Alexandra Kollontai

Alexandra Kollontai

(1872–1952) revolutionary Russian Empire

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Alexandra Kollontai (1872–1952) was a Russian Empire revolutionary.

About Alexandra Kollontai

Alexandra Mikhailovna Kollontai was a Russian revolutionary, politician, diplomat and Marxist theoretician. Serving as People's Commissar for Welfare in Vladimir Lenin's government in 1917–1918, she was a highly prominent woman within the Bolshevik party. She was the first woman in history to be a cabinet minister, and one of the first women to be appointed as a diplomatic representative of a modern state, and the first to be promoted to the rank of ambassador.

Notable works:

The workers' opposition

Awards:

Order of the Aztec Eagle|Order of Lenin|Order of the Red Banner of Labour|Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav

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