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People
Activity
Affiliation(set)
Position(set)
Citizenship(set)
Background
Era
People of the Soviet Union
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Christian Georgievich Rakovsky Христиан Георгиевич Раковский
From Balkan revolutionary to head of Soviet Ukraine: the diplomat who became an opposition theorist
Government and administration · Soviet Ukraine state institutions
1873–1941
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Nikolai Ivanovich Muralov Николай Иванович Муралов
The revolutionary soldier who founded Post No. 1 at Lenin's Mausoleum
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1877–1937
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Evgenia Bogdanovna Bosch Евгения Богдановна Бош
First woman to lead a Soviet government, between revolution and terminal illness
Government and administration · Soviet Ukraine state institutions
1879–1925
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Leon Davidovich Trotsky Лев Давидович Троцкий
The orator who built the Red Army, felled by an ice axe
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1879–1940
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Mikhail Artemyevich Muravyov Михаил Артемьевич Муравьёв
Tsarist officer turned Red commander who took Kyiv, battled in Bessarabia, and rebelled against Brest-Litovsk
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1880–1918
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Prosh Perchevich Proshian Прош Перчевич Прошьян
Left SR People's Commissar in the first Soviet coalition: 'the core of the party'
Political and party leadership · Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries
1883–1918
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Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov-Ovseenko Владимир Александрович Антонов-Овсеенко
He arrested the Provisional Government in 1917; Stalin arrested him in 1937
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1883–1938
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Mikhail Mikhailovich Lashevich Михаил Михайлович Лашевич
Bolshevik military leader of 1917 and the Civil War
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1884–1928
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Innokenty Nikolayevich Stukov Иннокентий Николаевич Стуков
A revolutionary who consistently pursued the intra-party left line, from Left Communism to the United Opposition
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1887–1936
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Vladimir Mikhailovich Smirnov Владимир Михайлович Смирнов
From Moscow uprising artillery commander to Left Communist and Democratic Centralist
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1887–1937
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Pyotr Kirillovich Koganovich Пётр Кириллович Коганович
The Siberian food chief whose name is one letter away from a Politburo member
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1887–1938
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Sergei Vitalyevich Mrachkovsky Сергей Витальевич Мрачковский
The Red commander of the Urals
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1888–1936
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Isaac Zakharyevich Steinberg Исаак Захарович Штейнберг
First People's Commissar of Justice under Lenin: the Left SR who defended revolutionary legality against the Cheka
Political and party leadership · Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries
1888–1957
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Georgy Leonidovich Pyatakov Георгий Леонидович Пятаков
The Bolshevik between revolution and the industrial plan
Political and party leadership · Soviet Ukraine state institutions
1890–1937
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Yakov Naumovich Drobnis Яков Наумович Дробнис
Founder of Ukrainian Bolshevism, signatory of the Declaration of the 46
Political and party leadership · Soviet Ukraine state institutions
1890–1937
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Stepan Maximovich Petrichenko Степан Максимович Петриченко
The sailor who led the Kronstadt rebellion, became a Soviet spy, and died in a camp
Political and party leadership · Kronstadt Provisional Revolutionary Committee
1892–1947
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Yakov Grigorievich Blumkin Яков Григорьевич Блюмкин
Left SR assassin of Mirbach turned OGPU illegal resident, executed for meeting Trotsky
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1900–1929
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Valery Mikhailovich Sablin Валерий Михайлович Саблин
The naval officer who mutinied for Leninist principles against the Brezhnev regime
Military command · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1939–1976