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People of the Revolution and the USSR
Activity(set)
Affiliation
Position
Citizenship(set)
Background
Era
People of the Soviet Union
People of the wider world
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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 state institutions
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 state institutions
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 state institutions
1839–1917
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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 state institutions
1850–1925
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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 state institutions
1857–1914
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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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Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov Георгий Евгеньевич Львов
A scion of Rurik, the Empire's last liberal premier
Government and administration · Russian Empire state institutions
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 state institutions
1862–1911
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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 state institutions
1862–1935
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Pyotr Vasilievich Vologodsky Пётр Васильевич Вологодский
A lawyer-statesman who held White Siberia together through compromise
Government and administration · Russian White movement
1863–1925
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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 state institutions
1864–1930
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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 state institutions
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 state institutions
1866–1918
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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 state institutions
1878–1918
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Stepan Georgiyevich Shaumyan Степан Георгиевич Шаумян
The 'Caucasian Lenin', Marxist theorist of the national question and leader of the Baku Commune
Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions
1878–1918
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Nikolai Dmitriyevich Avksentiev Николай Дмитриевич Авксентьев
SR Party founder who chaired the last unified anti-Bolshevik government, overthrown by Kolchak
Political and party leadership · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR)
1878–1943
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Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky Александр Фёдорович Керенский
The orator ground away between revolution and counter-revolution
Government and administration · Russian Empire state institutions
1881–1970
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Fyodor Andreyevich Sergeyev Фёдор Андреевич Сергеев
Founder and head of the Donetsk-Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic, close friend of Stalin and Kirov
Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions
1883–1921
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Mullanur Vakhitov Мулланур Вахитов
Tatar revolutionary who led the Kazan Muslim Socialist Committee and became the first head of the Soviet Muslim Commissariat
Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions
1885–1918
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Noman Çelebicihan Номан Челебиджихан
First head of the Crimean People’s Republic, the first elected mufti of Crimea and the poet of the Crimean Tatar anthem
Government and administration
1885–1918
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Viktor Nikolayevich Pepelyaev Виктор Николаевич Пепеляев
The Kadet politician who engineered Kolchak's dictatorship and stood with him to the end
Government and administration · Russian White movement
1885–1920
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Matvey Ivanovich Skobelev Матвей Иванович Скобелев
The Menshevik Labour Minister sent to calm the crowds during the April Crisis
Political and party leadership · Mensheviks (RSDLP)
1885–1938
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Ahmet-Zaki Validi Әхмәтзәки Вәлиди
Leader of the Bashkir national movement who proclaimed Bashkir autonomy, commanded the Bashkir Army and took it over to the Soviet side
Military command · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1890–1970
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Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov Николай Иванович Рыжков
Premier during perestroika’s economic crisis
Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions
1929–2024
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Anatoly Aleksandrovich Sobchak Анатолий Александрович Собчак
Constitutional Assembly chairman and first elected mayor of Saint Petersburg
Government and administration · Russian Federation state institutions
1937–2000
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin Владимир Владимирович Путин
A ruler who recast the loss of the Soviet Union as a narrative of state restoration
Government and administration · Russian Federation state institutions
1952–
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Alexander Sapozhkov Александр Сапожков
Red Army division commander who raised the "Red Army of Truth" against grain requisitioning in 1920
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
?–1920