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Memorial Plaque to Béla Kun, Perm

Mnavi

A plaque on the Perm city building marking a 1922 speech by Béla Kun, documenting his activity as a Soviet party official after fleeing Hungary.

This plaque documents Kun's activity as a Communist Party official in Soviet Russia after fleeing Hungary.

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Photo of a dark memorial plaque mounted on a pinkish-red building wall, with raised Cyrillic lettering in several lines of text. The plaque text commemorates a 27 June 1922 joint plenum session where Béla Kun spoke.
Memorial plaque commemorating Béla Kun's 1922 speech, Perm city hall building.

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What it is

A dark memorial plaque mounted on a building in Perm, Russia, made by the photographer Mnavi. Its raised Cyrillic lettering records that on 27 June 1922, Béla Kun spoke at a joint plenum of the Perm regional party committee and executive committee, describing him as a member of the Urals Bureau of the Communist Party and a prominent figure of the Hungarian and international labour movement.

Why it matters

After the fall of the Hungarian Soviet Republic, Kun fled to Soviet Russia and continued working as a Communist Party functionary. This plaque shows how his career continued within the Soviet system, far from Hungary, and how local institutions chose to commemorate his visits.

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  • Why would a Soviet city want to mark a visit by a foreign revolutionary?
  • What does the plaque's wording tell us about how Kun was officially described?
  • What does the plaque leave out about his later fate?

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