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People of the Revolution and the USSR
Activity(set)
Affiliation
Position(set)
Citizenship
Background
Era
People of the Soviet Union
People of the wider world
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Marcel Sembat Marcel Sembat
French Socialist deputy who joined the Union sacrée government as Minister of Public Works in 1914
Political and party leadership · French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO)
1862–1922
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Nikolai Dmitriyevich Avksentiev Николай Дмитриевич Авксентьев
SR Party founder who chaired the last unified anti-Bolshevik government, overthrown by Kolchak
Political and party leadership · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR)
1878–1943
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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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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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Vilmos Böhm Böhm Vilmos
Social Democratic leader who was defence commissar and Red Army commander-in-chief of the Hungarian Soviet Republic
Military command · Hungary
1880–1949
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Volodymyr Vynnychenko Володимир Винниченко
Ukrainian Social Democratic writer who led the Rada's General Secretariat and the Directory
Government and administration · Ukrainian People's Republic
1880–1951
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Evgeni Gegechkori ევგენი გეგეჭკორი
Menshevik politician who chaired the Transcaucasian Commissariat and became foreign minister of the Democratic Republic of Georgia
Diplomacy and international organization · Georgia state institutions
1881–1954
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Károly Peyer Peyer Károly
Hungarian Social Democratic and trade-union leader who won legal status for his party in the Bethlen–Peyer Pact of 1921
Legislature and state representation · Hungary
1881–1956
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Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky Александр Фёдорович Керенский
The orator ground away between revolution and counter-revolution
Government and administration · Russian Empire
1881–1970
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Clement Attlee Clement Attlee
The laconic reformer who replaced Churchill mid-Potsdam and built Britain's postwar welfare state
Government and administration · United Kingdom state institutions
1883–1967
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Ion Inculeț Ion Inculeț
Bessarabian politician who presided over Sfatul Țării and the Moldavian Democratic Republic and saw through its union with Romania
Legislature and state representation · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR)
1884–1940
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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
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Pantelimon Erhan Pantelimon Erhan
Bessarabian Socialist Revolutionary who headed the first government of the Moldavian Democratic Republic and put land reform first
Government and administration · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR)
1884–1971
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Matvey Ivanovich Skobelev Матвей Иванович Скобелев
The Menshevik Labour Minister sent to calm the crowds during the April Crisis
Political and party leadership · Mensheviks (RSDLP)
1885–1938
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Ernst Reuter Ernst Reuter
The social democrat who became the voice of divided Berlin
Government and administration · Germany state institutions
1889–1953
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Roger Salengro Roger Salengro
The Popular Front's interior minister, hounded to death by the far-right press
Government and administration · France state institutions
1890–1936
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Juan Negrín Juan Negrín
The physiologist trained in Leipzig who sent the Republic's gold to Moscow and chose to fight to the end as its last prime minister
Government and administration · Spanish Republic
1892–1956
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Léo Lagrange Léo Lagrange
The undersecretary for leisure and sport who designed the workers' first holidays
Government and administration · France state institutions
1900–1940
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Salvador Guillermo Allende Salvador Guillermo Allende
First elected Marxist head of state; pursued the peaceful 'Chilean road to socialism' (copper, land, cybernetics) until the 1973 coup
Government and administration · Chile state institutions
1908–1973
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Willy None Brandt Willy Brandt
A social democrat who made reconciliation a politics of divided cities
Government and administration · Germany state institutions
1913–1992