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People of the Revolution and the USSR
Activity(set)
Affiliation
Position
Citizenship
Background
Era
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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Richard Howe Richard Howe
British admiral who won the battle of 1 June 1794
Military command · United Kingdom state institutions
1726–1799
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Charles William Ferdinand of Brunswick Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
Commander of the Austro-Prussian army who issued the Brunswick Manifesto
Military command
1735–1806
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François Christophe Kellermann François Christophe de Kellermann
General who commanded the French at Valmy, Marshal of the Empire
Military command · French First Republic state institutions
1735–1820
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Louis Joseph de Bourbon Louis Joseph de Bourbon, prince de Condé
Bourbon prince who commanded the émigré Army of Condé
Military command · Army of Condé
1736–1818
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Charles François Dumouriez Charles-François du Périer Dumouriez
French Revolutionary general and statesman who defected to Austria in 1793
Military command · French First Republic state institutions
1739–1823
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Charles-Philippe Ronsin Charles-Philippe Ronsin
Hébertist general who commanded the Parisian Revolutionary Army
Military command · French First Republic state institutions
1751–1794
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Lazare Carnot Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot
The mathematician who organized the army of the Revolution
Military command · French First Republic state institutions
1753–1823
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Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette
French general who fought in the revolutions of two continents
Military command · Feuillants
1757–1834
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Horatio Nelson Horatio Nelson
Royal Navy admiral who destroyed the French fleet at the Nile
Military command · United Kingdom state institutions
1758–1805
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André Masséna André Masséna
French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars commander, Marshal of the Empire
Military command · Consulate and First Empire state institutions
1758–1817
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Jacques Cathelineau Jacques Cathelineau
First generalissimo of the Vendéan insurgency
Military command · Catholic and Royal Army (Vendée)
1759–1793
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Jean-Charles Pichegru Charles Pichegru
French Revolutionary Wars general, royalist conspirator
Military command · French First Republic state institutions
1761–1804
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Jean-Baptiste Jourdan Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
General of the Revolutionary Wars, victor of Fleurus and framer of the 1798 conscription law
Military command · French First Republic state institutions
1762–1833
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François de Charette François Athanase de Charette de la Contrie
Royalist commander who led guerrilla war in the Lower Vendée
Military command · Catholic and Royal Army (Vendée)
1763–1796
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Jean Victor Marie Moreau Jean Victor Marie Moreau
French Revolutionary general, victor of Hohenlinden
Military command · French First Republic state institutions
1763–1813
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Jean Joseph Amable Humbert Jean Joseph Amable Humbert
French revolutionary general, commander of the 1798 Irish expedition
Military command · French First Republic state institutions
1767–1823
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Louis Charles Antoine Desaix Louis Charles Antoine Desaix
French Revolutionary Wars general killed at Marengo
Military command · French First Republic state institutions
1768–1800
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Antoine Richepanse Antoine Richepanse
French Revolutionary Wars general and commander of the Guadeloupe expedition
Military command · French First Republic state institutions
1770–1802
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Henri de La Rochejaquelein Henri de La Rochejaquelein
Young noble officer elected generalissimo of the Vendéan army
Military command · Catholic and Royal Army (Vendée)
1772–1794
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Patrice de MacMahon Patrice de Mac Mahon
Marshal captured at Sedan who led the Versailles army against the Paris Commune and became the president of “Moral Order”
Military command · France state institutions
1808–1893
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Dmitry Alekseyevich Milyutin Дмитрий Алексеевич Милютин
The Great Reforms' military architect, who forged Russia's army into a modern conscript force over twenty years as war minister
Military command · Russian Empire
1816–1912
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Gustave Paul Cluseret Gustave Paul Cluseret
French soldier who served as the Paris Commune’s Delegate for War
Military command · France state institutions
1823–1900
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Jarosław Dąbrowski Jarosław Dąbrowski
Organiser of the Polish rising of 1863 who became a general of the Commune and fell at Montmartre in Bloody Week
Military command
1836–1871
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Louis Nathaniel Rossel Louis Rossel
French army officer who served as the Paris Commune’s war delegate
Military command · France state institutions
1844–1871
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Fyodor Vasilyevich Dubasov Фёдор Васильевич Дубасов
Imperial Russian admiral who crushed the Moscow December uprising with artillery fire
Military command · Russian Empire
1845–1912
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Paul von Hindenburg Paul von Hindenburg
German field marshal in World War I and president of the Weimar Republic
Military command · Germany state institutions
1847–1934
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Zinovy Petrovich Rozhestvensky Зиновий Петрович Рожественский
The Imperial Russian admiral who led the Baltic Fleet to catastrophe at Tsushima
Military command · Russian Empire
1848–1909
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Hermann von Eichhorn Hermann von Eichhorn
German field marshal who governed occupied Ukraine in 1918 and was assassinated in Kiev by a Left SR
Military command · Germany state institutions
1848–1918
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Alfred von Tirpitz Alfred von Tirpitz
German admiral who built the High Seas Fleet to rival the Royal Navy, set off a naval arms race and urged unrestricted U-boat war
Military command · Germany state institutions
1849–1930
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Luigi Cadorna Luigi Cadorna
Italian chief of staff who repeated frontal assaults on the Isonzo, ruled by harsh discipline and was dismissed after Caporetto
Military command · Italy state institutions
1850–1928
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Ferdinand Foch Ferdinand Foch
French marshal who as Allied supreme commander in 1918 led the counter-offensive and dictated the armistice
Military command · France state institutions
1851–1929
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Vladimir Viktorovich Sakharov Владимир Викторович Сахаров
Cavalry general who led the 11th Army in the Brusilov Offensive and joined the White movement
Military command · Russian Empire
1853–1920
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Aleksei Alekseyevich Brusilov Алексей Алексеевич Брусилов
Designer of the 1916 Brusilov Offensive and the last great tsarist commander, who later joined the Red Army
Military command · Russian Empire
1853–1926
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Nikolai Vladimirovich Ruzsky Николай Владимирович Рузский
The Northern Front commander who forced the Tsar's abdication at Pskov
Military command · Russian Empire
1854–1918
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Robert Nivelle Robert Nivelle
French commander-in-chief whose failed offensive of 1917 brought on the army mutinies and his dismissal
Military command · France state institutions
1856–1924
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Nicholas Nikolaevich Romanov Николай Николаевич Романов
The Grand Duke who drew a revolver on the Tsar and forced constitutional reform
Military command · Russian Empire
1856–1929
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Philippe Pétain Philippe Pétain
A marshal whose Verdun prestige ended in Vichy collaboration
Military command · France state institutions
1856–1951
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Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev Михаил Васильевич Алексеев
The tsar's last chief of staff, who commanded the Eastern Front and laid the foundation of the White Volunteer Army
Military command · Russian Empire
1857–1918
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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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Sergey Semyonovich Khabalov Сергей Семёнович Хабалов
Last commander of the Petrograd Military District, who ordered troops to fire on crowds and then lost control of the garrison
Military command · Russian Empire
1858–1929
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Yuan Shikai 袁世凯
The Beiyang strongman who took over the 1911 revolution and tried to make himself emperor
Military command · Beiyang government and warlords
1859–1916
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Najmuddin Gotsinsky Нажмудин Гоцинский
Avar religious leader and mufti of the North Caucasus who led anti-Bolshevik uprisings in Dagestan and Chechnya in 1918–1925
Military command
1859–1925
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Alexey Maksimovich Kaledin Алексей Максимович Каледин
Don Cossack ataman who opened the first White stronghold in the south
Military command · Russian Empire
1861–1918
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Nikolai Nikolayevich Yudenich Николай Николаевич Юденич
The last great commander of Imperial Russia, who won the Caucasus Front and led the White drive on Petrograd
Military command · Russian Empire
1862–1933
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Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand
Heir presumptive of Austria-Hungary whose assassination in Sarajevo in 1914 was the immediate cause of the First World War
Monarchs and royalty · Austria state institutions
1863–1914
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Reginald Dyer Reginald Dyer
British Indian Army officer who ordered troops to fire on an unarmed crowd at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar in 1919
Military command · United Kingdom state institutions
1864–1927
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Alexander Nikolaevich Kozlovsky Александр Николаевич Козловский
Tsarist artillery general at Kronstadt whom the Bolsheviks falsely named as ringleader of the 1921 rebellion
Military command · Russian Empire
1864–1940
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Andranik Ozanian Անդրանիկ Օզանյան
Armenian fedayi commander who rejected the Republic of Armenia and held Zangezur with his own division
Military command
1865–1927
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Andrei Yevgenyevich Snesarev Андрей Евгеньевич Снесарев
Tsarist general turned Red Army theorist who clashed with Stalin at Tsaritsyn
Military command · Soviet Union
1865–1937
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Erich Ludendorff Erich Ludendorff
General who directed Germany’s war with Hindenburg and later joined Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch
Military command · Germany state institutions
1865–1937