People of the Revolution and the USSR
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Yegor Kuzmich Ligachev Егор Кузьмич Лигачёв
The conservative Second Secretary inside perestroika
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1920–2021
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Grigory Vasilyevich Romanov Григорий Васильевич Романов
From Leningrad to Moscow: the successor halted one step short
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1923–2008
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Valentin Ivanovich Varennikov Валентин Иванович Варенников
General who received the Victory Banner and stood alone in the coup dock
Military command · Soviet Union
1923–2009
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Anatoly Ivanovich Lukyanov Анатолий Иванович Лукьянов
Gorbachev's classmate turned critic: the last speaker of the Soviet parliament
Law and justice · Soviet Union
1930–2019
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Richard Ivanovich Kosolapov Ричард Иванович Косолапов
Principal architect of the Brezhnev-era 'developed socialism' doctrine
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union
1930–2020
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Gherman Stepanovich Titov Герман Степанович Титов
Second human to orbit Earth and builder of Soviet military space systems
Military command · Soviet Union
1935–2000
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Yuli Alexandrovich Kvitsinsky Юлий Александрович Квицинский
Gromyko protégé and arms negotiator remembered for the "Walk in the Woods"
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union
1936–2010
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Oleg Semyonovich Shenin Олег Семёнович Шенин
The last Politburo member who tried to save the USSR and went to prison for it
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1937–2009
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Valentin Alexandrovich Kuptsov Валентин Александрович Купцов
The last-generation secretary who rebuilt the Russian Communist Party
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1937–
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Nikolai Nikolayevich Gubenko Николай Николаевич Губенко
The last Soviet culture minister
Literature and arts · Soviet Union
1941–2020
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Mikhail Semyonovich Surkov Михаил Семёнович Сурков
A party cadre who moved from army organization to the late Soviet Politburo
Military command · Soviet Union
1945–