swap_horiz Sofia Perovskaya Alternatives

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Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, known as Mahatma Gandhi, led India’s struggle for independence from British rule. His philos...

India Organizer 20TH Century Nonviolent

9.8 Brilliant

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Simón Bolívar

Simón Bolívar was a 19th-century general and revolutionary instrumental in achieving independence for Venezuela and othe...

19TH Century General Venezuela Independence

9.4 Excellent

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José de San Martín

José de San Martín was a 19th-century military leader instrumental in South American independence movements. He spearhea...

19TH Century General Argentina Independence

9.2 Excellent

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Giuseppe Garibaldi

Giuseppe Garibaldi was a nineteenth-century Italian general and nationalist leader. His leadership during the 1860 Exped...

Italian Italy 19TH Century General

9.0 Excellent

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Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri

Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri was an Algerian Islamic scholar, Sufi leader, and military commander who played a central role...

19TH Century Emir Anti Colonialism Algerian Resistance

8.9 Great

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Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was a Roman Catholic priest and a key leader of the Mexican War of Independence. On September...

19TH Century Priest Insurgency Mexican Independence

8.8 Great

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William Lloyd Garrison

William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer who became one of the most...

19TH Century Journalism Abolitionism United States

8.7 Great

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Mikhail Bakunin

Mikhail Bakunin was a prominent Russian revolutionary theorist and one of the foundational figures of collectivist anarc...

Russia 19TH Century Anarchist Theorist

8.2 Great

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Peter Kropotkin

Peter Kropotkin was a Russian geographer, naturalist, revolutionary, and major theorist of anarchist communism. In Mutua...

Russia 19TH Century Mutual Aid Anarchist

8.1 Great

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Vasil Levski

Vasil Levski was a Bulgarian revolutionary and national hero who played a crucial role in the country's struggle for ind...

Organizer 19TH Century Bulgarian Bulgaria

8.0 Great

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Alexander Herzen

Alexander Herzen was a Russian writer, political thinker, and revolutionary who is often referred to as the "father of R...

Russia Russian 19TH Century Writer

7.8 Good

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Manuela Sáenz

Manuela Sáenz was an Ecuadorian revolutionary and a prominent figure in the South American wars of independence against...

Organizer 19TH Century Independence Ecuador

7.7 Good

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Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez

Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez was a participant in the conspiracy that helped initiate the Mexican War of Independence from...

Organizer 19TH Century Mexico Independence

7.6 Good

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Gregoria de Jesús

Gregoria de Jesús was a Filipino revolutionary who played a crucial role in the Philippine Revolution against Spanish co...

Organizer 19TH Century Katipunan Philippine Revolution

7.6 Good

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Gotse Delchev

Gotse Delchev (1872–1903) was a Bulgarian revolutionary and a leading figure in the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revol...

Organizer 19TH Century Ottoman Macedonian

7.3 Good

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Sophia Perovskaya

Sophia Perovskaya was a Russian revolutionary and a leading member of Narodnaya Volya, an organization that sought to ov...

Russian 19TH Century Feminist Martyr

6.8 Fair

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Vera Figner

Vera Figner (1852-1942) was a Russian revolutionary and member of the executive committee of Narodnaya Volya, a clandest...

Russia Organizer 19TH Century Populist

6.7 Fair

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Vera Zasulich

Vera Zasulich was a Russian revolutionary associated first with populism and later with Marxism. In 1878 she shot Fyodor...

Russia Russian 19TH Century Marxist

6.6 Fair

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Maria Spiridonova

Maria Spiridonova was a Russian revolutionary and a leading member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party. In 1906 she ass...

Russia Organizer 20TH Century Socialist Revolutionary

6.6 Fair

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Sergey Nechayev

Sergey Nechayev was a Russian revolutionary associated with the radical underground movement of the 1860s. He is best kn...

Russia 19TH Century Radical Nihilist

5.5 Mediocre