Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas

Lithuanian politician

Date of Birth: 07-Apr-1880

Place of Birth: Vilkaviškis, Marijampolė County, Lithuania

Date of Death: 17-Feb-1935

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Vincas Mickevicius (Mickiewicz), known under his pen name Kapsukas (7 April [O.S.
23 March] 1880 – 17 February 1935), was a Lithuanian communist political activist and revolutionary.
As an active member of the Lithuanian National Revival, he wrote for and edited many Lithuanian publications and joined the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party.
As his views turned from socialism to communism, he became one of the founders and leaders of the Lithuanian Communist Party and headed the short-lived Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic and Lithuanian–Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (Litbel) in 1918–19.
After the failure of these republics, Mickevicius left for Soviet Russia, where he continued to lead Lithuanian communists and worked for the Communist International (Comintern).