UDC

327.323.31:94(4)

DOI

10.37482/2687-1505-V176

Authors

Il’ya A. Suzdal’tsev
School No. 1381; ul. Kominterna 52, Moscow, 129346, Russian Federation;
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5204-0117 e-mail: ialoko90@mail.ru

Abstract

This article examines the biography of the Hungarian communist Endre Rudnyánszky, one of the leaders of the Comintern in 1919–1921 and member of the Presidium of the Executive Committee of the Communist International (ECCI). The paper is based on the publications of foreign historians (mainly Hungarian): György Borsányi, György Milei, Józsa Antal, Tibor Kosztolánczy, Erika Nemeskéri, Levente Sipos, Lajos Terbe, Miklós Mesterházi, Pierre Broué (France), etc. In addition, the author turned to the reminiscences of Rudnyánszky’s contemporaries, primarily his fellow party members Mátyás Rákosi and Sándor Szerényi, which shed some light on his professional qualities and certain character traits. The novelty of the research lies in the fact that these materials have not previously been used in Russian publications, although these are quite valuable sources as they fill serious gaps in Rudnyánszky’s biography. The paper dwells on the main stages in his career: life before the start of World War I; activities in Soviet Russia after his liberation from captivity, before the founding of the Comintern; work in the Comintern; disappearance, life in Romania followed by the return to the USSR, arrest, exile and release, as well as issues related to these events. The author concludes that Rudnyánszky’s biography remains one of the least studied among those of the high-ranking Comintern employees.

Keywords

Endre Rudnyánszky, Executive Committee of the Communist International, Party of Communists in Hungary, Béla Kun, Mátyás Rákosi, N.I. Bukharin, 1st Congress of the Comintern, 2nd Congress of the Comintern

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