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People of the Revolution and the USSR
Activity(set)
Affiliation
Position
Citizenship
Background
Era(set)
People of the Soviet Union
People of the Chinese revolution and the People’s Republic
People of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era
People of the wider world
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Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
The philosopher-president who organized the Czechoslovak Legion from exile and signed the Penza Agreement with the Bolsheviks
Political and party leadership
1850–1937
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Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson
US president whose Fourteen Points and League of Nations failed to win the Senate’s ratification
Political and party leadership · United States state institutions
1856–1924
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Saad Zaghloul سعد زغلول
Founding leader of the Wafd whose deportation to Malta in 1919 set off the Egyptian Revolution
Political and party leadership · Independent activity
1857–1927
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Junaid Khan Jüneýit han
Yomut Turkmen chief who held real power in the Khanate of Khiva in 1918–1920 and fought Soviet rule for more than a decade
Military command
1857–1938
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George Curzon George Nathaniel Curzon
Conservative viceroy of India and foreign secretary who gave his name to the Curzon Line and led the Allies at Lausanne
Diplomacy and international organization · United Kingdom state institutions
1859–1925
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Pehr Evind Svinhufvud Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
Head of the Finnish Senate who declared independence and sought German intervention in the civil war
Government and administration · Finland state institutions
1861–1944
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Pyotr Vasilievich Vologodsky Пётр Васильевич Вологодский
A lawyer-statesman who held White Siberia together through compromise
Government and administration · Russian White movement
1863–1925
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Philipp Scheidemann Philipp Scheidemann
SPD politician who proclaimed the republic from a Reichstag window on 9 November 1918 and became Weimar’s first head of government
Government and administration · Germany state institutions
1865–1939
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Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg
Jurist who shaped Finland’s republican constitution and, as its first president, sought to reconcile the defeated Reds
Government and administration · Finland state institutions
1865–1952
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Max von Baden Max von Baden
Last chancellor of the German Empire, who sought the armistice, announced the emperor’s abdication and handed power to Ebert
Government and administration · Germany state institutions
1867–1929
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Józef Piłsudski Józef Piłsudski
The soldier-politician who began as a socialist, became Head of State of reborn Poland, broke the Red Army's westward drive at Warsaw in 1920, and later ruled through a coup-built authoritarian regime
Government and administration · Poland
1867–1935
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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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Jaan Tõnisson Jaan Tõnisson
Estonian prime minister who concluded the Treaty of Tartu, publisher of Postimees
Political and party leadership
1868–1941?
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Tserendorj Цэрэндорж
First prime minister of the Mongolian People's Republic, diplomat of the old regime
Government and administration · Mongolia
1868–1928
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Harold Harmsworth Harold Sidney Harmsworth
British press baron Lord Rothermere, who became a hero in Hungary by demanding revision of the Trianon borders in the Daily Mail
Ideology and propaganda
1868–1940
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Kantaro Suzuki 鈴木貫太郎
The admiral-prime minister who steered Japan toward surrender
Military command · Japan state institutions
1868–1948
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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
1868–1957
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Francisco Largo Caballero Francisco Largo Caballero
The UGT worker-leader they called the Spanish Lenin, a prime minister broken between revolution and war
Government and administration · Spanish Republic
1869–1946
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Gustav Bauer Gustav Bauer
Social Democratic chancellor whose government accepted the Treaty of Versailles under an Allied ultimatum
Political and party leadership · Germany state institutions
1870–1944
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Karl Renner Karl Renner
Austrian Social Democratic leader who signed the Treaty of Saint-Germain and founded the Second Republic in 1945
Political and party leadership · Austria state institutions
1870–1950
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Ioannis Metaxas Ιωάννης Μεταξάς
The monarchist anti-communist who established the 4th of August dictatorship
Government and administration · Greece state institutions
1871–1941
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Andrievs Niedra Andrievs Niedra
Pastor and writer who headed Latvia's pro-German government of 1919
Literature and arts
1871–1942
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Albert François Lebrun Albert Lebrun
Last president of the Third Republic, who signed the 1940 transfer of power
Legislature and state representation · France state institutions
1871–1950
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Léon Blum Léon Blum
France's first Socialist prime minister, who left behind paid holidays and the 40-hour week
Political and party leadership · French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO)
1872–1950
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Yi Dong-hwi 이동휘
Pioneer of Korean communism who fused the Bolshevik revolution with national liberation against Japanese rule
Political and party leadership
1873–1935
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Kyösti Kallio Kyösti Kallio
A president shaped by agrarian reform and wartime compromise
Agriculture and land policy · Finland state institutions
1873–1940
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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
1873–1943
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Pavlo Petrovych Skoropadskyi Павло Петрович Скоропадський
The last hetman of Ukraine, installed under German occupation in 1918
Government and administration · Ukrainian State (Hetmanate)
1873–1945
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Ivanoe Bonomi Ivanoe Bonomi
A reformist politician who organized compromises between fascism's fall and the monarchy
Government and administration · Italy state institutions
1873–1951
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Oskari Tokoi Oskari Tokoi
Finnish labour leader who became the world’s first Social Democratic head of government and then joined the Red government
Government and administration · Finland state institutions
1873–1963
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Antanas Smetona Antanas Smetona
Lithuania's first president who led the declaration of independence, later leader of the 1926 coup
Government and administration · Lithuania state institutions
1874–1944
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Alexander Khatisian Ալեքսանդր Խատիսեան
Dashnak foreign minister and prime minister of the First Republic of Armenia who signed the treaties of Batum and Alexandropol
Diplomacy and international organization
1874–1945
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Avgustyn Voloshyn Августин Волошин
Greek Catholic priest who became president of Carpatho-Ukraine when it declared independence in March 1939
Government and administration · Czechoslovakia
1874–1945
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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
1874–1946
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Konstantin Päts Konstantin Päts
Head of Estonia's government in the independence war, later dictator of the 'era of silence'
Government and administration · Estonia state institutions
1874–1956
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Herbert C. Hoover Herbert Hoover
Master of famine relief and the 31st president, broken by the Great Depression
Government and administration · United States state institutions
1874–1964
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Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill Winston Churchill
Britain's wartime prime minister who divided Europe with Stalin on a half-sheet of paper
Government and administration · United Kingdom state institutions
1874–1965
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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
1875–1928
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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
1875–1957
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Hermann Müller Hermann Müller
A Social Democratic politician of the Weimar Republic who served twice as chancellor.
Government and administration · Germany state institutions
1876–1931
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Wilhelm Cuno Wilhelm Cuno
Non-party chancellor who answered the Ruhr occupation with passive resistance and fell amid hyperinflation
Political and party leadership · Germany state institutions
1876–1933
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Kārlis Ulmanis Kārlis Ulmanis
Latvia's prime minister in the war of independence, later dictator after the 1934 coup
Government and administration · Latvia state institutions
1877–1942
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Paul Reynaud Paul Reynaud
A republican statesman who urged resistance in the face of defeat
Government and administration · France state institutions
1878–1966
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Jan Sierada Ян Серада
Veterinarian who chaired the First All-Belarusian Congress and, as chairman of the Rada, presided over the declaration of independence
Legislature and state representation · Belarus state institutions
1879–1943 이후
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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
1879–1941
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Aimo Cajander Aimo Cajander
Finnish forest scientist and statesman who built forest-type theory and led the cabinet on the eve of war
Government and administration · Finland state institutions
1879–1943
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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
1879–1947
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Mirza Kuchik Khan میرزا كوچک خان
Iranian revolutionary who led the Jungle movement of Gilan and proclaimed the Soviet Republic of Gilan in 1920
Political and party leadership
1880–1921
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Eero Haapalainen Eero Haapalainen
Trade union leader who commanded the Finnish Red Guards from January to March 1918
Military command · Communist Party of Finland (SKP)
1880–1937
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Manuel Azaña Manuel Azaña
The last president of the Republic who embodied the republican cause but crossed into France and resigned when Catalonia fell
Government and administration · Spanish Republic
1880–1940