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People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity(set)

Any Political and party leadership 628 Government and administration 304 Legislature and state representation 70 Monarchs and royalty 24 Military command 520 Security, intelligence and policing 232 Diplomacy and international organization 163 Economy, finance and planning 147 Industry and production 110 Agriculture and land policy 36 Ideology and propaganda 103 Social movements and organizing 374 Scholarship and theory 278 Education 17 Science and technology 146 Literature and arts 141 Religion 20 Law and justice 55

Affiliation

Most people

Any Soviet Unionstate 54 Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 47 United States state institutionsstate 19 Comintern 18 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 14 Hungarystate 10 United Kingdom state institutionsstate 6 Japan state institutionsstate 5

All 46 affiliations

Albania

Albaniastate 1

Angola

Angolastate 1

Austria

Austria state institutionsstate 2

Belarus

Belarus state institutionsstate 4

China

Kuomintang 1 People’s Republic of Chinastate 1

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakiastate 4 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) 1 Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party 1

East Germany

East Germanystate 1

Finland

Finland state institutionsstate 3 National Progressive Party (Finland) 1

France

France state institutionsstate 3 French monarchystate 1

Georgia

Georgia state institutionsstate 1

Germany

Germany state institutionsstate 3 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 1

Hungary

Hungarystate 10 Hungarian Working People's Party (MDP) 1 Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSzMP) 1

International organizations

Comintern 18 United Nations 2

Italy

Italy state institutionsstate 4

Japan

Japan state institutionsstate 5

Latvia

Latvia state institutionsstate 2

Lithuania

Lithuania state institutionsstate 1

Poland

Polandstate 3 Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania (SDKPiL) 1 Polish Socialist Party (PPS) 1

Russia

Mensheviks (RSDLP) 1 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 14 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 1

South Africa

South Africa state institutionsstate 1

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 47 Soviet Unionstate 54

Switzerland

Switzerland state institutionsstate 1

Turkey

Turkey state institutionsstate 1

United Kingdom

United Kingdom state institutionsstate 6

United States

United States state institutionsstate 19 American Relief Administration (ARA) 1 Democratic Party (United States) 3 Republican Party (United States) 4

Vietnam

Vietnamstate 3 Communist Party of Vietnam / Workers' Party of Vietnam 1

Yugoslavia

Yugoslaviastate 1 Communist Party / League of Communists of Yugoslavia (KPJ/SKJ) 1

Position

Any Counter-revolutionary forces 5 Left critics of Bolshevism 3 Socialist-bloc reform leader 2 Dissident 1 Non-Bolshevik socialists 6 Fascists and Nazis 4 National liberation and anti-colonial movements 1 Marxism and communism 80 Liberalism and republicanism 7 Conservatism and Christian democracy 8 Monarchy and royalism 1 Nationalism 8

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 66 United States 20 Hungary 10 United Kingdom 6 France 5 Japan 5 Belarus 4 Czechoslovakia 4 Italy 4 China 3 Finland 3 Germany 3 Poland 3 Vietnam 3 Austria 2 Bulgaria 2 Latvia 2 Russia 2 Turkey 2 Albania 1 Angola 1 Armenia 1 Belgium 1 East Germany 1 Ecuador 1 Georgia 1 Lithuania 1 Myanmar 1 Romania 1 South Africa 1 Sweden 1 Switzerland 1 Yugoslavia 1

Background

Any Russia 44 United States 18 Poland 10 Belarus 9 Hungary 8 France 5 Germany 5 Japan 5 United Kingdom 5 Finland 4 Italy 4 Ukraine 4 China 3 Georgia 3 Latvia 3 Lithuania 3 Vietnam 3 Armenia 2 Austria 2 Bulgaria 2 Czechia 2 Serbia 2 Albania 1 Angola 1 Belgium 1 Chile 1 Czechoslovakia 1 Ireland 1 Kyrgyzstan 1 Moldova 1 Myanmar 1 Slovakia 1 South Africa 1 Sweden 1 Switzerland 1

Era

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The revolutionary generation1917–1940 18 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 20 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 17 The last generation1985–1991 11

People of the Chinese revolution and the People’s Republic

The old regime and the Nationalists1894–1949 1 People of the Mao era1949–1976 2

People of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era

The Revolution and the Napoleonic era1774–1830 1

People of the wider world

The age of the Internationals and empires1820–1917 1 The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 55 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 37

Diplomacy and international organization

163 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

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 1883–1946
John Maynard Keynes John Maynard Keynes British economist who left the Treasury in protest at the peace treaty and warned of the damage reparations would do Scholarship and theory · United Kingdom state institutions 1883–1946
Andrey Yanuaryevich Vyshinsky Андрей Януарьевич Вышинский Stalin's Moscow-trial prosecutor who later carried hardline Soviet diplomacy to the UN Law and justice · Soviet Union 1883–1954
Dmitry Zakharovich Manuilsky Дмитрий Захарович Мануильский ECCI secretary who carried out the Stalinist purges (1928–1943) Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern 1883–1959
Anton Luckievič Антон Луцкевіч Founder of the Hramada who, as prime minister of the Belarusian People’s Republic, sought its recognition at the Paris Peace Conference Government and administration · Belarus state institutions 1884–1942
Edvard Beneš Edvard Beneš The last democratic president, who tried to topple a government with resignations and instead handed it to Gottwald Diplomacy and international organization · Czechoslovakia 1884–1948
Mikhail Markovich Borodin Михаил Маркович Бородин Sun Yat-sen's political advisor, architect of the First United Front, and the Comintern's global emissary Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern 1884–1951
İsmet İnönü İsmet İnönü Officer who negotiated the Treaty of Lausanne and succeeded Atatürk as Turkey’s second president Political and party leadership · Turkey state institutions 1884–1973
Ivan Mikhailovich Maisky Иван Михайлович Майский From Menshevik to Soviet envoy to the British Empire: a convert and survivor who stood at the center of world-war diplomacy Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1884–1975
Karl Berngardovich Radek Karol Radek The polemicist who survived trial only to die in prison Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern 1885–1939
Aarno Sakari Armas Yrjö-Koskinen Aarno Armas Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen Finland’s diplomat in Moscow on the eve of war Diplomacy and international organization · Finland state institutions 1885–1951
Jan Garrigue Masaryk Jan Garrigue Masaryk The non-Communist foreign minister who lent Gottwald's government legitimacy, found dead under Černín Palace window two weeks after the coup Diplomacy and international organization · Czechoslovakia 1886–1948
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 1886–1967
Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics Latvia's first foreign minister, who won international recognition for its independence Diplomacy and international organization · Latvia state institutions 1887–1925
Mamoru Shigemitsu 重光葵 A diplomat of empire who became the defeated state's signatory Diplomacy and international organization · Japan state institutions 1887–1957
Pyotr Lazarevich Voykov Пётр Лазаревич Войков Bolshevik diplomat who took part in the decision to execute Nicholas II: gunned down in Warsaw Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1888–1927
Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin Николай Иванович Бухарин The “favourite of the whole party,” killed in its name Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern 1888–1938
John Foster Dulles John Foster Dulles An American diplomat who drove the Cold War through alliance-building Diplomacy and international organization · United States state institutions 1888–1959
Lev Mikhailovich Karakhan Лев Михайлович Карахан Author of the 1919 Karakhan Manifesto that renounced Tsarist unequal treaties with China Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1889–1937
Arkady Pavlovich Rozengolts Аркадий Павлович Розенгольц Bolshevik who built the Soviet Air Force and ran foreign trade Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1889–1938
Cafer Seydahmet Cafer Seydamet Crimean Tatar politician who ran the military and foreign affairs of the Crimean People’s Republic and led the national movement in exile Military command 1889–1960
Vilgelm Georgiyevich Knorin Вильгельм Георгиевич Кнорин Architect of Comintern propaganda and party history compiler Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern 1890–1938
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 1890–1946
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 1890–1967
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov Вячеслав Михайлович Молотов “Stone-arse”: the man who never changed his mind Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1890–1986
Edward Raczyński Edward Raczyński An aristocratic diplomat who preserved Poland’s diplomatic continuity in exile Diplomacy and international organization · Poland 1891–1993
Fyodor Fyodorovich Raskolnikov Фёдор Фёдорович Раскольников From Volga flotilla commander to exile critic: the diplomat who wrote Stalin an open letter Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1892–1939
Sumner Welles Sumner Welles US Under Secretary of State whose Welles Declaration of July 1940 refused to recognise the Soviet annexation of the Baltic states Diplomacy and international organization · United States state institutions 1892–1961
Joachim von Ribbentrop Joachim von Ribbentrop Nazi Germany’s foreign minister, he played a key role in negotiating the German-Soviet nonaggression pact. Diplomacy and international organization · Germany state institutions 1893–1946
Grigory Naumovich Voitinsky Григорий Наумович Войтинский The Comintern's first envoy who midwifed the Chinese Communist Party Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern 1893–1953
Robert Daniel Murphy Robert Daniel Murphy The diplomat who read the danger in Berlin first Diplomacy and international organization · United States state institutions 1894–1978
Eljas Erkko Eljas Erkko Finnish foreign minister who dismissed Stalin's demands as a bluff and overruled Mannerheim's counsel to compromise Diplomacy and international organization · Finland state institutions 1895–1965
Tsiang Tingfu 蒋廷黻 The Nationalist diplomat whose presence at the Security Council table triggered the Soviet walkout Diplomacy and international organization · Kuomintang 1895–1965
Carl Lutz Carl Lutz Swiss vice-consul in Budapest who saved tens of thousands of Jews with protective letters and safe houses Diplomacy and international organization · Switzerland state institutions 1895–1975
Kazys Škirpa Kazys Škirpa Lithuanian officer and envoy in Berlin who founded the Lithuanian Activist Front behind the June Uprising of 1941 Diplomacy and international organization · Lithuania state institutions 1895–1979
Dino Grandi Dino Grandi A Fascist power broker who helped bring down Mussolini Diplomacy and international organization · Italy state institutions 1895–1988
Vissarion Vissarionovich Lominadze Виссарион Виссарионович Ломинадзе Comintern architect of the Canton uprising who led the first party-apparatus challenge to Stalin's collectivization Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern 1897–1935
Georgy Alexandrovich Astakhov Георгий Александрович Астахов The Soviet chargé d'affaires in Berlin who opened the secret channel to the Nazi-Soviet pact Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1897–1942
Leon Yakovlevich Gaikis Леон Яковлевич Гайкис Second Soviet ambassador to Spain, recalled and shot barely three months after taking the post Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1898–1937
Vilhelms Munters Vilhelms Munters Latvian foreign minister who signed the Soviet–Latvian Mutual Assistance Treaty in 1939 and was deported to the Soviet Union in 1940 Diplomacy and international organization · Latvia state institutions 1898–1967
Kang Sheng 康生 Mao’s inquisitor who ran party security and intelligence from the Yan’an “rescue” campaign to the Cultural Revolution Security, intelligence and policing · People’s Republic of China 1898–1975
Koço Tashko Koço Tashko Albanian communist activist and diplomat Diplomacy and international organization · Albania 1899–1984
Edward Stettinius Edward Stettinius A corporate executive turned architect of the postwar international order Diplomacy and international organization · United States state institutions 1900–1949
Georgy Nikolayevich Zarubin Георгий Николаевич Зарубин The Soviet diplomat who represented Moscow in all three major Western Allied capitals during the early Cold War Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1900–1958
Pavel Aleksandrovich Mif Павел Александрович Миф Comintern China specialist who cultivated the 28 Bolsheviks Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern 1901–1938
Chen Yi 陈毅 The poet-marshal who led the New Fourth Army and the Third Field Army and succeeded Zhou Enlai as foreign minister Diplomacy and international organization · People’s Republic of China 1901–1972
Vasily Vasilyevich Kuznetsov Василий Васильевич Кузнецов Three-time interim head of state and Gromyko's First Deputy for 22 years Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1901–1990
Konstantin Aleksandrovich Umansky Константин Александрович Уманский From TASS correspondent to youngest ambassador in Washington. The sharp, combative face of Stalin's wartime diplomacy Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1902–1945
Vladimír Clementis Vladimír Clementis Slovak Communist who succeeded Jan Masaryk as foreign minister and was executed after the Slánský trial of 1952 Diplomacy and international organization · Czechoslovakia 1902–1952
Mikhail Alexeyevich Menshikov Михаил Алексеевич Меньшиков Trade-and-diplomacy official sacked by Stalin over bananas, then returned as a Cold War ambassador under Khrushchev Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1902–1976

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