Anatoly Lunacharsky

Anatoly Lunacharsky
Анатолий Луначарский
Lunacharsky in 1925
People's Commissar for Education
In office
26 October 1917 – 12 September 1929
PremierVladimir Lenin
Alexei Rykov
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byAndrei Bubnov
Soviet Minister Plenipotentiary to Spain
In office
20 August 1933 – 26 December 1933
PremierVyacheslav Molotov
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byMarcel Rosenberg
Personal details
BornAnatoly Aleksandrovich Antonov
23 November [O.S. 11 November] 1875
Poltava, Russian Empire
Died26 December 1933(1933-12-26) (aged 58)
PartyRSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1903–1918)
Russian Communist Party (1918–1933)
Alma materUniversity of Zurich
Occupation
  • Politician
  • essayist
  • journalist
Central institution membership
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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 Soviet People's Commissar (minister) of Education, as well as an active playwright, critic, essayist, and journalist throughout his career.