Enrique Líster (1907, Ameneiro (A Coruña) - 1994, Madrid) was a Spanish communist politician and army official. In 1925 he joined the Communist Party of Spain (PCE). His involvement with the revolutionary movement forced his exile until 1931, when the Second Spanish Republic began. Between 1932 and 1935 Líster received training in the Frunze Military Academy, one of the most respected in the former USSR, and as the Spanish Civil War started, he joined the Republican Army. As a high-rank Republican Army official, Líster was instrumental in the defense of Madrid and other important military actions, and he is widely regarded as a war hero for the Republican cause. After the end of the Civil War, Líster took refuge in Moscow, later fighting in the World War II as a Soviet Army general. In 1973 he split from the PCE and founded the Stalinist Spanish Communist Workers' Party (PCOE). A catalyst for the split was the condemnation by the PCE of the Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia in 1968. Líster returned to Spain in 1977, after General Franco's death, and rejoined the PCE during the Spanish transition to democracy. He died in 1994. Líster wrote to books about his personal experiences in the Spanish Civil War, Nuestra guerra (1966) and Memorias de un luchador (1977). 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Tower of Hercules View from the Tower of Hercules A Coruña (Galician name, also known in English as Corunna; in Spanish as La Coruña) is a Galician city, in north-western Spain at 43° 22′ 0″ N 8° 22′ 60″ W. It is the capital of A Coru... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Plaza de Cibeles (Cibeles square) and the Palacio de Comunicaciones (Communications Palace) Coat of arms. ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... Categories: Communist parties | Spanish political parties ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Flag of the Second Spanish Republic The Second Spanish Republic (1931 – 1939) was the second period in Spanish history in which the election of both the positions of Head of State and Head of government were in the hands of the people. ... There were a number of military academies in Soviet Union of different specialties. ... Spanish Civil War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... This list of notable war heroes does not make judgements about what constitutes true heroism, but rather acknowledges the fact that the term is normally used to designate anyone serving a miltary role in time of hostilities, who is treated as an outstanding example of honorable service by their chain... Saint Basils Cathedral and Spasskaya Tower of Moscow Kremlin at Red Square. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb. ... This article is about the armed forces of the Soviet Union. ... Stalinism is a brand of political theory, and the political and economic system implemented by Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union. ... Czechs in a café watch Soviet tanks roll past The Prague Spring (Czech, Pražské jaro) was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia starting January 5, 1968, and running until August 20 of that year when the USSR and its Warsaw Pact allies (except for Romania) invaded the country. ... Generalísimo Francisco Franco, caudillo de España por la gracia de Dios Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde Salgado Pardo de Andrade (December 4, 1892 - November 20, 1975), abbreviated Francisco Franco Bahamonde and sometimes known as Generalísimo Francisco Franco, was dictator of Spain from 1939 until... The Spanish transition to democracy or new bourbon restoration was the era when Spain moved from the dictatorship of Francisco Franco to a liberal democratic state. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...