Anatoly Lunacharsky
Anatoly Lunacharsky | |
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Анатолий Луначарский | |
Lunacharsky in 1925 | |
| People's Commissar for Education | |
| In office 26 October 1917 – 12 September 1929 | |
| Premier | Vladimir Lenin Alexei Rykov |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Andrei Bubnov |
| Soviet Minister Plenipotentiary to Spain | |
| In office 20 August 1933 – 26 December 1933 | |
| Premier | Vyacheslav Molotov |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Marcel Rosenberg |
| Personal details | |
| 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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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 Soviet People's Commissar (minister) of Education, as well as an active playwright, critic, essayist, and journalist throughout his career.