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People of the Revolution and the USSR
Activity(set)
Affiliation
Position
Citizenship(set)
Background
Era
People of the Soviet Union
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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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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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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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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 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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Moisei Solomonovich Uritsky Моисей Соломонович Урицкий
The Petrograd Cheka chairman who resisted the terror, and became its trigger
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1873–1918
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Nikolai Vladimirovich Skoblin Николай Владимирович Скоблин
A White general turned clandestine Soviet collaborator
Security, intelligence and policing
1893–1937/1938?