  palmiro togliatti (; 26 march 1893 â 21 august 1964) was an italian politician and leader of the italian communist party from 1927 until his death. he was nicknamed by his supporters il migliore (the best).http://www.raistoria.rai.it/articoli/togliatti-labilita-de-il-migliore/12363/default.aspx his brother was the mathematician eugenio giuseppe togliatti (1890 &ndash; 1977), discoverer of the togliatti surfaces. ==early life== born in genoa to a middle-class family, togliatti began his political life in the italian socialist party prior to the first world war. he served as a volunteer officer during the war, and was wounded in action and sent home for illness. returning at t
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