People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity
Any Political and party leadership 1
Affiliation(set)

Most people

Any United States state institutionsstate 50 Hungarystate 26 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) 25 Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 22 Czechoslovakiastate 20 East Germanystate 20 Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 18 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 17 French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 1

All 125 affiliations

Afghanistan

Afghanistanstate 4 People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) 4

Albania

Albaniastate 4 Party of Labour of Albania 4

Algeria

National Liberation Front (FLN, Algeria) 1

Angola

Angolastate 7 Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) 10

Australia

Australian Labor Party (ALP) 1

Austria

Austria state institutionsstate 1

Benin

Beninstate 3

Brazil

Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) 1

Bulgaria

Bulgariastate 3 Bulgarian Communist Party (BKP) 3

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso state institutionsstate 1

Cambodia

Cambodia state institutionsstate 2 Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) 2 Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP) 2 Democratic Kampucheastate 2 People’s Republic of Kampucheastate 1

Chile

Chile state institutionsstate 1

China

Communist Party of China 2 Kuomintang 1

Congo - Brazzaville

Republic of the Congostate 6 Congolese Party of Labour (PCT) 3

Cuba

Cubastate 5 Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) 5 26th of July Movement 1

Czechia

Czechia state institutionsstate 1

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakiastate 20 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) 25 Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party 3

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) 7 New People's Party of Korea 2 Democratic Party of Korea 2 Workers' Party of North Korea 5 Democratic People’s Republic of Koreastate 6

DR Congo

DR Congo state institutionsstate 1 Congolese National Movement (MNC) 1

East Germany

Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 22 East Germanystate 20

Ethiopia

Ethiopiastate 4 Workers' Party of Ethiopia 1

Finland

Finland state institutionsstate 2

France

France state institutionsstate 7 French Communist Party (PCF) 6 French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 1

Germany

Germany state institutionsstate 10 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 17 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 12 Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 5 Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) 8

Ghana

Ghana state institutionsstate 1

Grenada

Grenadastate 1 New JEWEL Movement (NJM) 1

Guinea-Bissau

African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) 1

Hungary

Hungarystate 26 Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 15 Hungarian Working People's Party (MDP) 12 Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSzMP) 14 Hungarian Social Democratic Party (MSZDP) 4 Independent Smallholders' Party (FKGP) 4

India

India state institutionsstate 1 Indian National Congress 1

Indonesia

Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) 1

International organizations

Comintern 1 United Nations 2

Italy

Italy state institutionsstate 1 Communist Party of Italy / Italian Communist Party (PCdI/PCI) 3 Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 1

Japan

Japan state institutionsstate 1 Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 1

Laos

Laosstate 4 Lao People's Revolutionary Party 3

Lithuania

Lithuania state institutionsstate 1

Madagascar

Madagascarstate 2

Mongolia

Mongolian People's Party / Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party 1

Mozambique

Mozambiquestate 2 Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) 3

Poland

Polandstate 14 Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 18 Solidarity (Solidarność) 7 Workers' Defence Committee (KOR) 2 Free Trade Unions of the Coast (WZZ) 3 Communist Party of Poland (KPP) 5 Polish Workers' Party (PPR) 11 Polish People's Party (PSL) 2 Polish Socialist Party (PPS) 2 Freedom Union (Poland) 5 Democratic Union (Poland) 4

Portugal

Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) 1

Romania

Romaniastate 8 Romanian Communist Party (PCR) 8

Russia

Russian Federation state institutionsstate 1 United Russia 1 Our Home – Russia 1

Somalia

Somaliastate 3

South Africa

South African Communist Party (SACP) 2 African National Congress (ANC) 2 Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) 1

South Korea

South Korea state institutionsstate 2 Communist Party of Korea 2 Workers' Party of South Korea 2

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 6 Soviet Unionstate 1

Spain

Spain state institutionsstate 1 Spanish Republicstate 2 Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 1

Tanzania

Tanzania state institutionsstate 1

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan state institutionsstate 1

United Kingdom

United Kingdom state institutionsstate 4 Labour Party (United Kingdom) 2 Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) 2 Conservative Party (United Kingdom) 1

United States

United States state institutionsstate 50 Socialist Workers Party (United States) 1 Communist Party USA (CPUSA) 4 Democratic Party (United States) 15 Republican Party (United States) 15

Vietnam

Vietnamstate 13 Communist Party of Vietnam / Workers' Party of Vietnam 11

Yemen

Yemen state institutionsstate 2 Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) 6 South Yemenstate 4

Yugoslavia

Yugoslaviastate 8 Communist Party / League of Communists of Yugoslavia (KPJ/SKJ) 7
Position
Any National liberation and anti-colonial movements 1 Marxism and communism 1
Citizenship
Any Vietnam 1
Background
Any Vietnam 1
Era(set)
Any

People of the Soviet Union

The revolutionary generation1917–1940 1

People of the wider world

The age of the Internationals and empires1820–1917 3 The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 9 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 1
French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) The Cold War and decolonization 1945–현재 Clear all
GlossaryFrench Section of the Workers' International (SFIO)

Ho Chi Minh

Hồ Chí Minh
Vietnam Communism Vietnam Vietnam 1890–1969 ○ Natural causes

He took on France, Japan and America in turn to win Vietnam's independence

“Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom.” — wartime radio address, 1966

Vietnamese revolutionary. After three decades of exile, including helping found the French Communist Party and the Communist Party of Vietnam, he led the Viet Minh to declare Vietnam's independence in 1945. He led North Vietnam through wars against France and the United States, becoming the symbol of Vietnamese independence.

Career timeline
  • 1911–1920Wanders the world as sailor and laborer; founding member of the French Communist Party
  • 1925Published French Colonialism on Trial
  • 1927Published the revolutionary training text The Revolutionary Path
  • 1930Founds the Communist Party of Vietnam
  • 1941–1945Founds the Viet Minh against Japanese and French rule
  • 1945.09Declares independence; first President of the DRV
  • 1946–1954First Indochina War; victory at Dien Bien Phu
  • 1955–1969Leads the unification war as North Vietnam's president