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{{Infobox person|name=Palmiro Togliatti|image=Palmiro Togliatti.jpg|image_size=200|nationality=Italian|birth_date=26 March 1893|birth_place=Genoa, Italy|death_date=21 August 1964|death_place=Yalta, Ukrainian SSR|death_cause=Cerebral hemorrhage|known=General Secretary of the of Communist Party of Italy.|native_name=|caption=Photo of comrade Togliatti.}}
{{Infobox politician|name=Palmiro Togliatti|image=Palmiro Togliatti.jpg|image_size=200|nationality=Italian|political_orientation=[[Marxism-Leninism]]|political_party=[[Italian Communist Party]]|birth_date=26 March 1893|birth_place=Genoa, [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]]|death_date=21 August 1964|death_place=Yalta, [[Ukrainian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]|death_cause=Cerebral hemorrhage|native_name=|caption=Photo of comrade Togliatti}}


'''Palmiro Togliatti''' was the founder and leader of the [[Italian Communist Party|Communist Party of Italy]].
'''Palmiro Michele Nicola Togliatti''' (26 March 1893 – 21 August 1964) was the founder and leader of the [[Italian Communist Party|Communist Party of Italy]].


== Biography ==
==Early life==
Palmiro Togliatti was born in 1893.<ref>{{Citation|author=P. Togliatti|year=1964|title=Interview with P. Togliatti|chapter=|section=|page=|quote=|pdf=|city=|publisher=Noi Donne|isbn=|doi=|lg=|mia=|title-url=|chapter-url=|trans-title=|trans-lang=}}</ref> In 1914, he joined the [[Italian Socialist Party]] and he helped found the Communist Party of Italy in 1921. After [[Antonio Gramsci]]'s imprisonment, he was elected leader of the party but was exiled to France by [[Benito Mussolini|Mussolini]]. He returned to Italy after Mussolini was overthrown and ran in the 1948 election. The election was rigged by the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]], but Togliatti still managed to get 30% of the vote.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=|date=1948-05-03|title=ITALY: The Battle Continues|url=|newspaper=Time|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823183922/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,798522,00.html|archive-date=2013-08-17|retrieved=}}</ref> He died of natural causes in 1964 and a city in [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russia]] was renamed after him.
Togliatti was born in 1893.<ref>{{Citation|author=P. Togliatti|year=1964|title=Interview with P. Togliatti|chapter=|section=|page=|quote=|pdf=|city=|publisher=Noi Donne|isbn=|doi=|lg=|mia=|title-url=|chapter-url=|trans-title=|trans-lang=}}</ref>


== References ==
==Prewar activism ==
In 1914, Togliatti joined the [[Italian Socialist Party]] and he helped found the Communist Party of Italy in 1921. After [[Antonio Gramsci]]'s imprisonment, he was elected leader of the party but was exiled to [[French Republic (1870–1940)|France]] by [[Benito Mussolini|Mussolini]].
 
== Postwar activism==
Togliatti returned to Italy after Mussolini was overthrown and ran in the 1948 election. The election was rigged by the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]], but Togliatti still managed to get 30% of the vote.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=|date=1948-05-03|title=ITALY: The Battle Continues|url=|newspaper=Time|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823183922/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,798522,00.html|archive-date=2013-08-17|retrieved=}}</ref>
 
In the late 1950s, Togliatti encouraged the communist movement to develop national paths to socialism that were not centered around the Soviet Union.<ref name=":022">{{Citation|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]|year=2017|title=Red Star over the Third World|chapter=Polycentric Communism|page=117|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacecu7gb2ei65us6ip3r2ugcgkblneqcftbm456mb6bzvprkbqk55qm?filename=Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20Red%20Star%20Over%20the%20Third%20World-LeftWord%20Books%20%282018%29.pdf|city=New Delhi|publisher=LeftWord Books}}</ref>
 
He died of natural causes in 1964 and a city in [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russia]] was renamed after him.
 
==References==
[[Category:Communists]]
[[Category:Communists]]
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Latest revision as of 19:00, 18 June 2023

Palmiro Togliatti
Photo of comrade Togliatti
Born26 March 1893
Genoa, Italy
Died21 August 1964
Yalta, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Cause of deathCerebral hemorrhage
NationalityItalian
Political orientationMarxism-Leninism
Political partyItalian Communist Party


Palmiro Michele Nicola Togliatti (26 March 1893 – 21 August 1964) was the founder and leader of the Communist Party of Italy.

Early life[edit | edit source]

Togliatti was born in 1893.[1]

Prewar activism[edit | edit source]

In 1914, Togliatti joined the Italian Socialist Party and he helped found the Communist Party of Italy in 1921. After Antonio Gramsci's imprisonment, he was elected leader of the party but was exiled to France by Mussolini.

Postwar activism[edit | edit source]

Togliatti returned to Italy after Mussolini was overthrown and ran in the 1948 election. The election was rigged by the CIA, but Togliatti still managed to get 30% of the vote.[2]

In the late 1950s, Togliatti encouraged the communist movement to develop national paths to socialism that were not centered around the Soviet Union.[3]

He died of natural causes in 1964 and a city in Russia was renamed after him.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. P. Togliatti (1964). Interview with P. Togliatti. Noi Donne.
  2. ITALY: The Battle Continues (1948-05-03). Time. Archived from the original on 2013-08-17.
  3. Vijay Prashad (2017). Red Star over the Third World: 'Polycentric Communism' (p. 117). [PDF] New Delhi: LeftWord Books.