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People of the Revolution and the USSR
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Era
People of the Soviet Union
People of the wider world
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Dmitry Alekseyevich Milyutin Дмитрий Алексеевич Милютин
The Great Reforms' military architect, who forged Russia's army into a modern conscript force over twenty years as war minister
Military command · Russian Empire
1816–1912
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Alexander Nikolayevich II Александр Николаевич II
The Tsar who tried to modernize the old regime from above through emancipation and reform, and became the revolutionaries' prime target
Monarchs and royalty · Russian Empire
1818–1881
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Mikhail Tarielovich Loris-Melikov Михаил Тариелович Лорис-Меликов
Armenian-born reformist minister called the "dictator of the heart"
Government and administration · Russian Empire
1824–1888
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Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonostsev Константин Петрович Победоносцев
The 'Grand Inquisitor' who made autocracy a creed
Ideology and propaganda · Russian Empire
1827–1907
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Ivan Logginovich Goremykin Иван Логгинович Горемыкин
The empire's last prime minister who believed doing nothing would save autocracy
Government and administration · Russian Empire
1839–1917
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Alexander Alexandrovich III Александр Александрович III
The 'Peacemaker' who reversed the Great Reforms and re-established autocracy as the unshakeable creed of the Russian state
Monarchs and royalty · Russian Empire
1845–1894
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Fyodor Vasilyevich Dubasov Фёдор Васильевич Дубасов
Imperial Russian admiral who crushed the Moscow December uprising with artillery fire
Military command · Russian Empire
1845–1912
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Pyotr Nikolayevich Durnovo Пётр Николаевич Дурново
The imperial interior minister who crushed the 1905 Revolution and foretold Russia's collapse in the Great War
Security, intelligence and policing · Russian Empire
1845–1915
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Vyacheslav Konstantinovich von Plehve Вячеслав Константинович фон Плеве
The last hardline Interior Minister of tsarism, who urged a "small victorious war" to hold back revolution
Security, intelligence and policing · Russian Empire
1846–1904
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Zinovy Petrovich Rozhestvensky Зиновий Петрович Рожественский
The Imperial Russian admiral who led the Baltic Fleet to catastrophe at Tsushima
Military command · Russian Empire
1848–1909
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Sergei Yulyevich Witte Сергей Юльевич Витте
The fixer his Tsar could not forgive
Economy, finance and planning · Russian Empire
1849–1915
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Nikolai Dmitriyevich Golitsyn Николай Дмитриевич Голицын
The last premier of the empire, who begged to be excused
Government and administration · Russian Empire
1850–1925
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Vladimir Viktorovich Sakharov Владимир Викторович Сахаров
Cavalry general who led the 11th Army in the Brusilov Offensive and joined the White movement
Military command · Russian Empire
1853–1920
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Aleksei Alekseyevich Brusilov Алексей Алексеевич Брусилов
Designer of the 1916 Brusilov Offensive and the last great tsarist commander, who later joined the Red Army
Military command · Russian Empire
1853–1926
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Nikolai Vladimirovich Ruzsky Николай Владимирович Рузский
The Northern Front commander who forced the Tsar's abdication at Pskov
Military command · Russian Empire
1854–1918
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Dmitri Feodorovich Trepov Дмитрий Фёдорович Трепов
The face of 1905: repression orders in one hand, reform promises in the other
Security, intelligence and policing · Russian Empire
1855–1906
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Nicholas Nikolaevich Romanov Николай Николаевич Романов
The Grand Duke who drew a revolver on the Tsar and forced constitutional reform
Military command · Russian Empire
1856–1929
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Pyotr Dmitrievich Sviatopolk-Mirsky Пётр Дмитриевич Святополк-Мирский
The interior minister whose 'era of trust' promised reform, and ended in Bloody Sunday
Government and administration · Russian Empire
1857–1914
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Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev Михаил Васильевич Алексеев
The tsar's last chief of staff, who commanded the Eastern Front and laid the foundation of the White Volunteer Army
Military command · Russian Empire
1857–1918
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Sergey Semyonovich Khabalov Сергей Семёнович Хабалов
Last commander of the Petrograd Military District, who ordered troops to fire on crowds and then lost control of the garrison
Military command · Russian Empire
1858–1929
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Mikhail Vladimirovich Rodzianko Михаил Владимирович Родзянко
The parliamentarian the Tsar called 'fat-bellied': last chairman of the Imperial Duma
Political and party leadership · Union of 17 October (Octobrists)
1859–1924
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Alexey Maksimovich Kaledin Алексей Максимович Каледин
Don Cossack ataman who opened the first White stronghold in the south
Military command · Russian Empire
1861–1918
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Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov Георгий Евгеньевич Львов
A scion of Rurik, the Empire's last liberal premier
Government and administration · Russian Empire
1861–1925
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Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin Пётр Аркадьевич Столыпин
The premier who held the gallows in one hand and reform in the other
Government and administration · Russian Empire
1862–1911
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Nikolai Nikolayevich Yudenich Николай Николаевич Юденич
The last great commander of Imperial Russia, who won the Caucasus Front and led the White drive on Petrograd
Military command · Russian Empire
1862–1933
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Sergey Yefimovich Kryzhanovsky Сергей Ефимович Крыжановский
The Empire's legal architect who tamed the Duma with the "shameless" electoral law of 1907
Law and justice · Russian Empire
1862–1935
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Sergei Vasilyevich Zubatov Сергей Васильевич Зубатов
The police administrator who tried to tame the labor movement from inside the Tsarist system
Security, intelligence and policing · Russian Empire
1864–1917
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Nikolai Mikhaylovich Kishkin Николай Михайлович Кишкин
The Kadet minister named special plenipotentiary to save Petrograd on the day of the October Revolution
Government and administration · Russian Empire
1864–1930
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Alexander Nikolaevich Kozlovsky Александр Николаевич Козловский
Tsarist artillery general at Kronstadt whom the Bolsheviks falsely named as ringleader of the 1921 rebellion
Military command · Russian Empire
1864–1940
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Andranik Ozanian Անդրանիկ Օզանյան
Armenian fedayi commander who rejected the Republic of Armenia and held Zangezur with his own division
Military command
1865–1927
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Vladimir Fyodorovich Dzhunkovsky Владимир Фёдорович Джунковский
The last gendarme chief who reformed the Okhrana and warned the Tsar about Rasputin
Security, intelligence and policing · Russian Empire
1865–1938
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Alexander Dmitrievich Protopopov Александр Дмитриевич Протопопов
The last interior minister of the Russian Empire: elevated by Rasputin, destroyed by his own unraveling
Government and administration · Russian Empire
1866–1918
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Alexander Pavlovich Balk Александр Павлович Балк
Last Petrograd city governor of imperial Russia, the police official who faced the February Revolution's tide
Security, intelligence and policing · Russian Empire
1866–1957
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Vladimir Zenonovich May-Mayevsky Владимир Зенонович Май-Маевский
The White general who led the Volunteer Army closest to Moscow, only to collapse from overstretched lines and alcoholism
Military command · Russian Empire
1867–1920
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Nicholas II Николай II
The last Tsar, who believed autocracy was a duty from God
Monarchs and royalty · Russian Empire
1868–1918
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Alexander Alexandrovich Rittich Александр Александрович Риттих
The last tsarist agriculture minister, whose grain requisition ignited the bread crisis that sparked the February Revolution
Agriculture and land policy · Russian Empire
1868–1930
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Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin Григорий Ефимович Распутин
The Siberian “holy man” who reached the imperial bedchamber
Political and party leadership · Russian Empire
1869–1916
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Pyotr Nikolayevich Krasnov Пётр Николаевич Краснов
The White ataman who built a Don Cossack anti-Bolshevik state, collaborated with the Nazis, and was a Nobel Prize-nominated novelist
Military command · Russian Empire
1869–1947
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Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov Лавр Георгиевич Корнилов
The general who offered Russia a “strong hand”
Military command · Russian Empire
1870–1918
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Aleksandr Mikhailovich Krymov Александр Михайлович Крымов
Imperial Russian cavalry general who led Kornilov's march on Petrograd
Military command · Russian Empire
1871–1917
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Alexandra Feodorovna Romanova Александра Фёдоровна Романова
The last Empress, whose reliance on Rasputin helped doom the dynasty
Monarchs and royalty · Russian Empire
1872–1918
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Anton Ivanovich Denikin Антон Иванович Деникин
The White commander who drove the largest anti-Bolshevik army to within 400 km of Moscow
Military command · Russian Empire
1872–1947
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Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak Александр Васильевич Колчак
From the Arctic to the execution wall: Imperial Russia's last armed defender turned Supreme Ruler
Military command · Russian Empire
1874–1920
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Mikhail Konstantinovich Diterikhs Михаил Константинович Дитерихс
Kolchak's chief of staff, Romanov murder investigator, and last ruler of White Priamurye
Military command · Russian Empire
1874–1937
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Boris Aleksandrovich Engelhardt Борис Александрович Энгельгардт
Headed the Duma Military Commission whose order sending the garrison back to barracks triggered Order No. 1
Military command · Russian Empire
1877–1962
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Mikhail Alexandrovich Romanov Михаил Александрович Романов
The last Romanov who could have been tsar, and who deferred the crown to a Constituent Assembly
Military command · Russian Empire
1878–1918
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Sadri Maksudi Садри Максуди
Tatar lawyer and Duma deputy who headed the national administration of Idel-Ural
Political and party leadership
1878–1957
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Vasily Vitalyevich Shulgin Василий Витальевич Шульгин
The Duma monarchist who took the tsar's abdication and became an ideologue of the White movement
Political and party leadership · Russian Empire
1878–1976
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Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky Александр Фёдорович Керенский
The orator ground away between revolution and counter-revolution
Government and administration · Russian Empire
1881–1970
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Nikolai Kakurin Николай Какурин
Red Army commander who was chief of staff of the Tambov suppression and became a historian of the Civil War
Military command · Soviet Union
1883–1936