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People

Activity(set)

Any Political and party leadership 51 Government and administration 10 Legislature and state representation 6 Military command 27 Security, intelligence and policing 9 Diplomacy and international organization 11 Economy, finance and planning 15 Industry and production 15 Agriculture and land policy 5 Ideology and propaganda 6 Social movements and organizing 25 Scholarship and theory 3 Science and technology 12 Literature and arts 3 Law and justice 4

Affiliation

Most people

Any Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 46 Soviet Union state institutions 8 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 4 Kazakhstan state institutions 1 Our Home – Russia 1

All 5 affiliations

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan state institutions 1

Russia

Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 4 Our Home – Russia 1

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 46 Soviet Union state institutions 8

Position(set)

Any Socialist-bloc reform leader 9 Dissident 4 Marxism and communism 51 Liberalism and republicanism 1

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 43 Latvia 2 Moldova 2 Estonia 1 Kazakhstan 1 Ukraine 1 Uzbekistan 1

Background

Any Russia 22 Latvia 4 Armenia 3 Azerbaijan 3 Estonia 3 Belarus 2 Georgia 2 Kyrgyzstan 2 Moldova 2 Tajikistan 2 Ukraine 2 Uzbekistan 2 Kazakhstan 1 Lithuania 1

Era(set)

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The revolutionary generation1917–1940 36 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 29 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 45 The last generation1985–1991 51

People of the Chinese revolution and the People’s Republic

The Chinese revolutionary generation1911–1949 15 People of the Mao era1949–1976 13 The reform generation1976–현재 8

People of the wider world

The age of the Internationals and empires1820–1917 3 The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 63 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 119

Political and party leadership Marxism and communism The last generation 1985–1991 Clear all

51 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

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
Karl Genrikhovich Vaino Карл Генрихович Вайно First Secretary of the Estonian Communist Party (1978–1988) who resisted perestroika and pushed Russification until Moscow replaced him. Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1923–2022
Vladimir Alexandrovich Kryuchkov Владимир Александрович Крючков The KGB chairman who designed the August coup Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1924–2007
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
Yefrem Yevseyevich Sokolov Яфрэм Евсеевич Сакалоў A Belarusian party leader who combined agricultural development with late-Soviet reform Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1926–2022
Rafiq Nishonovich Nishonov Rafiq Nishonovich Nishonov The last chairman of the Soviet of Nationalities Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1926–2023
Gennady Vasilyevich Kolbin Геннадий Васильевич Колбин The unknown Russian party functionary whose appointment to Kazakhstan ignited the Zheltoksan uprising Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1927–1998
Konstantin Fyodorovich Katushev Константин Фёдорович Катушев Late Soviet foreign-economic official Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1927–2010
Mykolas Martinovich Burokevičius Mykolas Burokevičius The only Lithuanian to sit in the CPSU Politburo and the last pro-Moscow party leader, imprisoned for the January Events Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1927–2016
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
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
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
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
Abdurrahman Khalil oglu Vezirov Əbdürrəhman Xəlil oğlu Vəzirov Gorbachev's man for the Karabakh crisis who fled Baku as Black January consumed Soviet Azerbaijan Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1930–2022
Genrikh Andreyevich Poghosyan Հենրիկ Անդրեյի Պողոսյան The last party first secretary who tilted Nagorno-Karabakh toward Armenia Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1931–2000
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev Михаил Сергеевич Горбачёв He set out to repair the system, and ended it Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1931–2022
Stepan Karapetovich Pogosyan Ստեփան Կարապետի Պողոսյան The last leader of Armenia's Communist Party before the Soviet collapse Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1932–2012
Qahhor Makhkamovich Mahkamov Қаҳҳор Маҳкамович Маҳкамов The last Communist leader of Tajikistan in the Soviet era Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1932–2016
Oleg Dmitriyevich Baklanov Олег Дмитриевич Бакланов Last surviving GKChP member who led the Soviet space industry Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1932–2021
Vitold Pavlovych Fokin Вітольд Павлович Фокін From Soviet economic planner to independent Ukraine’s first prime minister Government and administration · Ukraine state institutions 1932–2025
Kamran Mammad oglu Baghirov Kamran Məmməd oğlu Bağırov Heydar Aliyev's successor who crumbled before the Karabakh crisis Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1933–2000
Absamat Masaliyevich Masaliyev Абсамат Масалы уулу Масалиев Party leader of late Soviet Kyrgyzstan Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1933–2004
Vladimir Migranovich Movsisyan Վլադիմիր Միգրանովիչ Մովսիսյան The last Communist Party first secretary of Soviet Armenia Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1933–2014
Anatoly Aleksandrovich Malofeyev Анатолий Александрович Малофеев A Belarusian party organizer who sought continuity as the Union dissolved Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1933–2022
Alexander Sergeyevich Dzasokhov Александр Сергеевич Дзасохов A politician who linked internationalism with regional rule Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–
Alfrēds son of Pēteris Rubiks Alfrēds Pētera dēls Rubiks A steadfast defender of Latvia's Communist Party at the Soviet Union's end Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–
Grigore Isidorovich Eremei Grigore Isidorovici Eremei The final head of Soviet Moldavia's Communist Party Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2024
Stanislav Ivanovich Gurenko Станислав Иванович Гуренко Last First Secretary of the Ukrainian Communist Party on the eve of the Soviet dissolution Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1936–2013
Boris Karlovich Pugo Борис Карлович Пуго From Latvian KGB chief to USSR interior minister, a guardian of order shattered in the coup he backed Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–1991
Viktor Petrovich Polyanichko Виктор Петрович Поляничко A field enforcer of the Soviet Union's final crisis Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1937–1993
Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev Геннадий Иванович Янаев First and only Vice President of the USSR and the face of the August 1991 coup Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–2010
Valentin Alexandrovich Kuptsov Валентин Александрович Купцов The last-generation secretary who rebuilt the Russian Communist Party Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1937–
Yegor Semyonovich Stroev Егор Семёнович Строев Gorbachev's last agriculture Politburo member: operational chief of perestroika farm policy Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–
Yuri Dmitrievich Maslyukov Юрий Дмитриевич Маслюков The last Gosplan generation Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–2010
Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin Виктор Степанович Черномырдин Last Soviet gas minister who turned his ministry into Gazprom Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1938–2010
Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov Islom Abdugʻaniyevich Karimov An authoritarian state-builder who made sovereignty his political principle Government and administration · Uzbekistan state institutions 1938–2016
Jumber Ilyich Patiashvili ჯუმბერ ილიას ძე პატიაშვილი The Georgian First Secretary who asked Moscow for troops, then resigned after 21 died Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1939–
Yuri Anatolyevich Prokofyev Юрий Анатольевич Прокофьев A Moscow party organizer at the Soviet Union's end Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1939–
Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev Нұрсұлтан Әбішұлы Назарбаев Kazakhstan's thirty-year ruler, defender of the union to its last day Political and party leadership · Kazakhstan state institutions 1940–
Pyotr Luchinsky Petru Lucinschi A politician who moved from Soviet party leadership to Moldova's presidency Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1940–
Lembit Annus Lembit Annus An Estonian communist leader who chose to preserve the Soviet Union Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1941–2018
Nikolai Nikolayevich Gubenko Николай Николаевич Губенко The last Soviet culture minister Literature and arts · Soviet Union state institutions 1941–2020
Anatolijs Gorbunovs Anatolijs Gorbunovs The Communist Party secretary who led Latvia's Supreme Council through the restoration of independence Legislature and state representation · Latvia state institutions 1942–
Alexander Mitrofanovich Obolensky Александр Митрофанович Оболенский The engineer who became the first person in Soviet history to run against a sitting General Secretary Political and party leadership 1943–
Enn-Arno Augustovich Sillari Enn-Arno Augustovich Sillari The last Soviet-aligned communist leader of Estonia amid a party split Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1944–
Givi Grigorievich Gumbaridze Гиви Григорьевич Гумбаридзе A Georgian party official at the edge of Soviet collapse Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1945–
Jahangir Movsum oglu Muslimzade Cahangir Mövsüm oğlu Müslümzadə The Sumgait party boss handed a flag and photographed at the head of the mob Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1945–
Mikhail Semyonovich Surkov Михаил Семёнович Сурков A party cadre who moved from army organization to the late Soviet Politburo Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1945–
Dzhumgalbek Beksultan uulu Amanbayev Жумгалбек Бексултан уулу Аманбаев A Kyrgyz party leader at the Soviet Union's end Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1946–2005

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