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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 wider world
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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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Victor Mikhailovich Chernov Виктор Михайлович Чернов
Founder and chief theoretician of the Socialist Revolutionary Party
Political and party leadership · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR)
1873–1952
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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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Vladimir Gustavovich Groman Владимир Густавович Громан
The Menshevik statistician who designed Gosplan's early control figures and balance method, leading voice of genetic planning
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1874–1940
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Arthur Crispien Arthur Crispien
German social-democratic politician and co-chair of the Independent Social Democratic Party.
Political and party leadership · Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
1875–1946
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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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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
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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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Angelica Isaakovna Balabanova Анжелика Исааковна Балабанова
The Comintern's first secretary, who taught Mussolini and branded him traitor
Political and party leadership · Comintern
1878–1965
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Boris Savinkov Борис Савинков
Terrorist, Counter-Revolutionary: the Black Horse of the Revolution
Political and party leadership · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR)
1879–1925
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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 state institutions
1879–1947
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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
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Mikhail Isaakovich Liber Михаил Исаакович Либер
A Menshevik who defended the revolution against its Bolshevik direction
Political and party leadership · General Jewish Labour Bund
1880–1937
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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 state institutions
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 state institutions
1880–1951
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Vladimir Mikhailovich Zenzinov Владимир Михайлович Зензинов
A Socialist Revolutionary who defended democratic socialism through exile and testimony
Literature and arts · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR)
1880–1953
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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
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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 state institutions
1881–1956
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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
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Irakli Georgievich Tsereteli ირაკლი წერეთელი
Architect of Revolutionary Defencism and the man to whom Lenin replied, 'There is such a party!'
Political and party leadership · Mensheviks (RSDLP)
1881–1959
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Väinö Alfred Tanner Väinö Alfred Tanner
The Social Democratic realist who faced Stalin as Finland's Winter War foreign minister, rising from the cooperative movement
Political and party leadership · Social Democratic Party of Finland
1881–1966
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Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky Александр Фёдорович Керенский
The orator ground away between revolution and counter-revolution
Government and administration · Russian Empire state institutions
1881–1970
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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
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Abram Rafailovich Gots Абрам Рафаилович Гоц
SR Combat Organization veteran who chaired the first-convocation VTsIK in 1917
Political and party leadership · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR)
1882–1940
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Nikolai Nikolaevich Sukhanov Николай Николаевич Суханов
Author of 'Notes on the Revolution' and agrarian economist in whose apartment the Bolshevik CC voted for armed uprising
Scholarship and theory · Mensheviks (RSDLP)
1882–1940
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Paul Levi Paul Levi
From Rosa Luxemburg's lawyer to KPD leader, his 'anti-putschism' took on Comintern adventurism
Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Germany (KPD)
1883–1930
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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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Vladimir Savelyevich Voitinsky Владимир Савельевич Войтинский
A social democrat who changed course between revolution and economics
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1885–1960
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Alexander Stepanovich Antonov Александр Степанович Антонов
The man whose name became the rebellion: SR leader of the Tambov 'Antonovshchina,' the largest peasant uprising against Bolshevik rule
Social movements and organizing · Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries
1889–1922
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Ludovic-Oscar Frossard Ludovic-Oscar Frossard
SFIO general secretary who led the Tours vote to join the Comintern, became the first PCF general secretary and left in 1923
Political and party leadership · French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO)
1889–1946
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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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Pitirim Alexandrovich Sorokin Питирим Александрович Сорокин
SR leader imprisoned by both Tsar and Bolsheviks, who became founder of Harvard's sociology department
Scholarship and theory · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR)
1889–1968
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Fanny Efimovna Kaplan Фанни Ефимовна Каплан
The SR activist who shot Lenin, believing him a 'traitor to the revolution'
Social movements and organizing · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR)
1890–1918
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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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Béla Bacsó Bacsó Béla
Socialist writer and Népszava journalist murdered with Béla Somogyi in 1920 for writing against the White Terror
Ideology and propaganda
1891–1920
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Alexandros Svolos Αλέξανδρος Σβώλος
A socialist constitutional scholar who sought to ground sovereignty in the people
Law and justice
1892–1956
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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 state institutions
1892–1956
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E. H. Carr E. H. Carr
Author of the 14-volume History of Soviet Russia; diagnosed a "latent incompatibility" between NEP markets and planning
Scholarship and theory
1892–1982
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Ernst Toller Ernst Toller
German Jewish Expressionist playwright who took part in the Bavarian revolution
Literature and arts · Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD)
1893–1939
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Herbert Vere Evatt Herbert Vere Evatt
Australia's Foreign Minister who led the small and medium powers' fight against the great-power veto at San Francisco
Political and party leadership · Australian Labor Party (ALP)
1894–1965
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Friedrich Ebert Jr. Friedrich Ebert junior
A social democrat who moved from municipal politics into state power amid Germany's division
Political and party leadership · Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1894–1979
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Kurt Schumacher Kurt Schumacher
SPD leader who survived ten years in Nazi camps and, after the war, refused the merger with the Communists
Political and party leadership · Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
1895–1952
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Marceau Pivert Marceau Pivert
The Socialist left's tribune who wrote 'Everything is possible', the Popular Front's left frontier
Political and party leadership · French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO)
1895–1958
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Erich Gniffke Erich Gniffke
SPD organiser in the Soviet zone who signed the merger with the KPD, then left the SED in 1948 and fled west
Social movements and organizing · Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
1895–1964