Anatoly Lunacharsky
Anatoly Vasilyevich Lunacharsky (Russian: Анато́лий Васи́льевич Лунача́рский, born Anatoly Aleksandrovich Antonov; 23 November [O.S. 11 November] 1875 – 26 December 1933) was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and the first Bolshevik Soviet People's Commissar (Narkompros) responsible for the Ministry of Education as well as an active playwright, critic, essayist, and journalist throughout his career.
Anatoly Lunacharsky | |
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Анатолий Луначарский | |
Lunacharsky in 1925 | |
| People's Commissar for Education | |
| In office 26 October 1917 – September 1929 | |
| Premier | Vladimir Lenin Alexei Rykov |
| Preceded by | None (position established) |
| Succeeded by | Andrei Bubnov |
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| Born | Anatoly Aleksandrovich Antonov 23 November [O.S. 11 November] 1875 Poltava, Russian Empire |
| Died | 26 December 1933 (aged 58) Menton, Alpes-Maritimes, France |
| Political party | RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1903–1918) Russian Communist Party (1918–1933) |
| Alma mater | University of Zurich |
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