People of the Revolution and the USSR
Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania (SDKPiL)
Marxism and communism
Background: Poland
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GlossarySocial Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania (SDKPiL)
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Julian Józefowicz Marchlewski Julian Marchlewski
A Pole who passed through the German and Russian revolutions and tried to bring revolution home
Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Germany (KPD)
1866–1925
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Leo Jogiches Leo Jogiches
The revolution's underground organizer, always behind the scenes, until he had to lead
Political and party leadership · Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania (SDKPiL)
1867–1919
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Rosa Luxemburg Rosa Luxemburg
“Freedom is always the freedom of the one who thinks differently”
Social movements and organizing · Communist Party of Germany (KPD)
1871–1919
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Yakov Stanislavovich Ganetsky Яков Станиславович Ганецкий
The Polish revolutionary who ran Lenin's financial pipeline from Kraków to Stockholm
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1879–1937
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Sofia Sigizmundovna Dzerzhinskaya Софья Сигизмундовна Дзержинская
Polish Social Democrat who forged an independent revolutionary path from the SDKPiL underground to the Comintern
Social movements and organizing · Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania (SDKPiL)
1882–1968
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Artur Karlovich Stashevsky Артур Карлович Сташевский
The Soviet trade representative who sent Republican Spain's gold to Moscow
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1890–1937