Petros Rousos ( el, Πέτρος Ρούσος; 1908–1992), born Petros Polychronidis (Πέτρος Πολυχρονίδης), was a

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communist politician, author and journalist. Born in

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and spending his youth in Russia, on his arrival in Greece in 1932 he quickly climbed the ranks of the Communist Party of Greece, becoming director of the party newspaper, '' Rizospastis''. Imprisoned by the

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, he escaped in 1941 and played a leading role in the Greek Resistance in the ranks of the National Liberation Front and as a member of the Communist Party politburo. During the

Greek Civil War The Greek Civil War ( el, ο Eμφύλιος �όλεμος}, ''o Emfýlios'' 'Pólemos'' "the Civil War") took place from 1946 to 1949. It was mainly fought against the established Kingdom of Greece, which was supported by the United Kingdom and ...

, he served as the Foreign Minister of the communist-led

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. After the communists' defeat in 1949, he remained in Soviet exile until 1974, when he returned to Greece, where he remained until his death. He was married to another leading communist politician,

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, but distanced himself from her in 1949, when she criticized Party chairman Nikos Zachariadis.

Works

* ''Marxism-Leninism, the worldview of the proletariat'' (''Μαρξισμός – Λενινισμός, η κοσμοθεωρία του προλεταριάτου''), 1933. * ''Dimitris Glinos, the life of the thinker and fighter of the Modern Greek Renaissance'' (''Δημήτρης Γληνός, η πορεία του διανοητή-αγωνιστή της Νεοελληνικής Αναγέννησης'') 1943. * ''Questions of our History: Formation of the Greek nation'' (''Ζητήματα της Ιστορίας μας: Διαμόρφωση του ελληνικού έθνους''), 1955. * ''Reference aid for a new history of Greece: Turkish and Venetian rule'' (''Βοήθημα νέας ιστορίας της Ελλάδας: Τουρκοκρατία-Βενετοκρατία''), 1958. * ''The October Revolution and Greece'' (''Η Οχτωβριανή Επανάσταση και η Ελλάδα''), 1967. * ''Of Youth, tales for the youth'' (''Της νιότης, αφηγήματα για τη νεολαία''), 1972. * ''The Great Quinquennium, 1940-1945'' (''Η Μεγάλη Πενταετία, 1940-1945''), 1976. 1908 births 1992 deaths 20th-century Greek politicians 20th-century Greek writers Communist Party of Greece politicians Greek newspaper editors Escapees from Greek detention National Liberation Front (Greece) members People of the Greek Civil War Prisoners and detainees of Greece People from Tekirdağ Province Exiles of the Greek Civil War in the Soviet Union People from Adrianople vilayet Communist University of the Toilers of the East alumni Soviet emigrants to Greece {{Greece-bio-stub