People of the Revolution and the USSR
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Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov Михаил Тимофеевич Калашников
The small-arms designer who became the face of Soviet defence industry: father of the AK-47
Science and technology · United Russia
1919–2013
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Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov Алексей Архипович Леонов
First to open the door to the cosmos, and the first to draw it from inside
Science and technology · Soviet Union
1934–2019
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Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova Валентина Владимировна Терешкова
The textile-worker 'Chaika,' first woman in space
Science and technology · Soviet Union
1937–