Angelica Balabanoff
Angelica Balabanoff | |
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1920 portrait | |
| Born | Anzhelika Isaakovna Roizman August 4, 1878 Chernigov, Russian Empire |
| Died | November 25, 1965 (aged 87) Rome, Italy |
| Other names | Angelica Balabanov, Angelica Balabanova, Anželika Balabanova |
| Occupations | Activist, secretary of the Comintern |
| Political party | PSI (1900–1930; 1945–1947) PSIm (1930–1945) PSDI (1947–1965) |
| Other political affiliations | Bolshevik (1917–1922) |
Angelica Balabanoff (also Balabanov or Balabanova; Russian: Анжелика Балабанова, romanized: Anzhelika Balabanova; 4 August 1878 – 25 November 1965) was a Russian-Italian communist and social democratic activist of Jewish origin. She served as secretary of the Comintern from 1919 to 1920, and later became a political party leader in Italy.