Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas
Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas | |
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Kapsukas c. 1918 | |
| 1st Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Lithuanian–Byelorussian SSR | |
| In office 27 February 1919 – 19 July 1919 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| 1st Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Lithuanian SSR | |
| In office 8 December 1918 – 27 February 1919 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 April 1880 Vilkaviškis, Congress Poland, Russian Empire |
| Died | 17 February 1935 (aged 54) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery |
| Nationality | Lithuanian |
| Political party | Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (1903–1917) Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (1917–1935) |
| Alma mater | University of Bern |
Vincas Mickevičius, known under his pen name Kapsukas (7 April [O.S. 23 March] 1880 – 17 February 1935), was a Lithuanian communist political activist, publicist, and revolutionary.
As an active member of the Lithuanian National Revival, he wrote for and edited many Lithuanian publications and joined the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party. As his views turned from nationalism to socialism, and then to communism, he became one of the founders and leaders of the Lithuanian Communist Party and headed the short-lived Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic and Lithuanian–Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (Litbel) in 1918–1919. After the fall of these republics, Mickevičius left for Soviet Russia, where he continued to lead the Lithuanian communists and worked for the Communist International (Comintern).