Top 10 People of World War I and the Russian Revolution
1. Georges Clemenceau
2. David Lloyd George
3. Nicholas II
4. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
5. Leon Trotsky
6. Sigmund Freud
7. Woodrow Wilson
8. Gavrilo Princip
9. Kaiser Wilhelm II
10. Alexander Kerensky
- Georges Clemenceau was a French Prime Minister for two terms in the early 1900’s, and was Prime Minister during World War I.
- 1841-1929
- Clemenceau was described as being a dictator like leader; he would jail protestors and any person to suggest the war should stop, he wouldn’t accept defeat.
2. David Lloyd George
- David Lloyd George was the Liberal prime minister of Britain during the First World War.
- 1863-1945
- David Lloyd George was one of the major players in the Treaty of Versaille and trying to punish Germany; he wanted to, “make them pay”.
3. Nicholas II
- Nicholas II was the Tsar of Russia during the First World War who abdicated after the February Revolution.
- 1868-1918
- Nicholas declared war on Germany and Austria, was responsible for the Russian collapse as a major European power at the time, and was the last Tsar of Russia.
4. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
- Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian revolutionary and Marxian Socialist who led the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.
- 1870-1924
- Lenin advocated for violent revolution in the defeat of capitalism, a socialist revolution in Russia, and human leadership in order to make drastic changes; his twist on Marxism changed other revolutions around the world.
5. Leon Trotsky
- Leon Trotsky was a radical Marxist in Russia who helped the Bolshevik power.
- 1879-1940
- Leon Trotsky assisted Lenin and the Bolsheviks and helped them gain power over the Petrograd Soviet by tricking them into making him the leader of the military affairs.
6. Sigmund Freud
- Sigmund Freud was a Viennese psychoanalyst famous for the development of psychoanalysis.
- 1856-1939
- Freud discovered the three parts of the human conscious (Id, Ego, Superego), and studied psychosexual stages in human development.
7. Woodrow Wilson
- Woodrow Wilson was the President of the United States during World War I.
- 1856-1924
- He attempted to mediate the Central Powers and the Allies, and is significant during that time for proposing the Fourteen Points.
8. Gavrilo Princip
- Gavrilo Princip was a Yugoslavian nationalist and member of the group Young Bosnia.
- 1894-1918
- He is responsible for sparking the First World War after murdering the archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife.
9. Kaiser Wilhelm II
- Kaiser Wilhelm II was the Austro-Hungarian Emperor during World War I.
- 1859-1941
- He made a famous mistake of dismissing Bismarck, which led to the fall of the Allied System.
10. Alexander Kerensky
- Alexander Kerensky was the socialist leader of the Petrograd Soviet and was the prime minister in Russia for a short period
- 1881-1970
- Because he made the war a number one priority, he was less popular, and was overthrown by the Bolsheviks after he assigned Trotsky as the leader of the Army.