People of the Revolution and the USSR
Political and party leadership
Background: Poland
The revolutionary wave and the world war 1917–1945
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Feliks Yakovlevich Kon Феликс Яковлевич Кон
From Warsaw boy patriot to Comintern old revolutionary: the Pole who returned in the sealed train
Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions
1864–1941
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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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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 state institutions
1867–1935
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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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Stanisław Grabski Stanisław Grabski
An Endecja theorist who pressed for a Polish nation-state
Political and party leadership · Polish Socialist Party (PPS)
1871–1949
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Jan Dąbski Jan Dąbski
A peasant-movement diplomat who shaped the Riga peace
Diplomacy and international organization · Poland state institutions
1880–1931
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Jakub Berman Jakub Berman
An architect of Stalinist power in Poland
Political and party leadership · Polish Workers' Party (PPR)
1901–1984