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1893 - 1953

Grigori Voitinsky

Bolshevik Comintern official who was sent to China in 1920 as a senior advisor to contact the most prominent Chinese communists, just before the formation of the Communist Party of China.

The process of forming the Communist Party of China can be mostly attributed to his influence.

Fun Fact:

Grigori Voitinsky is considered one of the founders of Soviet Sinology, and wrote several books about contemporary Chinese politics. He died in 1953 during a failed surgical operation.

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Sources:

Grigori Voitinsky – Wikipedia

“The Formation of the Chinese Communist Party” – Ishikawa Yoshihiro (Translated) via Columbia University Press

"Biography - Pseudology.org (Russian)