Anatoly Lunacharsky

1875 - 1933

country of citizenship: Russian Empire, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Soviet Union

languages spoken, written or signed: Russian

occupation: playwright, politician, writer, diplomat, journalist, actor, philosopher, literary critic, screenwriter

position held: People's Commissariat for Education, Member of the Russian Constituent Assembly, ambassador, Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Spain

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 Bolshevik Soviet People's Commissar (Narkompros) responsible for the Ministry of Education as well as an active playwright, critic, essayist and journalist throughout his career. Source: Wikipedia (en)