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People of the Revolution and the USSR
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Affiliation(set)
Position
Citizenship
Background
Era(set)
People of the wider world
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Albert Apponyi Apponyi Albert
Aristocratic statesman who led Hungary’s delegation to the Paris peace talks in 1920 and pleaded for revising Trianon at the League
Diplomacy and international organization · Hungary state institutions
1846–1933
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István Tisza Tisza István
Defender of the Dual Monarchy who was Hungary’s wartime prime minister and was killed by soldiers on the day of the Aster Revolution
Political and party leadership · Hungary state institutions
1861–1918
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Béla Somogyi Somogyi Béla
Editor of the Social Democratic Népszava who was murdered by an officer detachment in 1920 for exposing the White Terror
Ideology and propaganda
1868–1920
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Miklós Horthy Horthy Miklós
Regent who led the counter-revolutionary National Army and ruled Hungary until 1944
Government and administration · Hungary state institutions
1868–1957
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Dénes Berinkey Berinkey Dénes
Last prime minister of the Hungarian People’s Republic, who resigned with his cabinet over the Vix note
Political and party leadership · Hungary state institutions
1871–1944
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Gyula Károlyi Károlyi Gyula
Conservative aristocrat who set up the counter-revolutionary government in Szeged in 1919 and was prime minister of Hungary in 1931–1932
Political and party leadership · Hungary state institutions
1871–1947
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Joseph August Joseph August von Österreich
Habsburg archduke and last field marshal of the Austro-Hungarian army who briefly declared himself regent of Hungary in August 1919
Military command · Austria state institutions
1872–1962
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Gyula Peidl Peidl Gyula
Printer and Social Democratic leader who headed the six-day “trade-union government” after the fall of the Soviet Republic
Political and party leadership · Hungary state institutions
1873–1943
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István Bethlen Bethlen István
Transylvanian aristocrat who, as prime minister in 1921–1931, consolidated the Horthy regime with a restricted franchise and a League loan
Government and administration · Hungary state institutions
1874–1946
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Pál Prónay Prónay Pál
Counter-revolutionary paramilitary commander who led the most brutal officer detachment of the Hungarian White Terror of 1919–1921
Military command · Hungary state institutions
1874–1947/1948
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Jenő Landler Landler Jenő
Labour lawyer turned Communist who was interior commissar and a Red Army commander in the Hungarian Soviet Republic
Government and administration · Hungary state institutions
1875–1928
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Mihály Károlyi Károlyi Mihály
Liberal aristocrat who came to power in the Aster Revolution and was president of the First Hungarian Republic
Political and party leadership · Hungary state institutions
1875–1955
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Oszkár Jászi Jászi Oszkár
Social scientist who led the Radical Party and served as minister of nationalities in the Károlyi government
Government and administration · Hungary state institutions
1875–1957
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Antal Lehár Lehár Antal
Legitimist general who led counter-revolutionary troops in western Hungary and joined both of King Charles’s return attempts in 1921
Military command · Hungary state institutions
1876–1962
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Aurél Stromfeld Stromfeld Aurél
Professional officer who as chief of staff of the Hungarian Red Army directed the northern campaign of 1919
Military command · Hungary state institutions
1878–1927
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Pál Teleki Teleki Pál
Geographer of the “Red map” who was twice prime minister and killed himself in 1941 as German troops crossed Hungary
Government and administration · Hungary state institutions
1879–1941
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Sándor Garbai Garbai Sándor
Bricklayer turned Social Democrat who chaired the Revolutionary Governing Council of the Hungarian Soviet Republic
Political and party leadership · Hungary state institutions
1879–1947
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Vilmos Böhm Böhm Vilmos
Social Democratic leader who was defence commissar and Red Army commander-in-chief of the Hungarian Soviet Republic
Military command · Hungary state institutions
1880–1949
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István Haller Haller István
Christian Socialist politician who, as minister of religion and education, prepared and tabled the numerus clausus bill of 1920
Government and administration · Hungary state institutions
1880–1964
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Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer Keresztes-Fischer Ferenc
Conservative ally of Bethlen who as interior minister twice used the police to hold down radical movements of left and right
Government and administration · Hungary state institutions
1881–1948
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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 state institutions
1881–1952
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Károly Peyer Peyer Károly
Hungarian Social Democratic and trade-union leader who won legal status for his party in the Bethlen–Peyer Pact of 1921
Legislature and state representation · Hungary state institutions
1881–1956
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Döme Sztójay Sztójay Döme
Soldier-diplomat who pushed for the German alliance in Berlin and, as prime minister under occupation, sped up the Jewish deportations
Government and administration · Hungary state institutions
1883–1946
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Gusztáv Jány Jány Gusztáv
Commander of the Hungarian Second Army destroyed on the Don in January 1943
Military command · Hungary state institutions
1883–1947
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István Friedrich Friedrich István
Factory owner who was prime minister of Hungary for three months after the August 1919 coup against the Peidl government
Political and party leadership · Hungary state institutions
1883–1951
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Gyula Ostenburg-Moravek Ostenburg-Moravek Gyula
Gendarmerie officer whose detachment murdered two Népszava journalists and who joined King Charles’s 1921 return attempt
Security, intelligence and policing · Hungary state institutions
1884–1944
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Jusztinián Serédi Serédi Jusztinián
Benedictine cardinal who led the Hungarian Catholic Church as Archbishop of Esztergom and Prince Primate in 1927–1945
Religion
1884–1945
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Károly Bartha Bartha Károly
Defence minister who pressed for joining the invasion of Yugoslavia and the war on the Soviet Union, and harshened labour service
Government and administration · Hungary state institutions
1884–1964
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Gyula Gömbös Gömbös Gyula
Right-radical officer who organised the Szeged National Army and as prime minister in 1932–1936 steered Hungary towards Italy and Germany
Government and administration · Hungary state institutions
1886–1936
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Kálmán Darányi Darányi Kálmán
Gömbös’s successor as prime minister in 1936–1938, who announced the Győr programme and introduced the First Jewish Law
Government and administration · Hungary state institutions
1886–1939
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Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Endre
National radical politician who denounced the Novi Sad massacre in parliament and was executed for preparing an anti-Nazi uprising
Legislature and state representation · Hungary state institutions
1886–1944
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Charles I Karl I.
Last Habsburg monarch, Emperor Charles I of Austria and King Charles IV of Hungary, who twice tried to regain the Hungarian throne in 1921
Monarchs and royalty · Austria state institutions
1887–1922
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Ferenc Szombathelyi Szombathelyi Ferenc
Chief of the General Staff who ordered the Bačka intervention behind the Novi Sad massacre and later sought contact with the West
Military command · Hungary state institutions
1887–1946
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Miklós Kállay Kállay Miklós
Wartime prime minister who refused German deportation demands and sought a secret armistice with the Western Allies
Government and administration · Hungary state institutions
1887–1967
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Tibor Szamuely Szamuely Tibor
Communist deputy war commissar of the Hungarian Soviet Republic and a leading figure of its Red Terror
Military command · Hungary state institutions
1890–1919
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Ferenc Feketehalmy-Czeydner Feketehalmy-Czeydner Ferenc
Hungarian general who directed the Novi Sad massacre, fled to Germany after his conviction and joined the SS
Military command · Hungary state institutions
1890–1946
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László Bárdossy Bárdossy László
Wartime prime minister who declared war on the Soviet Union over the Kassa bombing and approved the deportation of Jews
Government and administration · Hungary state institutions
1890–1946
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Béla Miklós Miklós Béla
Commander of the Hungarian First Army who went over to the Soviets in October 1944 and headed the provisional government in Debrecen
Government and administration · Hungary state institutions
1890–1948
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Iván Héjjas Héjjas Iván
White Terror commander whose detachment around Kecskemét carried out the Orgovány killings and the Izsák pogrom
Military command · Hungary state institutions
1890–1950
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Géza Lakatos Lakatos Géza
General who as prime minister in August–October 1944 halted the Jewish deportations and prepared an armistice until the Arrow Cross coup
Government and administration · Hungary state institutions
1890–1967
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Béla Imrédy Imrédy Béla
Prime minister who swung Hungary towards Germany and drafted the Second Jewish Law, then fell over his own Jewish ancestry
Government and administration · Hungary state institutions
1891–1946
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József Cserny Cserny József
Communist paramilitary commander who led the Lenin Boys and was a leading participant in the Red Terror of 1919
Security, intelligence and policing · Hungary state institutions
1892–1919
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Ottó Korvin Korvin Ottó
Communist who ran the political police of the Hungarian Soviet Republic as head of its political investigation department
Security, intelligence and policing · Hungary state institutions
1894–1919
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László Endre Endre László
Interior Ministry state secretary who in 1944 ran the ghettoisation and deportation of Hungary’s Jews with László Baky
Government and administration · Hungary state institutions
1895–1946
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Andor Jaross Jaross Andor
Hungarian minority leader in Czechoslovakia who, as interior minister in Sztójay’s cabinet in 1944, organised the deportation of Jews
Government and administration · Hungary state institutions
1896–1946
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Imre Sallai Sallai Imre
Hungarian Communist leader hanged in 1932 under the summary jurisdiction proclaimed after the Biatorbágy bombing
Social movements and organizing · Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP)
1897–1932
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Ferenc Szálasi Szálasi Ferenc
Arrow Cross leader installed by Germany as 'Leader of the Nation' in 1944
Political and party leadership · Hungary state institutions
1897–1946
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László Baky Baky László
Gendarmerie officer turned National Socialist who as state secretary for the interior in 1944 ran the deportation of Jews with László Endre
Government and administration · Hungary state institutions
1898–1946