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People of the Revolution and the USSR
Activity(set)
Affiliation
Position(set)
Citizenship
Background
Era
People of the wider world
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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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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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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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Vaclau Lastouski Вацлаў Ластоўскі
Historian who headed the government of the Belarusian People’s Republic in exile, moved to Soviet Byelorussia and was executed
Government and administration · Belarus state institutions
1883–1938
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Augustinas Voldemaras Augustinas Voldemaras
Lithuania's first prime minister, later leader of the far-right Iron Wolf
Government and administration · Lithuania state institutions
1883–1942
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Pan Halippa Pan Halippa
Journalist and politician who, as vice-president and later president of Sfatul Țării, led the movement for Bessarabia’s union with Romania
Legislature and state representation · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR)
1883–1979
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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
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Noman Çelebicihan Номан Челебиджихан
First head of the Crimean People’s Republic, the first elected mufti of Crimea and the poet of the Crimean Tatar anthem
Government and administration
1885–1918
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Jüri Uluots Jüri Uluots
Law professor and Estonia’s last constitutional prime minister who, acting as president, formed the Tief government in 1944
Government and administration · Estonia state institutions
1890–1945
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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
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Ahmet-Zaki Validi Әхмәтзәки Вәлиди
Leader of the Bashkir national movement who proclaimed Bashkir autonomy, commanded the Bashkir Army and took it over to the Soviet side
Military command · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1890–1970
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Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle Charles de Gaulle
A statesman who declared that France would continue the war amid defeat
Government and administration · France state institutions
1890–1970
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Andor Jaross Jaross Andor
Hungarian minority leader in Czechoslovakia who, as interior minister in Sztójay’s cabinet in 1944, organised the deportation of Jews
Government and administration · Hungary
1896–1946
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Hjalmar Mäe Hjalmar Mäe
Estonian Vaps politician who headed the collaborationist Estonian Self-Administration under German occupation in 1941–1944
Government and administration
1901–1978
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Viktor Mihály Orbán Orbán Viktor
From anti-communist youth leader in 1989 to architect of 'illiberal democracy'
Government and administration · Hungary
1963–