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Jaan Anvelt

1884 - 1937

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Jaan Anvelt (also known by the pseudonyms Eessaare Aadu, Jaan Holm, Jaan Hulmu, Kaarel Maatamees, Onkel Kaak; in Russian Ян Анвельт or Н. Альтъ; 18 April 1884 – 11 December 1937), was an Estonian Bolshevik revolutionary and writer. He served the Russian SFSR, was a leader of the Communist Party of Estonia, the first premier of the Soviet Executive Committee of Estonia, and the chairman of the Council of the Commune of the Working People of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti Töörahva Kommuun). Imprisoned during Joseph Stalin's Great Purge in 1937, he died from the injuries sustained during a beating by Aleksandr Langfang while in NKVD custody. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jaan Anvelt is the 9,404th most popular politician (up from 11,664th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Estonia (up from 83rd in 2019) and the 19th most popular Estonian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jaan Anvelt ranks 9,404 out of 19,576. Before him are Edelmiro Julián Farrell, Djedefhor, Azzone Visconti, Berthold, Margrave of Baden, Prince Paul of Württemberg, and Wu Yi of Shang. After him are Duy Tân, Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Gregory the Patrician, Kebek, Hyon Yong-chol, and Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Jaan Anvelt ranks 84. Before him are Anna Vyrubova, Gustave Garrigou, Josias Braun-Blanquet, Werner Krauss, Billie Burke, and Jules Supervielle. After him are Claude Dornier, Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter, James Alberione, Johannes Heinrich Schultz, Wilhelm Brückner, and Johannes Popitz. Among people deceased in 1937, Jaan Anvelt ranks 74. Before him are Lev Karakhan, Horacio Quiroga, Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse, Josep Comas i Solà, Eero Järnefelt, and André Bessette. After him are Karel Kramář, George Albert Boulenger, Paul Émile Chabas, Ikki Kita, Philip de László, and Evgeny Pashukanis.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Jaan Anvelt ranks 58 out of 351. Before him are Anton Hansen Tammsaare (1878), Karl Ernst Claus (1796), Jaan Kaplinski (1941), Friedrich Akel (1871), Paul Ariste (1905), and Veljo Tormis (1930). After him are Johannes Vares (1890), Ene Ergma (1944), Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven (1914), Lionel Kieseritzky (1806), Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoeveden (1750), and Johann Voldemar Jannsen (1819).

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Among POLITICIANS In Estonia

Among politicians born in Estonia, Jaan Anvelt ranks 19. Before him are Alexander Gorchakov (1798), Neeme Järvi (1937), Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1622), Bernhard Schmidt (1879), Jaan Tõnisson (1868), and Friedrich Akel (1871). After him are Johannes Vares (1890), Ene Ergma (1944), Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoeveden (1750), Johann Voldemar Jannsen (1819), Jüri Uluots (1890), and Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg (1794).

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