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Rákosi, Mátyás, 1892-1971

LC control no.n 89658715
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Personal name headingRákosi, Mátyás, 1892-1971
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Variant(s)Rosenfeld, Mátyás, 1892-1971
Other standard no.Q207631
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Associated countryHungary
Birth date1892-03-09
Death date1971-02-05
Place of birthAda (Serbia)
Place of deathNizhniĭ Novgorod (Russia)
AffiliationMagyar Dolgozók Pártja
Profession or occupationPoliticians Communists
Found inMagyar hétköznapok, 1988: t.p. (Rákosi Mátyás)
Új magy. lex., 1961 (Rákosi Mátyás; b. 1892; 1st secrt. of MDP, KV, 1945-1956)
Magy. életr. lex., 1981 (Rákosi Mátyás; b. 3-9-1892, d. 2-5-1971 in Gorkij, Sov. Union)
Before the uprising, 2022: CIP galley (Mátyás Rákosi; leader of the Hungarian Communists from 1948 to 1956; of Jewish descent; changed his name from Mátyás Rosenfeld to Mátyás Rákosi when he was 12 years old)
Wikipédia (Hungarian), September 1, 2022 (Rákosi Mátyás; until 1903 Rosenfeld; born March 9, 1892 in Ada; died February 5, 1971 in Gorky; Hungarian communist leader; general secretary of the Central Committee of the Hungarian Worker's Party; associated with the darkest period of Stalinism in Hungary; nicknamed "Stalin's aptest pupil", he coined the phrase "salami tactics" to describe his method of eliminating political opponents one at a time; in July 1956 was forced to step down from his posts and leave Hungary for the Soviet Union, where he died)
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