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People of the Revolution and the USSR
Activity
Affiliation
Position(set)
Citizenship
Background
Era
People of the Soviet Union
People of the Chinese revolution and the People’s Republic
People of the wider world
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Nikolai Yakovlevich Danilevsky Николай Яковлевич Данилевский
Pan-Slavist philosopher who theorized cultural-historical types to argue for Russia's civilizational distinctiveness
Scholarship and theory
1822–1885
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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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Sun Yat-sen 孙中山
Founding father of the Republic of China who framed the Three Principles of the People and the first united front
Political and party leadership · Kuomintang
1866–1925
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Alikhan Bukeikhanov Әлихан Бөкейхан
Kazakh politician who founded the Alash party and led the Alash Orda government in 1917–1920
Political and party leadership · Constitutional Democratic Party (Kadets)
1866–1937
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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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Stanisław Grabski Stanisław Grabski
An Endecja theorist who pressed for a Polish nation-state
Political and party leadership · Polish Socialist Party (PPS)
1871–1949
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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 state institutions
1874–1945
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Ion Pelivan Ion Pelivan
Veteran of the Bessarabian national movement who, as foreign minister of the Moldavian Democratic Republic, championed union with Romania
Diplomacy and international organization
1876–1954
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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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Sadri Maksudi Садри Максуди
Tatar lawyer and Duma deputy who headed the national administration of Idel-Ural
Political and party leadership
1878–1957
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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
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Enver Pasha İsmail Enver Paşa
War minister among the Three Pashas who took the Ottomans into the war and was a main perpetrator of the Armenian genocide
Military command · Turkey state institutions
1881–1922
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Gallipoli commander who led the national movement and founded the Republic of Turkey as its first president
Political and party leadership · Turkey state institutions
1881–1938
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Kâzım Karabekir Kâzım Karabekir
Eastern Front commander of the Turkish War of Independence who invaded Armenia in 1920 and imposed the Treaty of Alexandropol
Military command · Turkey state institutions
1882–1948
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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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Ivan Alexandrovich Ilyin Иван Александрович Ильин
Hegelian legal philosopher who deemed October a 'national catastrophe' and became a White émigré ideologue
Law and justice
1883–1954
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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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Mammad Amin Rasulzade Məhəmməd Əmin Rəsulzadə
Musavat leader who headed the Azerbaijani National Council that declared the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1918
Political and party leadership
1884–1955
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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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Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Endre
National radical politician who denounced the Novi Sad massacre in parliament and was executed for preparing an anti-Nazi uprising
Legislature and state representation · Hungary state institutions
1886–1944
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Cafer Seydahmet Cafer Seydamet
Crimean Tatar politician who ran the military and foreign affairs of the Crimean People’s Republic and led the national movement in exile
Military command
1889–1960
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Mustafa Shokay Мустафа Шокай
Kazakh nationalist who led the Kokand Autonomy and dreamed of an independent Turkestan
Political and party leadership
1890–1941
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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 state institutions
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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Gavrilo Princip Гаврило Принцип
Young Bosnia member who shot dead Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo in 1914
Social movements and organizing · Independent activity
1894–1918
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Kazys Škirpa Kazys Škirpa
Lithuanian officer and envoy in Berlin who founded the Lithuanian Activist Front behind the June Uprising of 1941
Diplomacy and international organization · Lithuania state institutions
1895–1979
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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 state institutions
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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Zhang Xueliang 张学良
The “Young Marshal” who detained Chiang Kai-shek at Xi’an and opened the way to the second united front
Military command · Beiyang government and warlords
1901–2001
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Jonas Žemaitis Jonas Žemaitis
Officer who founded the Union of Lithuanian Freedom Fighters in 1949 and led the partisan resistance as its chairman
Military command
1909–1954
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Stepan Bandera Степан Андрійович Бандера
Ukrainian nationalist politician and leader of the OUN-B.
Political and party leadership
1909–1959
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Adolfas Ramanauskas Adolfas Ramanauskas
Partisan commander “Vanagas” who led the Union of Lithuanian Freedom Fighters from 1952, the last commander to be captured
Military command
1918–1957
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Juozas Lukša Juozas Lukša
Lithuanian partisan leader who crossed the Iron Curtain in 1947 to seek Western support and was killed by the MGB after returning
Military command
1921–1951
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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 state institutions
1963–