- Name
- Béla Kun
- Born
- 20 February 1886; Lele, Transylvania (YIVO); Szilágycseh is an alternative reported with uncertainty by Vörös
- Died
- 29 August 1938, Moscow (date and place marked uncertain in Vörös; execution in 1938 established by YIVO)
- Aliases
- Bela Kun (printed credit); Béla Kohn (original name); Kolozsváry Blasius (pseudonym)
- Position in 1919–1920
- Communist politician; foreign-affairs commissar and leading figure of the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919; subsequently an exile in Austria and active in Soviet Russia
- Affiliations
- Hungarian Social Democratic Party (earlier); Communist Party of Hungary; Communist International
- Council delegate
- unknown
- Bio
- Kun moved from social democracy to Bolshevism during his wartime captivity in Russia. He returned to Hungary in 1918 and became a leading organizer of its communist movement. In 1919 he held office in the Hungarian Soviet Republic, including the foreign-affairs commissariat. Following its defeat he took refuge in Austria and returned to Soviet Russia in 1920. He subsequently worked in the Communist International and participated in the failed German March Action of 1921.
- Articles
- 1
Indexed full catalog cards · Issues I.1, I.2, I.3, I.4, I.5, I.6, I.7, I.8, I.9, I.10, I.11, I.12, I.13, I.14, I.15, I.16, I.17, I.18, I.19, I.20, I.21, I.22, I.23, I.24, I.25, I.26, I.27, I.28, I.29, I.30, I.31, I.32, I.33, I.34, I.35, I.36, I.37, I.38, I.39, I.40, I.41, I.42, I.43, II.1, II.2, II.3, II.4, II.5, II.6. Coauthored cards count once for each named author. Serialized installments are counted as separate issue cards.
- Brief records / quotations
- 0 · Separate from the Articles count.
- Other Notes
- L’Ordine Nuovo I.25 credits a lecture extract to Bela Kun, dated 14 May, on unions and the party. Government office does not establish a factory-council delegation. Birthplace and precise death details vary in the cited biographical reference works; the uncertainties are retained. Arrested in 1937 and executed in 1938 during the Soviet purges.
L’Ordine Nuovo / Contributor
Béla Kun
Sources
Biographical research checked 2026-10-15. Printed signatures and contribution details follow the indexed facsimiles and the catalog’s attribution notes. “unknown” means not securely established; advocacy of councils does not establish service as an elected delegate.