SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Alexander Parvus

1867 - 1924

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Alexander Israel Helphand (born Israel Lazarevich Gelfand, Russian: Израиль Лазаревич Гельфанд; 27 August 1867 – 12 December 1924), better known as Alexander Parvus, was a Russian-born Marxist theorist, journalist, and activist who became a prominent figure in the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Parvus is best known for his collaboration with Leon Trotsky in developing the theory of permanent revolution around 1905, and for his controversial role during World War I. He devised a plan to destabilize the Russian Empire by promoting internal revolution, which he presented to the German government. With German financial support, he established a network to aid the Bolsheviks and is widely remembered for his part in arranging Vladimir Lenin's return to Russia from exile in the "sealed train" in 1917. After the Bolsheviks came to power, Lenin rejected Parvus's request to return to Russia, stating that "the cause of the revolution should not be touched by dirty hands". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Parvus is the 130th most popular social activist (down from 116th in 2024), the 23rd most popular biography from Belarus (up from 24th in 2019) and the most popular Belarusian Social Activist.

Alexander Parvus was a Marxist revolutionary who was most famous for his role in the 1905 Russian Revolution.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Alexander Parvus ranks 130 out of 840. Before him are Catharine MacKinnon, Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad, William Luther Pierce, Susan B. Anthony, Georgy Gapon, and Kang Pan-sok. After him are Steve Biko, Vasil Levski, Bugsy Siegel, Hans Scholl, Stokely Carmichael, and Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Alexander Parvus ranks 34. Before him are Rubén Darío, Kurt Eisner, Percy Fawcett, Ignacy Mościcki, Hector Guimard, and Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. After him are Irving Fisher, Sakichi Toyoda, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Edward B. Titchener, Eugen Sandow, and Antti Aarne. Among people deceased in 1924, Alexander Parvus ranks 24. Before him are Princess Louise of Belgium, Ferruccio Busoni, Ferdinand Cheval, George Mallory, Léon Bakst, and Eleonora Duse. After him are Giacomo Matteotti, Karl Denke, Teófilo Braga, Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr., Paul Natorp, and G. Stanley Hall.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Alexander Parvus ranks 23 out of 368. Before him are Ryszard Kapuściński (1932), Zalman Shazar (1889), Yanka Kupala (1882), Léon Bakst (1866), Ossip Zadkine (1888), and Isser Harel (1912). After him are Pavel Sukhoi (1895), Stanislav Shushkevich (1934), Zhores Alferov (1930), Yakub Kolas (1882), Raphael Lemkin (1900), and Mstislav I of Kiev (1076).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Belarus

Among social activists born in Belarus, Alexander Parvus ranks 1. After him are Abba Kovner (1918), Ignacy Hryniewiecki (1856), Vasily Ignatenko (1961), Tuvia Bielski (1906), Maria Kalesnikava (1982), Roman Protasevich (1995), Valery Levaneuski (1963), Veronika Tsepkalo (1976), Olga Kovalkova (1984), and Nasta Palazhanka (1990).

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