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People

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 Communist Party and Bolsheviks 175 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 42 Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 21 Left Opposition 16 Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 9 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 8 Solidarity (Solidarność) 7 Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 6

All 70 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 2

Czechoslovakia

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

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Workers' Party of North Korea 2

Estonia

Popular Front of Estonia (Rahvarinne) 1

Finland

Social Democratic Party of Finland 2

France

French Communist Party (PCF) 2 French Workers' Party (POF) 1 General Confederation of Labour (CGT, France) 2 Francs-Tireurs et Partisans (FTP/FTPF) 1 Cordeliers Club 2 French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 1 Enragés 1 Conspiracy of the Equals / Société des Égaux 2 Jacobin Club 2

Germany

Germany state institutionsstate 1 Nazi party and regime 1 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 1 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 8 Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 1 Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) 2

Greece

Communist Party of Greece (KKE) 1

Hungary

Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 9 Hungarian Social Democratic Party (MSZDP) 1

India

Indian National Congress 1

Romania

Romanian Communist Party (PCR) 4

Russia

Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 21 Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 6 Narodnaya Volya 6 General Jewish Labour Bund 1 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 42 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 3 Our Home – Russia 1

South Africa

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

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 175 ↳ Left Communists 4 ↳ Democratic Centralists (Decists) 3 ↳ Workers' Opposition 2 ↳ Left Opposition 16 ↳ Union of Marxist-Leninists (Ryutin group) 1 Soviet Unionstate 5

Spain

Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 2 Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) 1

United Kingdom

Labour Party (United Kingdom) 1 Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) 3

United States

Socialist Workers Party (United States) 2 Communist Party USA (CPUSA) 4 Democratic Party (United States) 1 Socialist Party of America 2

Vietnam

Communist Party of Vietnam / Workers' Party of Vietnam 1

Yugoslavia

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

Position

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 205 Russia 39 France 23 Poland 18 Germany 13 Hungary 11 United States 6 Estonia 5 United Kingdom 5 China 4 Czechoslovakia 4 Romania 4 Belarus 3 Spain 3 Trinidad and Tobago 3 Albania 2 Czechia 2 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2 Finland 2 Greece 2 Korea 2 South Africa 2 Switzerland 2 Austria 1 Brazil 1 Bulgaria 1 Chile 1 East Germany 1 El Salvador 1 India 1 Latvia 1 Lithuania 1 Madagascar 1 Vietnam 1 Yugoslavia 1

Background

Any Russia 179 Poland 27 France 21 Ukraine 17 Germany 15 Belarus 12 Hungary 12 Georgia 8 Latvia 7 Estonia 6 China 5 Czechia 4 Finland 4 Lithuania 4 United States 4 Korea 3 Romania 3 Spain 3 Trinidad and Tobago 3 United Kingdom 3 Albania 2 Bulgaria 2 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2 Greece 2 Moldova 2 Serbia 2 South Africa 2 Switzerland 2 Armenia 1 Azerbaijan 1 Brazil 1 Chile 1 Czechoslovakia 1 El Salvador 1 India 1 Ireland 1 Madagascar 1 Martinique 1 Slovakia 1 Uzbekistan 1 Vietnam 1

Era

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 27 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 91 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 41 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 44 The last generation1985–1991 30

People of the Chinese revolution and the People’s Republic

The Chinese revolutionary generation1911–1949 3 The reform generation1976–현재 1

People of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era

The Revolution and the Napoleonic era1774–1830 7

People of the wider world

The age of the Internationals and empires1820–1917 14 The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 64 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 52

Social movements and organizing

374 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

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
Christian Georgievich Rakovsky Христиан Георгиевич Раковский From Balkan revolutionary to head of Soviet Ukraine: the diplomat who became an opposition theorist Government and administration · Soviet Ukraine 1873–1941
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
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
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
Alexander Alekseevich Vannovsky Александр Алексеевич Ванновский A revolutionary who turned to Japanese literature and philosophy Social movements and organizing · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 1874–1967
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
Vasily Nikolayevich Kayurov Василий Николаевич Каюров Vyborg Bolshevik organizer who turned the Women's Day protest into the February Revolution Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1876–1936
Boris Mikhailovich Eltsin Борис Михайлович Эльцин A physician of the Left Opposition who shares a name with the first president of Russia Science and technology · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1876–1937
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
Grigory Nikitich Vakulinchuk Григорий Никитич Вакуленчук The Tsentralka sailor whose killing ignited the Potemkin mutiny; his Odessa funeral became a mass revolutionary demonstration Social movements and organizing 1877–1905
Ivan Platonovich Kalyaev Иван Платонович Каляев The poet-bomber who stayed his hand seeing the Grand Duchess and children: the 'ethical terrorist' behind Camus' Les Justes Social movements and organizing · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 1877–1905
Georgy Stepanovich Khrustalev-Nosar Георгий Степанович Носарь A non-party workers' lawyer elected the first chairman of the Petersburg Soviet in 1905 Social movements and organizing · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 1877–1919
Nikolai Ivanovich Muralov Николай Иванович Муралов The revolutionary soldier who founded Post No. 1 at Lenin's Mausoleum Military command · Soviet Union 1877–1937
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
Alfred Rosmer Alfred Rosmer From syndicalism through the Comintern to the Fourth International: a French internationalist across a century of revolution Social movements and organizing · General Confederation of Labour (CGT, France) 1877–1964
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
Sadri Maksudi Садри Максуди Tatar lawyer and Duma deputy who headed the national administration of Idel-Ural Political and party leadership 1878–1957
Afanasi Nikolayevich Matushenko Афанасий Николаевич Матюшенко The torpedo quartermaster who headed the Potemkin mutiny, then was hanged in Sevastopol in 1907 Social movements and organizing 1879–1907
Evgenia Bogdanovna Bosch Евгения Богдановна Бош First woman to lead a Soviet government, between revolution and terminal illness Government and administration · Soviet Ukraine 1879–1925
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
Piotra Krečeŭski Пётра Крэчэўскі Chairman of the Rada of the Belarusian People’s Republic from 1919 until his death, leading it in exile from Prague Legislature and state representation · Belarus state institutions 1879–1928
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
Léon Jouhaux Léon Jouhaux The syndicalist who led the CGT for 31 years, signed the Matignon Agreements and won the Nobel Peace Prize Social movements and organizing · General Confederation of Labour (CGT, France) 1879–1954
Semyon Aronovich Klivansky Семён Аронович Кливанский Menshevik Bundist intellectual who drafted the core of Order No. 1 among the soldiers Social movements and organizing · General Jewish Labour Bund 1879 – 1944 이후
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
Ivan Nikitich Smirnov Иван Никитич Смирнов The Siberian Bolshevik of the Left Opposition Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1881–1936
Ernest Bevin Ernest Bevin A pragmatic statesman who carried trade-union power into postwar diplomacy Social movements and organizing · Labour Party (United Kingdom) 1881–1951
Robert Grimm Robert Grimm Swiss socialist who organised the Zimmerwald anti-war conference of 1915 and chaired the International Socialist Commission Social movements and organizing 1881–1958
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
Vladimir Vladimirovich Mazurin Владимир Владимирович Мазурин Combat commander of the Moscow uprising and founding leader of the Maximalist SRs Political and party leadership · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 1882–1906
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