People of the Revolution and the USSR
- Mir Jafar Abbasovich Bagirov Мир Аббасович Джафар Багиров Stalin-era party boss who ruled Azerbaijan for two decades
- Boris Lvovich Vannikov Борис Львович Ванников Ammunition and atomic administrator under Beria
- Ivan Fyodorovich Tevosian Иван Фёдорович Тевосян Metallurgy administrator of Stalinist industrialization
- Lev Davidovich Landau Лев Давидович Ландау Soviet theoretical physics titan who founded the 'Landau school' and pioneered quantum fluid dynamics