# Alexandra Kollontai

> She was the first woman ever to serve as a cabinet minister — anywhere — and later the first to hold the rank of ambassador. But Alexandra Kollontai's real collision with history came in 1917, when she voted for armed uprising and helped bring down a government, then tried to steer the revolution toward women's liberation before the party ground her down.

*Soviet diplomat (1872-1952)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/alexandra-kollontai

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Public Official
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 1872-03-19
- **Died:** 1952-03-09
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

The daughter of an Imperial Russian Army general, Kollontai turned radical in the 1890s and joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1899, initially siding with the Mensheviks against Lenin. Exiled in 1908, she toured Europe and the U.S., broke with the Mensheviks in 1915, and threw in with the Bolsheviks. After the February Revolution ousted Nicholas II, she returned to Russia, voted on the Central Committee for the October uprising, and became People's Commissar for Social Welfare — the first woman cabinet minister in history. She resigned over the Brest-Litovsk treaty, then in 1919 co-founded the Zhenotdel, the women's department aimed at raising the status of Soviet women, emerging as a key figure in Marxist feminism. Her outspoken criticism of party bureaucracy led her to the Workers' Opposition in 1920; she was defeated, sidelined, and nearly expelled. From 1922 she was posted abroad — Norway, Mexico, Sweden — promoted to ambassador in 1943, and retired in 1945. She died in Moscow in 1952.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 66.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 15.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 24.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 8.2 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 65.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1141806/ (@nm1141806)

## Topics
#Politicians, #Designer, #Literature, #Politics, #Diplomacy, #19th Century

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- [Alexandra Kollontajová](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Kollontajov%C3%A1)
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- [Aleksandra Kollontaj](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandra_Kollontaj)
- [Alexandra Michailowna Kollontai](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Michailowna_Kollontai)
- [Aleksandra Kollontay](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandra_Kollontay)
- [Αλεξάνδρα Κολλοντάι](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%BE%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%B1_%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%B9)
- [Aleksandra Miĥajlovna Kollontaj](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandra_Mi%C4%A5ajlovna_Kollontaj)
- [Aleksandra Kolontái](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandra_Kolont%C3%A1i)
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- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/2729919)

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