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People

People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity(set)

Any Political and party leadership 382 Government and administration 92 Legislature and state representation 25 Military command 264 Security, intelligence and policing 193 Diplomacy and international organization 80 Economy, finance and planning 119 Industry and production 104 Agriculture and land policy 26 Ideology and propaganda 83 Social movements and organizing 238 Scholarship and theory 44 Education 10 Science and technology 126 Literature and arts 61 Law and justice 34

Affiliation

Most people

Any Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 148 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 32 Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 8 Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 6 Soviet Unionstate 5 Romanian Communist Party (PCR) 4 Communist Party of Poland (KPP) 4 Communist Party of China 3

All 39 affiliations

Albania

Party of Labour of Albania 1

Brazil

Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) 1

Bulgaria

Bulgarian Communist Party (BKP) 1

China

Communist Party of China 3 Kuomintang 1

Czechoslovakia

Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) 3 Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party 1

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Workers' Party of North Korea 1

Finland

Social Democratic Party of Finland 1

France

French Communist Party (PCF) 2 French Workers' Party (POF) 1 Francs-Tireurs et Partisans (FTP/FTPF) 1 French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 1

Germany

Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 1 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 3 Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) 1

Greece

Communist Party of Greece (KKE) 1

Hungary

Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 8

India

Indian National Congress 1

Romania

Romanian Communist Party (PCR) 4

Russia

Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 6 Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 3 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 32 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 3

South Africa

South African Communist Party (SACP) 1 African National Congress (ANC) 2

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 148 Soviet Unionstate 5

Spain

Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 1

United Kingdom

Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) 2

United States

Communist Party USA (CPUSA) 3

Vietnam

Communist Party of Vietnam / Workers' Party of Vietnam 1

Yugoslavia

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

Position(set)

Any Imperial establishment and White movement 1 Counter-revolutionary forces 3 Left critics of Bolshevism 33 Socialist-bloc reform leader 9 Dissident 17 Anarchists 11 Non-Bolshevik socialists 20 Narodniks 7 Jacobins and French revolutionary radicals 5 Fascists and Nazis 1 National liberation and anti-colonial movements 7 Western Marxist theorists 4 Marxism and communism 238 Early socialism 1 Revolutionary socialism 3 Conservatism and Christian democracy 2 Nationalism 6

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 169 Russia 15 Hungary 7 France 6 Germany 4 Romania 4 China 3 Czechoslovakia 3 Poland 3 Albania 2 Estonia 2 South Africa 2 Trinidad and Tobago 2 United States 2 Brazil 1 Bulgaria 1 Chile 1 Czechia 1 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1 East Germany 1 Greece 1 India 1 Korea 1 Spain 1 Switzerland 1 United Kingdom 1 Vietnam 1 Yugoslavia 1

Background

Any Russia 135 Ukraine 11 Belarus 9 Hungary 8 Poland 8 Georgia 7 France 5 Germany 5 Latvia 5 China 3 Romania 3 Albania 2 Czechia 2 Estonia 2 Finland 2 Korea 2 Lithuania 2 Moldova 2 South Africa 2 Trinidad and Tobago 2 United States 2 Armenia 1 Azerbaijan 1 Brazil 1 Bulgaria 1 Chile 1 Czechoslovakia 1 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1 Greece 1 India 1 Martinique 1 Serbia 1 Slovakia 1 Spain 1 Switzerland 1 United Kingdom 1 Uzbekistan 1 Vietnam 1

Era

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 7 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 62 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 41 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 43 The last generation1985–1991 25

People of the Chinese revolution and the People’s Republic

The Chinese revolutionary generation1911–1949 3

People of the wider world

The age of the Internationals and empires1820–1917 3 The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 30 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 24

Social movements and organizing Marxism and communism Clear all

238 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Sergei Gennadiyevich Nechayev Сергей Геннадиевич Нечаев Author of the Catechism of a Revolutionary, the nihilist who demanded total sacrifice for the revolutionary cause Social movements and organizing 1847–1882
Elisabeth Lukinichna Dmitrieff Елизавета Лукинична Кушелева Russian revolutionary who organized the Paris Commune's Women's Union Social movements and organizing · International Workingmen's Association (First International) 1850–1918?
Clara Zetkin Clara Zetkin Creator of International Women's Day, she set women's liberation at the heart of class struggle Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 1857–1933
Alexander Serafimovich Александр Серафимович The Don Cossack's son who gave the revolution its epic Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1863–1949
Nikolai Yakovlevich Marr Николай Яковлевич Марр Creator of the Japhetic theory who, as the sole Imperial academician to join the Communist Party, dominated Soviet linguistics for decades Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1865–1934
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
Viktor Konstantinovich Kurnatovsky Виктор Константинович Курнатовский One of Russia's first Marxists, from Narodnaya Volya to leader of the 1905 Chita Republic Social movements and organizing · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 1868–1912
Maria Fyodorovna Andreyeva Мария Фёдоровна Андреева Actress turned Bolshevik financial agent whom Lenin called 'Comrade Phenomenon' Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1868–1953
W. E. B. Du Bois W. E. B. Du Bois "Capitalism cannot reform itself": father of the modern Negro liberation movement who joined the Communist Party at 93 Scholarship and theory · Communist Party USA (CPUSA) 1868–1963
Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya Надежда Константиновна Крупская She built the Soviet school and library system from the shadow of her husband Education · Soviet Union 1869–1939
Alexander Nikolayevich Vinokurov Александр Николаевич Винокуров The Bolshevik physician who built the USSR Supreme Court and led it for fourteen years Law and justice · Soviet Union 1869–1944
Marcel Cachin Marcel Cachin Leader who took the SFIO majority into the Comintern at Tours in 1920, founding the French Communist Party, and ran L’Humanité Political and party leadership · French Communist Party (PCF) 1869–1958
Fernand Loriot Fernand Loriot French socialist and teachers’ union activist who led the Committee for the Third International Social movements and organizing · Comintern 1870–1932
David Borisovich Riazanov Давид Борисович Рязанов Founder of the Marx-Engels Institute and independent Marxist who never stopped disagreeing Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1870–1938
Nikolai Yevgrafovich Fedoseev Николай Евграфович Федосеев Russian revolutionary who organized the first Marxist circles in the Volga region Social movements and organizing 1871–1898
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
Mykola Oleksiyovych Skrypnyk Микола Олексійович Скрипник Architect of Ukrainization: the cultural revolutionary who turned the gun on himself Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union 1872–1933
Gleb Maksimilianovich Krzhizhanovsky Глеб Максимилианович Кржижановский Early architect of electrification and planning Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1872–1959
Nikolai Ernestovich Bauman Николай Эрнестович Бауман The 'Rook' who flew across borders building the Iskra network, and the revolution's first martyr Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1873–1905
Ivan Vasilyevich Babushkin Иван Васильевич Бабушкин The worker-organizer Iskra trusted most: archetype of the Bolshevik worker Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1873–1906
Yuri Mikhailovich Steklov Юрий Михайлович Стеклов First Soviet editor of Izvestia, architect of the Soviet constitution Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1873–1941
Elena Dmitriyevna Stasova Елена Дмитриевна Стасова The early Secretariat’s practical organizer Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1873–1966
Semyon Ivanovich Balashov Семён Иванович Балашов Bolshevik leader of Ivanovo-Voznesensk who built the first soviet alongside Frunze during the 1905 general strike Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1874–1925
Sergei Ivanovich Gusev Сергей Иванович Гусев Architect of the Red Army's political apparatus, Old Bolshevik who opposed Trotsky's military line Military command · Soviet Union 1874–1933
Vsevolod Emilievich Meyerhold Всеволод Эмильевич Мейерхольд Creator of biomechanics, the architect of theatre who staged revolution on stage Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1874–1940
Mikhail Fyodorovich Vladimirsky Михаил Фёдорович Владимирский Old Bolshevik who watched over the Party's books for a quarter-century Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1874–1951
Konkordia Nikolayevna Samoilova Конкордия Николаевна Самойлова Founder of Rabotnitsa and organizer of Russia's first International Women's Day Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1876–1921
Luis Emilio Recabarren Luis Emilio Recabarren Father of the Chilean labour movement and pioneer of Latin American communism Social movements and organizing · Communist Party of Chile 1876–1924
Rozaliya Samoilovna Zemlyachka Розалия Самойловна Землячка The 'Demon' Underground and the Only Woman Vice-Chair of Sovnarkom Social movements and organizing · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 1876–1947
Wilhelm Pieck Wilhelm Pieck From the Spartacus League to GDR head of state, the sole founding member who lived the full arc of German communism Political and party leadership · East Germany 1876–1960
Antonín Janoušek Antonín Janoušek Czech journalist who chaired the Revolutionary Governing Council of the Slovak Soviet Republic in 1919 Social movements and organizing · Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 1877–1941
Bogdan Mirzadzhanovich Knunyants Богдан Мирзаджанович Кнунянц Iskra majority delegate at the 2nd Congress, a pioneer Caucasus Bolshevik who died in prison at 32 Social movements and organizing 1878–1911
Aurél Stromfeld Stromfeld Aurél Professional officer who as chief of staff of the Hungarian Red Army directed the northern campaign of 1919 Military command · Hungary 1878–1927
Maria Ilyinichna Ulyanova Мария Ильинична Ульянова Lenin's youngest sister who edited the revolution with a pencil: press organizer in her own right Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union 1878–1937
Alexander Andreyevich Svechin Александр Андреевич Свечин “The Russian Clausewitz”. Theorist of strategy and operational art Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1878–1938
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин The leader born to a poor Georgian family who came to dominate party and state Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1878–1953
Gleb Ivanovich Bokii Глеб Иванович Бокий Father of Soviet signals intelligence and founder of the Cheka Special Department Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1879–1937
Zinovy Yakovlevich Litvin-Sedoy Зиновий Яковлевич Литвин-Седой Organizer of Presnya’s workers’ fighting squads Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1879–1947
Eero Haapalainen Eero Haapalainen Trade union leader who commanded the Finnish Red Guards from January to March 1918 Military command · Communist Party of Finland (SKP) 1880–1937
Richard Müller Richard Müller Lathe operator who led Berlin’s Revolutionary Stewards, chaired the council Executive in 1918 and later wrote the revolution’s history Social movements and organizing 1880–1943
Vyacheslav Alekseyevich Karpinsky Вячеслав Алексеевич Карпинский Lenin's trusted Bolshevik publicist and a 68-year party veteran Social movements and organizing · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 1880–1965
Grigory Ivanovich Kotovsky Григорий Иванович Котовский The Bessarabian 'Red Robin Hood' who rose from Tsarist outlaw to legendary Soviet Civil War commander Military command · Soviet Union 1881–1925
Lidia Aleksandrovna Fotieva Лидия Александровна Фотиева Lenin's personal secretary and conduit of his final political struggle Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1881–1975
Kamo Симон Тер-Петросян The Bolsheviks' legendary expropriator, the revolutionary who feigned madness and survived four death sentences Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1882–1922
Aleksei Kapitonovich Gastev Алексей Капитонович Гастев From proletarian poetry to the science of labour: founder of Soviet social engineering who trained half a million workers Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1882–1939
Zigmas Angarietis Zigmas Angarietis Interior commissar of Soviet Lithuania, a Lithuanian communist leader killed in the Great Terror Security, intelligence and policing · Lithuania state institutions 1882–1940
Abram Yakovlevich Belenky Абрам Яковлевич Беленький Cheka founding member who guarded Lenin personally Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1882–1941
Sofia Sigizmundovna Dzerzhinskaya Софья Сигизмундовна Дзержинская Polish Social Democrat who forged an independent revolutionary path from the SDKPiL underground to the Comintern Social movements and organizing · Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania (SDKPiL) 1882–1968
Fyodor Andreyevich Sergeyev Фёдор Андреевич Сергеев Founder and head of the Donetsk-Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic, close friend of Stalin and Kirov Government and administration · Soviet Union 1883–1921
Nikolay Nikolayevich Krestinsky Николай Николаевич Крестинский An early Bolshevik responsible secretary later put in the dock Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1883–1938