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People

People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity(set)

Any Political and party leadership 119 Government and administration 41 Legislature and state representation 7 Military command 21 Security, intelligence and policing 17 Diplomacy and international organization 10 Economy, finance and planning 10 Industry and production 3 Agriculture and land policy 2 Ideology and propaganda 8 Social movements and organizing 24 Scholarship and theory 2 Education 1 Literature and arts 9 Law and justice 4

Affiliation

Most people

Any Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 15 Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 10 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) 9 Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 8 Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSzMP) 7 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 6 Communist Party of Vietnam / Workers' Party of Vietnam 6 Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) 6

All 69 affiliations

Afghanistan

Afghanistan state institutions 2 People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) 4

Albania

Albania state institutions 1 Party of Labour of Albania 3

Angola

Angola state institutions 2 Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) 5

Bulgaria

Bulgaria state institutions 2 Bulgarian Communist Party (BKP) 2

Cambodia

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

China

Communist Party of China 1

Congo - Brazzaville

Republic of the Congo state institutions 2 Congolese Party of Labour (PCT) 2

Cuba

Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) 4

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia state institutions 5 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) 9 Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party 2

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) 6 New People's Party of Korea 2 Democratic Party of Korea 1 Workers' Party of North Korea 4 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea state institutions 3

East Germany

Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 15 East Germany state institutions 3

Ethiopia

Ethiopia state institutions 1 Workers' Party of Ethiopia 1

France

French Communist Party (PCF) 4 French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 1

Germany

Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 6 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 4 Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) 2

Grenada

New JEWEL Movement (NJM) 1

Hungary

Hungary state institutions 1 Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 8 Hungarian Working People's Party (MDP) 5 Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSzMP) 7 Hungarian Social Democratic Party (MSZDP) 1 Independent Smallholders' Party (FKGP) 1

Indonesia

Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) 1

Italy

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

Japan

Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 1

Laos

Laos state institutions 1 Lao People's Revolutionary Party 3

Mongolia

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

Mozambique

Mozambique state institutions 1 Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) 3

Poland

Poland state institutions 2 Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 10 Communist Party of Poland (KPP) 2 Polish Workers' Party (PPR) 5 Polish Socialist Party (PPS) 1

Portugal

Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) 1

Romania

Romania state institutions 3 Romanian Communist Party (PCR) 4

South Africa

South African Communist Party (SACP) 1

South Korea

Communist Party of Korea 2 Workers' Party of South Korea 1

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1

Spain

Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 1

United States

Communist Party USA (CPUSA) 1

Vietnam

Vietnam state institutions 2 Communist Party of Vietnam / Workers' Party of Vietnam 6

Yemen

Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) 5 South Yemen state institutions 3

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia state institutions 3 Communist Party / League of Communists of Yugoslavia (KPJ/SKJ) 3

Position(set)

Any Counter-revolutionary forces 3 Socialist-bloc reform leader 18 Dissident 7 Non-Bolshevik socialists 8 National liberation and anti-colonial movements 17 Marxism and communism 119 Liberalism and republicanism 2 Conservatism and Christian democracy 8 Agrarianism and peasant parties 3 Nationalism 1

Citizenship

Any East Germany 15 Hungary 11 Poland 10 Czechoslovakia 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 7 Angola 5 Cambodia 5 Romania 5 Vietnam 5 Yemen 5 Afghanistan 4 Albania 3 Cuba 3 Italy 3 Laos 3 Yugoslavia 3 Bulgaria 2 Congo - Brazzaville 2 Czechia 2 Ethiopia 2 Germany 2 Mozambique 2 Argentina 1 France 1 Grenada 1 Indonesia 1 Japan 1 Mongolia 1 Portugal 1 South Africa 1 Soviet Union 1 Spain 1 Turkmenistan 1 United States 1

Background

Any Germany 17 Hungary 12 Poland 10 Czechia 7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 6 Angola 5 Cambodia 5 Vietnam 5 Yemen 5 Afghanistan 4 Romania 4 Albania 3 Italy 3 Laos 3 Mozambique 3 Slovakia 3 Bulgaria 2 Congo - Brazzaville 2 Croatia 2 Cuba 2 Ethiopia 2 Korea 2 Spain 2 Argentina 1 Finland 1 France 1 Grenada 1 Indonesia 1 Japan 1 Mongolia 1 Slovenia 1 South Africa 1 Turkmenistan 1

Era(set)

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The revolutionary generation1917–1940 36 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 29 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 45 The last generation1985–1991 51

People of the Chinese revolution and the People’s Republic

The Chinese revolutionary generation1911–1949 15 People of the Mao era1949–1976 13 The reform generation1976–현재 8

People of the wider world

The age of the Internationals and empires1820–1917 3 The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 63 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 119

Political and party leadership Marxism and communism The Cold War and decolonization 1945–현재 Clear all

119 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Wilhelm Pieck Wilhelm Pieck From the Spartacus League to GDR head of state, the sole founding member who lived the full arc of German communism Political and party leadership · East Germany state institutions 1876–1960
Antonín Zápotocký Antonín Zápotocký Czechoslovak Communist who led the trade-union central council, became prime minister after February 1948 and president in 1953 Political and party leadership · Czechoslovakia state institutions 1884–1957
Ferenc Münnich Münnich Ferenc Hungarian communist who backed Soviet intervention with Kádár in 1956 and became prime minister after the revolution was crushed Government and administration · Hungary state institutions 1886–1967
Kim Tu-bong 김두봉 Independence activist, linguist, and Yan'an faction leader who served as the first head of state of the DPRK Political and party leadership · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea state institutions 1889–1958?
Ho Chi Minh Hồ Chí Minh He took on France, Japan and America in turn to win Vietnam's independence Political and party leadership · Vietnam state institutions 1890–1969
Zdeněk Fierlinger Zdeněk Fierlinger Pro-Soviet Social Democrat and first post-liberation premier who sided with the Communists in 1948 and merged his party into theirs Government and administration · Czechoslovakia state institutions 1891–1976
Bolesław Bierut Bolesław Bierut Stalin's most trusted East European proxy, architect of Poland's Stalinist system and guardian of the Oder–Neisse border Political and party leadership · Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 1892–1956
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
Max Fechner Max Fechner First East German justice minister, dismissed and imprisoned in 1953 after opposing the prosecution of striking workers Law and justice · East Germany state institutions 1892–1973
Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz Tito Yugoslavia's partisan leader who chose non-alignment Political and party leadership · Yugoslavia state institutions 1892–1980
Wilhelm Zaisser Wilhelm Zaisser First East German Minister for State Security, purged in 1953 after trying to replace Ulbricht Security, intelligence and policing · East Germany state institutions 1893–1958
Ana Pauker Ana Pauker The world's first woman foreign minister and head of the Romanian party's "Muscovite faction", brought down by Gheorghiu-Dej's 1952 purge Political and party leadership · Romania state institutions 1893–1960
Palmiro Togliatti Palmiro Togliatti 'Il Migliore': the strategist who led Western Europe's largest communist party for forty years Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Italy / Italian Communist Party (PCdI/PCI) 1893–1964
Hermann Matern Hermann Matern SED Politburo member and chairman of the Central Party Control Commission who stood by Ulbricht in 1953 Political and party leadership · Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 1893–1971
Walter Ulbricht Walter Ulbricht German communist leader who built the GDR and erected the Berlin Wall Political and party leadership · Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 1893–1973
Kyuichi Tokuda 徳田球一 First JCP chairman who endured 18 years in imperial prisons Political and party leadership · Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 1894–1953
Otto Grotewohl Otto Grotewohl The Social Democrat who led a divided state into being Government and administration · East Germany state institutions 1894–1964
Friedrich Ebert Jr. Friedrich Ebert junior A social democrat who moved from municipal politics into state power amid Germany's division Political and party leadership · Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 1894–1979
Klement Gottwald Klement Gottwald The communist leader who turned Czechoslovakia into a people's democracy through the February 1948 coup Political and party leadership · Czechoslovakia state institutions 1896–1953
Jacques Duclos Jacques Duclos The PCF's number two for 37 years: a Stalinist who moved between parliament and the underground Political and party leadership · French Communist Party (PCF) 1896–1975
Traicho Kostov Трайчо Костов Bulgaria's number two, who ran the repression and fell to a Stalinist purge Political and party leadership · Bulgaria state institutions 1897–1949
József Révai Révai József Overseer of culture in the Rákosi era Ideology and propaganda · Hungarian Working People's Party (MDP) 1898–1959
Vasile Luca Vasile Luca Finance minister of the "Muscovite faction", purged on the pretext of the 1952 currency reform and dead in Aiud prison, a Székely Hungarian communist Political and party leadership · Romania state institutions 1898–1963
István Dobi Dobi István Smallholder turned titular head of state Legislature and state representation · Hungary state institutions 1898–1968
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
Heinrich Rau Heinrich Rau Communist who chaired the German Economic Commission, the forerunner of the GDR government, and led East German economic policy Economy, finance and planning · East Germany state institutions 1899–1961
Aleksander Zawadzki Aleksander Zawadzki A communist leader who helped shape postwar Poland's state Political and party leadership · Poland state institutions 1899–1964
Fritz Selbmann Fritz Selbmann East German heavy-industry minister who faced the striking workers outside the House of Ministries on 16 June 1953 Industry and production · East Germany state institutions 1899–1975
Pak Hon-yong 박헌영 Architect of the Korean Communist Party's rebirth; leader of the Workers' Party of South Korea Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Korea 1900–1955
Choe Yong-gon 최용건 The Manchurian guerrilla who became the KPA's first commander and the DPRK's nominal head of state Military command · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea state institutions 1900–1976
Rudolf Slánský Rudolf Slánský KSČ General Secretary who organized the February 1948 coup and built Czechoslovakia's people's democracy as its operational architect Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) 1901–1952
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej Romania's first communist leader who turned the country from a Soviet satellite toward a semi-autonomous course Political and party leadership · Romanian Communist Party (PCR) 1901–1965
Hilde Benjamin Hilde Benjamin East German jurist who succeeded Fechner as justice minister after the 1953 uprising and led its harsh political trials Law and justice · East Germany state institutions 1902–1989
Rudolf Herrnstadt Rudolf Herrnstadt Editor of Neues Deutschland who helped draft the 1953 New Course, moved against Ulbricht and was purged as a “faction” Ideology and propaganda · Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 1903–1966
Fred Oelßner Fred Oelßner Economist and the SED’s chief ideologue until 1958, when he was expelled from the Politburo in the Schirdewan affair Ideology and propaganda · Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 1903–1977
Mihály Farkas Farkas Mihály Defence minister in Rákosi's ruling foursome Government and administration · Hungary state institutions 1904–1965
Antonín Josef Novotný Antonín Novotný The Czechoslovak leader whose Stalinist orthodoxy was swept aside by the Prague Spring reform movement Political and party leadership · Czechoslovakia state institutions 1904–1975
Anton Ackermann Anton Ackermann German communist who drafted the KPD’s 1945 appeal and argued for a “special German road to socialism” Ideology and propaganda · Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 1905–1973
Władysław Gomułka Władysław Gomułka The national communist who returned in the Polish October of 1956 to test a 'Polish road to socialism' Political and party leadership · Poland state institutions 1905–1982
Eugenio Reale Eugenio Reale Italian delegate at the Cominform founding who witnessed Stalin's telephone line, later turning from communist to anti-communist critic Diplomacy and international organization · Italy state institutions 1905–1986
Hoàng Văn Hoan Hoàng Văn Hoan Pro-Chinese veteran, North Vietnam’s first ambassador to China, who defected to China after the 1979 war Diplomacy and international organization · Vietnam state institutions 1905–1991
Edward Mieczysław Ochab Edward Mieczysław Ochab The transitional First Secretary of 1956 who turned Khrushchev's Secret Speech into a mass document and then yielded power to Gomułka Political and party leadership · Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 1906–1989
Le Duan Lê Duẩn The longest-serving General Secretary who reunified Vietnam and invaded Cambodia in his 26-year rule Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Vietnam / Workers' Party of Vietnam 1907–1986
Trường Chinh Trường Chinh Vietnam's chief theoretician, demoted for the land reform disaster and returned to launch Đổi Mới Political and party leadership · Vietnam state institutions 1907–1988
Erich Fritz Emil Mielke Erich Mielke East Germany's 'Master of Fear': the Stasi chief who ruled state security for 32 years Security, intelligence and policing · East Germany state institutions 1907–2000
Ho Ka-i Алексей Хегай Principal organizer of the Workers' Party of Korea and leader of its early Soviet faction Political and party leadership · Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) 1908–1953
Enver Hoxha Enver Hoxha Albania's leader who made isolation and self-reliance state policy Political and party leadership · Albania state institutions 1908–1985
László Rajk Rajk László Interior minister who built the ÁVH secret police, then fell as the first major victim of Stalinist show trials in Eastern Europe Security, intelligence and policing · Hungary state institutions 1909–1949
Adam Rapacki Adam Rapacki A diplomat who widened room for negotiation amid East-West tension Diplomacy and international organization · Poland state institutions 1909–1970
Piotr Jaroszewicz Piotr Jaroszewicz The premier of technocratic growth Government and administration · Poland state institutions 1909–1992

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