eichhorn German Social Democratic and Independent Social Democratic politician who headed Berlin police in 1918 Security, intelligence and policing · Germany state institutions 1863–1925
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
Philipp Scheidemann Philipp Scheidemann SPD politician who proclaimed the republic from a Reichstag window on 9 November 1918 and became Weimar’s first head of government Government and administration · Germany state institutions 1865–1939
Rüdiger von der Goltz Rüdiger von der Goltz Freikorps commander who tried to keep Germany's eastern influence in Finland and the Baltic Military command · Germany state institutions 1865–1946
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
Kurt Eisner Kurt Eisner Journalist who overthrew the Bavarian monarchy in Munich in November 1918, proclaimed the People’s State and was assassinated the next year Social movements and organizing · Germany state institutions 1867–1919
Max von Baden Max von Baden Last chancellor of the German Empire, who sought the armistice, announced the emperor’s abdication and handed power to Ebert Government and administration · Germany state institutions 1867–1929
Wilhelm Groener Wilhelm Groener General who struck the 1918 secret pact with Ebert that preserved the officer corps and later served Weimar as defence and interior minister Military command · Germany state institutions 1867–1939
Gustav Noske Gustav Noske SPD defence minister who said “someone has to be the bloodhound” and used the Freikorps to crush the left risings of 1919 Military command · Germany state institutions 1868–1946
Max Hoffmann Max Hoffmann German Eastern Front chief of staff who placed his soldier's boot on the Brest-Litovsk negotiating table Military command · Germany state institutions 1869–1927
Gustav Landauer Gustav Landauer German anarchist thinker who served in Bavaria’s revolutionary government and was killed by counterrevolutionary troops in 1919. Social movements and organizing 1870–1919
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
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
Friedrich Ebert Friedrich Ebert SPD leader who headed the revolutionary government of 1918, steered the councils into parliamentary democracy and became the first president Political and party leadership · Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 1871–1925
Alexandra Feodorovna Romanova Александра Фёдоровна Романова The last Empress, whose reliance on Rasputin helped doom the dynasty Monarchs and royalty · Russian Empire 1872–1918
Nikolai Ernestovich Bauman Николай Эрнестович Бауман The 'Rook' who flew across borders building the Iskra network, and the revolution's first martyr Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1873–1905
Vladimir Gustavovich Groman Владимир Густавович Громан The Menshevik statistician who designed Gosplan's early control figures and balance method, leading voice of genetic planning Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1874–1940
Arthur Crispien Arthur Crispien German social-democratic politician and co-chair of the Independent Social Democratic Party. Political and party leadership · Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 1875–1946
Hermann Müller Hermann Müller A Social Democratic politician of the Weimar Republic who served twice as chancellor. Government and administration · Germany state institutions 1876–1931
Wilhelm Cuno Wilhelm Cuno Non-party chancellor who answered the Ruhr occupation with passive resistance and fell amid hyperinflation Political and party leadership · Germany state institutions 1876–1933
Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb Wilhelm Josef Franz Ritter von Leeb Wehrmacht field marshal who directed the encirclement of Leningrad Military command · Germany state institutions 1876–1956
Erich Raeder Erich Raeder A Nazi German naval commander who pursued a grand surface fleet Military command · Germany state institutions 1876–1960
Wilhelm Pieck Wilhelm Pieck From the Spartacus League to GDR head of state, the sole founding member who lived the full arc of German communism Political and party leadership · East Germany 1876–1960
Konrad Adenauer Konrad Adenauer The chancellor who made provisional statehood durable Government and administration · Germany state institutions 1876–1967
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
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
Evgenia Bogdanovna Bosch Евгения Богдановна Бош First woman to lead a Soviet government, between revolution and terminal illness Government and administration · Soviet Ukraine 1879–1925
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
Waldemar Pabst Waldemar Pabst Freikorps officer who ordered the murders of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht in January 1919 and joined the Kapp Putsch Military command · Germany state institutions 1880–1970
Henrik Werth Werth Henrik Chief of the Hungarian General Staff who was the strongest advocate of alliance with Germany and of war on the Soviet Union Military command · Hungary 1881–1952
Maximilian von Weichs Maximilian von Weichs German field marshal who commanded the Stalingrad offensive Military command · Germany state institutions 1881–1954
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
Wilhelm Keitel Wilhelm Keitel German general who headed the Wehrmacht High Command and was complicit in Nazi war crimes. Military command · Germany state institutions 1882–1946

1 2 3 Next