Alexander Danieliuk-Stefanski
Names
Likely born as Aleksander Danieliuk,[1] the activist changed his name to Stefański, a variant which he used during the time he was active in the Second Polish Republic. Occasionally referred to as Ștefanski by Romanian-language sources, he also used pseudonyms Gorn (or Horn), Edmund, Olek and Grigorescu.[1] In Romanian historiography, he also known as Alexander Ștefanski-Gorn[2] or Alexandru Ștefanski.[3]
Biography
Of probable
Around the time of the Romanian Communist Party's Fifth Congress in 1931,
This was an attempt to resolve factional disputes as well as assert Stalin's control over the local party.
The PCdR's representative to the thirteenth Executive Comintern Committee session,
Stefanski was deposed by Stalin and the Comintern in 1936, after a new move to ensure the PCdR's adherence to their policies, being succeeded by Boris Stefanov.[11] He was executed in the Soviet Union, a victim of the Great Purge.[5][12] Several of his close Romanian allies were also killed during those years, with notable exceptions such as Pătrășcanu and Vanda Nicolski.[13] The former rose to preeminence in Romania after 1944, while the latter became a collaborator of PCdR activist Ana Pauker during World War II.[14]
Alexander Stefanski was
Notes
- ^ ISBN 90-04-09320-6
- ^ Cioroianu, p.41; Tismăneanu, passim
- ^ a b c d Tismăneanu, p.95
- ^ ISBN 3-486-56665-2
- ^ a b c d (in Polish) "Danieluk, Aleksander (1897-1937)", entry in the Encyklopedia Interia
- ^ Cioroianu, p.41; Fehér et al., p.136; Tismăneanu, p.94-95
- ^ Tismăneanu, p.95, 318
- ^ Fehér et al., p.137; Tismăneanu, p.95
- ^ Cioroianu, p.41-43
- ^ a b Tismăneanu, p.318
- ^ Tismăneanu, p.95-97
- ^ Cioroianu, p.43; Tismăneanu, p.123
- ^ Tismăneanu, p.123, 318
- ^ Tismăneanu, p.123
References
- ISBN 973-669-175-6
- Ferenc Fehér, Andrew Arato, Crisis and Reform in Eastern Europe, ISBN 0-88738-186-3
- ISBN 0-520-23747-1)
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