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People

People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity

Any Government and administration 4 Legislature and state representation 1 Military command 26 Security, intelligence and policing 7 Diplomacy and international organization 9 Economy, finance and planning 12 Industry and production 11 Agriculture and land policy 3 Ideology and propaganda 4 Scholarship and theory 1 Science and technology 10 Law and justice 3

Affiliation(set)

Soviet institution line

Any Heads of government 2 Military and defence 25 State security agencies 7 Ideology and propaganda 3 Culture and literary control 1 Formal heads of state 1 Foreign affairs 8 Central planning agencies 4 Economic management 5 Heavy industry and military industry 10 Agriculture 3 Science, nuclear and space development 10

Most people

Any Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 103 Soviet Union state institutions 91 Russian Federation state institutions 8 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 7 United Russia 3 Our Home – Russia 2

All 6 affiliations

Russia

Russian Federation state institutions 8 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 7 United Russia 3 Our Home – Russia 2

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 103 Soviet Union state institutions 91

Position

Any Socialist-bloc reform leader 4 Marxism and communism 87

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 85 Russia 6

Background(set)

Any Russia 91 Belarus 8 Ukraine 8 Armenia 4 Azerbaijan 4 Georgia 2 Latvia 2 Moldova 2 Bulgaria 1 Estonia 1 Kyrgyzstan 1 Lithuania 1 Tajikistan 1 Uzbekistan 1

Era(set)

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 2 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 109 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 264 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 240 The last generation1985–1991 91

Soviet Union state institutions Background: Russia The last generation 1985–1991 Clear all

91 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Sergei Leonidovich Sokolov Сергей Леонидович Соколов The defence minister removed after the Rust affair Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1911–2012
Vyacheslav Ivanovich Kochemasov Вячеслав Иванович Кочемасов The last Soviet ambassador to watch the GDR dissolve Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–1998
Viktor Vladimirovich Dementsev Виктор Владимирович Деменцев A fiscal realist who warned against abrupt prohibition Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–2010
Anatoly Sergeyevich Chernyaev Анатолий Сергеевич Черняев Gorbachev's pen and conscience: architect of New Thinking diplomacy Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1921–2017
Sergei Fyodorovich Akhromeyev Сергей Фёдорович Ахромеев The Soviet Marshal who forged the INF Treaty and could not outlive the USSR Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–1991
Pyotr Georgievich Lushev Пётр Георгиевич Лушев The last supreme commander of the Warsaw Pact forces Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–1997
Lev Nikolayevich Zaikov Лев Николаевич Зайков The technocrat who rose from defense-plant apprentice to Politburo overseer of the military-industrial complex Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–2002
Alexander Nikolayevich Yakovlev Александр Николаевич Яковлев The architect of glasnost: the ideology chief who dismantled the ideology Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–2005
Valentin Ivanovich Varennikov Валентин Иванович Варенников General who received the Victory Banner and stood alone in the coup dock Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–2009
Makhmut Akhmetovich Gareev Махмут Ахметович Гареев A staff general who turned wartime experience into military theory Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–2019
Alexander Yakovlevich Sukharev Александр Яковлевич Сухарев The last reform-era Procurator General of the USSR, who oversaw the legal rehabilitation of Stalin's victims during perestroika Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–2021
Yuri Pavlovich Maksimov Юрий Павлович Максимов General of the Army who commanded the Strategic Rocket Forces through the Afghan war and the dissolution of the USSR Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1924–2002
Vladimir Alexandrovich Kryuchkov Владимир Александрович Крючков The KGB chairman who designed the August coup Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1924–2007
Dmitry Timofeyevich Yazov Дмитрий Тимофеевич Язов The last Marshal of the Soviet Union and defence minister of the August coup Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1924–2020
Vladlen Mikhailovich Mikhailov Владлен Михайлович Михайлов The last chief of Soviet GRU who led military intelligence through the USSR's dissolution Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1925–2004
Gury Ivanovich Marchuk Гурий Иванович Марчук Last President of the USSR Academy of Sciences and pioneer of computational mathematics in Siberia Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1925–2013
Vladislav Grigoryevich Kolesnikov Владислав Григорьевич Колесников The last Soviet Minister of Electronics, who led microelectronics through perestroika's final years Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1925–2015
Vitaly Ivanovich Vorotnikov Виталий Иванович Воротников The last RSFSR premier who tried not to break Russia away Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1926–2012
Vsevolod Serafimovich Murakhovsky Всеволод Серафимович Мураховский First chairman of Gosagroprom Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1926–2017
Valentin Mikhailovich Falin Валентин Михайлович Фалин The Soviet Union's foremost Germany expert who opposed Gorbachev's concessions during reunification negotiations Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1926–2018
Nikolai Semyonovich Konarev Николай Семёнович Конарев The last chief of the Soviet railways Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1927–2007
Konstantin Fyodorovich Katushev Константин Фёдорович Катушев Late Soviet foreign-economic official Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1927–2010
Mikhail Ivanovich Shchadov Михаил Иванович Щадов The last Soviet coal minister, who drove open-pit mining and led the miners into the Chernobyl tunnel Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1927–2011
Tatyana Ivanovna Zaslavskaya Татьяна Ивановна Заславская Founder of Soviet economic sociology; her 1983 report lit the intellectual fuse of perestroika Scholarship and theory · Soviet Union state institutions 1927–2013
Yuri Petrovich Batalin Юрий Петрович Баталин The perestroika-era construction chief who built the West Siberian oil and gas complex and the Chernobyl sarcophagus Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1927–2013
Boris Ivanovich Gostev Борис Иванович Гостев The last orthodox Soviet finance minister who rejected market reform during perestroika Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1927–2015
Dmitry Antonovich Volkogonov Дмитрий Антонович Волкогонов From Soviet military propagandist to the historian who opened the secret archives Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1928–1995
Viktor Pavlovich Karpov Виктор Павлович Карпов The face of Soviet arms control diplomacy across SALT, INF, and START Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1928–1997
Igor Sergeyevich Belousov Игорь Сергеевич Белоусов The shipbuilding minister who built the Soviet Navy's strategic parity Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1928–2005
Alexei Dmitrievich Lizichev Алексей Дмитриевич Лизичев The last GlavPUR chief who stood to defend the military political organs through perestroika Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1928–2006
Lev Alekseyevich Voronin Лев Алексеевич Воронин Guardian of state material supply in the Gorbachev era Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1928–2008
Vladimir Nikolayevich Chernavin Владимир Николаевич Чернавин The last C-in-C of the Soviet Navy, the nuclear submariner who first patrolled under the Arctic ice Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1928–2023
Nikolai Vladimirovich Talyzin Николай Владимирович Талызин Gosplan chairman of the perestroika era who built the world's first satellite TV broadcasting system Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1929–1991
Viktor Petrovich Nikonov Виктор Петрович Никонов Gorbachev's agriculture successor who became his last internal critic Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1929–1993
Apollon Sergeyevich Systsov Аполлон Сергеевич Сысцов Last Soviet Minister of Aviation Industry: from the Buran shuttle to the privatisation of a military-industrial empire Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1929–2005
Yuli Mikhailovich Vorontsov Юлий Михайлович Воронцов The arms-control negotiator who secured the INF Treaty and managed the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1929–2007
Aleksandra Pavlovna Biryukova Александра Павловна Бирюкова Gorbachev's highest-ranking woman, the 'Russian Margaret Thatcher' tasked with solving Soviet consumer shortages Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1929–2008
Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov Евгений Максимович Примаков The Arabist premier who turned his plane around over the Atlantic Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1929–2015
Yevgeny Ivanovich Chazov Евгений Иванович Чазов The father of Soviet cardiology who ran Kremlin medicine for 20 years Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1929–2021
Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov Николай Иванович Рыжков Premier during perestroika’s economic crisis Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1929–2024
Vadim Andreyevich Medvedev Вадим Андреевич Медведев The last ideology secretary who dismantled ideology opened the spetskhran and abolished party orthodoxy Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1929–2025
Viktor Fyodorovich Grushko Виктор Фёдорович Грушко The KGB operational deputy who bridged foreign intelligence and counterintelligence Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2001
Yuri Sergeyevich Plekhanov Юрий Сергеевич Плеханов From KGB eavesdropping chief to head of leadership security, the man who pulled the coup's trigger Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2002
Leonid Ivanovich Abalkin Леонид Иванович Абалкин Chief economic theorist of late perestroika, architect of the 'regulated market' between radical reformers and conservative planners Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2011
Yuri Vladimirovich Dubinin Юрий Владимирович Дубинин Soviet ambassador who personified perestroika diplomacy in Washington during the Gorbachev era Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2013
Nikolai Pavlovich Laverov Николай Павлович Лавёров The last chairman of Soviet state science policy and a uranium geologist Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2016
Anatoly Ivanovich Lukyanov Анатолий Иванович Лукьянов Gorbachev's classmate turned critic: the last speaker of the Soviet parliament Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2019
Ivan Stepanovich Silayev Иван Степанович Силаев The last head of government of the Soviet Union: from aviation minister to liquidator of an empire Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2023
Mikhail Sergeyevich Shkabardnya Михаил Сергеевич Шкабардня The minister whose precision instruments controlled missiles and the Buran shuttle Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2025
Anatoly Stepanovich Dyatlov Анатолий Степанович Дятлов The deputy chief engineer who supervised the Chernobyl safety test and later argued the reactor's design was the real cause Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1931–1995

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