People of the Revolution and the USSR
Activity(set)
Affiliation(set)
Most people
Any
Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 157
Communist Party of China 36
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 27
Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 18
Soviet Unionstate 16
Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 15
Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 11
French Communist Party (PCF) 10
Hungarian Working People's Party (MDP) 5
All 89 affiliations
Afghanistan
Albania
Angola
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Chile
China
Congo - Brazzaville
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
East Germany
Ethiopia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Grenada
Hungary
Indonesia
International organizations
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Laos
Mongolia
Mozambique
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
South Africa
South Korea
Soviet Union
Spain
United Kingdom
United States
Vietnam
Yemen
Yugoslavia
Position(set)
Era
Political and party leadership
Hungarian Working People's Party (MDP)
Marxism and communism
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Mátyás Rákosi Rákosi Mátyás
Architect of Hungary's Sovietization who built one-party rule through 'salami tactics'
Political and party leadership · Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP)
1892–1971
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Ernő Gerő Gerő Ernő
Hungary's last Stalinist First Secretary; his three months in power ignited the revolution
Political and party leadership · Hungarian Working People's Party (MDP)
1898–1980
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Mihály Farkas Farkas Mihály
Defence minister in Rákosi's ruling foursome
Government and administration · Hungary
1904–1965
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János Kádár Kádár János
Architect of 'goulash communism', enforcer of the 1956 reprisals
Political and party leadership · Hungary
1912–1989
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András Hegedüs Hegedüs András
A young premier who bore responsibility at the revolution’s threshold
Government and administration · Hungary
1922–1999