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People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity

Any Political and party leadership 16 Government and administration 1 Legislature and state representation 1 Monarchs and royalty 2 Military command 8 Security, intelligence and policing 1 Diplomacy and international organization 1 Ideology and propaganda 2 Social movements and organizing 14 Scholarship and theory 13 Literature and arts 3 Religion 1

Affiliation

Most people

Any France state institutionsstate 7 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 7 International Workingmen's Association (First International) 5 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 4 Mensheviks (RSDLP) 3 French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 3 Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) 3 French Workers' Party (POF) 2

All 20 affiliations

Austria

Austria state institutionsstate 1

Belgium

Belgium state institutionsstate 1

Bulgaria

Bulgarian Communist Party (BKP) 1

Italy

Italy state institutionsstate 1

Mongolia

Mongoliastate 1

Russia

Mensheviks (RSDLP) 3 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 4

United Kingdom

Labour Party (United Kingdom) 1

United States

Communist Party USA (CPUSA) 1 Democratic Party (United States) 1 Socialist Party of America 2

Position

Any Counter-revolutionary forces 2 Anarchists 7 Non-Bolshevik socialists 21 Narodniks 1 Marxism and communism 7 Early socialism 4 Revolutionary socialism 2 Liberalism and republicanism 1 Conservatism and Christian democracy 1 Monarchy and royalism 2 Nationalism 1

Citizenship

Any France 22 Germany 9 Russia 5 Austria 4 Soviet Union 4 United Kingdom 3 United States 3 Belgium 2 Bulgaria 1 Hungary 1 Italy 1 Mongolia 1 Poland 1

Background

Any France 21 Germany 9 Russia 9 Austria 2 Belgium 2 United Kingdom 2 United States 2 Bulgaria 1 Cuba 1 Czechia 1 Hungary 1 Ireland 1 Italy 1 Mongolia 1 Poland 1 Serbia 1 Turkey 1

Era(set)

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 147 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 280 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 459 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 397 The last generation1985–1991 220

People of the Chinese revolution and the People’s Republic

The old regime and the Nationalists1894–1949 9 The Chinese revolutionary generation1911–1949 20 People of the Mao era1949–1976 25 The reform generation1976–현재 12

People of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era

The Revolution and the Napoleonic era1774–1830 53

People of the wider world

The age of the Internationals and empires1820–1917 57 The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 461 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 385 Scholars of this history1892–현재 155

The age of the Internationals and empires 1820–1917

57 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Henri de Saint-Simon Henri de Saint-Simon French thinker who held that society should be led by its productive “industrials” Scholarship and theory 1760–1825
Robert Owen Robert Owen Social reformer who emphasized education and cooperation Scholarship and theory 1771–1858
Charles Fourier Charles Fourier French social thinker who designed the cooperative phalanstery Scholarship and theory 1772–1837
Étienne Cabet Étienne Cabet Founder of the Icarian movement who coined the term 'communism' Social movements and organizing 1788–1856
Adolphe Thiers Adolphe Thiers July Monarchy premier who as chief executive in 1871 crushed the Paris Commune and became the Third Republic’s first president Scholarship and theory · Independent activity 1797–1877
Louis Auguste Blanqui Louis Blanqui Insurrectionary strategist who spent 37 years in prison; Blanquism paved the road to Leninism Social movements and organizing 1805–1881
Patrice de MacMahon Patrice de Mac Mahon Marshal captured at Sedan who led the Versailles army against the Paris Commune and became the president of “Moral Order” Military command · France state institutions 1808–1893
Charles Delescluze Charles Delescluze Jacobin journalist of 1830 and 1848 who became the Commune’s war delegate and walked to his death on a barricade Ideology and propaganda · International Workingmen's Association (First International) 1809–1871
Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin Михаил Александрович Бакунин Marx's greatest rival: founder of collectivist anarchism, at the center of the First International's great split Social movements and organizing 1814–1876
Eugène Pottier Eugène Pottier Textile designer and poet, a member of the Commune, who wrote the words of “The Internationale” in hiding after Bloody Week Literature and arts · International Workingmen's Association (First International) 1816–1887
Karl Marx Karl Marx Author of Capital and leader of the First International Scholarship and theory 1818–1883
Gustave Courbet Gustave Courbet Realist painter who led the Commune’s Federation of Artists and went into Swiss exile blamed for the Vendôme Column Literature and arts · Independent activity 1819–1877
Friedrich Engels Friedrich Engels Marx's co-author and patron; author of Socialism: Utopian and Scientific Scholarship and theory 1820–1895
Gustave Paul Cluseret Gustave Paul Cluseret French soldier who served as the Paris Commune’s Delegate for War Military command · France state institutions 1823–1900
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
Nathalie Le Mel Nathalie Le Mel French bookbinder and activist in the Women's Union of the Paris Commune Social movements and organizing · International Workingmen's Association (First International) 1826–1921
Louise Michel Louise Michel Montmartre teacher who fought on the Commune’s barricades, was deported to New Caledonia and became the anarchist “Red Virgin” Social movements and organizing 1830–1905
Jarosław Dąbrowski Jarosław Dąbrowski Organiser of the Polish rising of 1863 who became a general of the Commune and fell at Montmartre in Bloody Week Military command 1836–1871
Prosper-Olivier Lissagaray Prosper-Olivier Lissagaray Journalist who fought on the Commune’s last barricade and wrote the History of the Paris Commune of 1871 in exile Scholarship and theory · Independent activity 1838–1901
Eugène Varlin Eugène Varlin Bookbinder who led the Paris International, ran the Commune’s finances and was shot on the last day of Bloody Week Social movements and organizing 1839–1871
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
Paul Lafargue Paul Lafargue Marx's son-in-law, author of The Right to Be Lazy, first socialist deputy in the French parliament Political and party leadership · French Workers' Party (POF) 1842–1911
Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin Пётр Алексеевич Кропоткин Rurikid prince, founder of anarcho-communism, geographer of Mutual Aid: escaped the Peter and Paul Fortress Scholarship and theory 1842–1921
Louis Nathaniel Rossel Louis Rossel French army officer who served as the Paris Commune’s war delegate Military command · France state institutions 1844–1871
Leó Frankel Frankel Leó Jeweller who headed the Commune’s Labour and Exchange Commission and later founded Hungary’s workers’ party Social movements and organizing · International Workingmen's Association (First International) 1844–1896
Jules Guesde Jules Guesde Veteran founder of French Marxist socialism who entered the Union sacrée government in 1914 Political and party leadership · France state institutions 1845–1922
Raoul Rigault Raoul Rigault Blanquist revolutionary and head of the Paris Commune police Security, intelligence and policing · France state institutions 1846–1871
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
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
Luigi Cadorna Luigi Cadorna Italian chief of staff who repeated frontal assaults on the Isonzo, ruled by harsh discipline and was dismissed after Caporetto Military command · Italy state institutions 1850–1928
Pavel Borisovich Axelrod Павел Борисович Аксельрод Theorist of the mass workers' party: the argument that lost to Lenin's vanguard Political and party leadership · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 1850–1928
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
Elisabeth Lukinichna Dmitrieff Елизавета Лукинична Кушелева Russian revolutionary who organized the Paris Commune's Women's Union Social movements and organizing · International Workingmen's Association (First International) 1850–1918?
Victor Adler Victor Adler Founder and leader of Austrian Social Democracy who could not stop the war in 1914 and backed it Political and party leadership 1852–1918
Karl Johann Kautsky Karl Johann Kautsky Chief theoretician of orthodox Marxism in the Second International, founding editor of Die Neue Zeit, editor of Marx's Capital Vol. IV Scholarship and theory · Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) 1854–1938
Eugene V. Debs Eugene V. Debs Five-time Socialist Party presidential candidate and pioneer of industrial railroad unionism Social movements and organizing · Socialist Party of America 1855–1926
Keir Hardie Keir Hardie Former miner who founded the British Labour Party and opposed the First World War to the end, urging an anti-war general strike Political and party leadership · Labour Party (United Kingdom) 1856–1915
Dimitar Nikolov Blagoev Димитр Николов Благоев Founder of Bulgarian socialism who organized Russia's first Marxist circle Political and party leadership · Bulgarian Communist Party (BKP) 1856–1924
Robert Nivelle Robert Nivelle French commander-in-chief whose failed offensive of 1917 brought on the army mutinies and his dismissal Military command · France state institutions 1856–1924
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
Jean Jaurès Jean Jaurès French socialist leader who united the left, founded L'Humanité, and was assassinated fighting to prevent the Great War Political and party leadership · French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 1859–1914
Marcel Sembat Marcel Sembat French Socialist deputy who joined the Union sacrée government as Minister of Public Works in 1914 Political and party leadership · French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 1862–1922
Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand Heir presumptive of Austria-Hungary whose assassination in Sarajevo in 1914 was the immediate cause of the First World War Monarchs and royalty · Austria state institutions 1863–1914
Émile Vandervelde Émile Vandervelde Chairman of the International Socialist Bureau who led the Second International and joined Belgium’s wartime government in 1914 Political and party leadership · Belgium state institutions 1866–1938
Alexander Lvovich Parvus Александр Львович Парвус Co-author of permanent revolution who arranged Lenin's sealed train: the 'merchant of revolution' Scholarship and theory · Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 1867–1924
James Connolly James Connolly He raised the workers' flag and the republic's on a single staff Social movements and organizing · Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) 1868–1916
Bogd Khan Богд хаан The Tibetan-born reincarnate lama enthroned as the last great khan of Mongolia Religion 1869–1924
Alexander Nikolayevich Potresov Александр Николаевич Потресов One of the six who built Iskra: the Menshevik theorist who parted with Lenin Political and party leadership · Mensheviks (RSDLP) 1869–1934
Emma Goldman Эмма Гольдман Exiled revolutionary who made anarchism an international political movement Literature and arts 1869–1940