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People of the Revolution and the USSR
Activity
Affiliation
Position(set)
Citizenship
Background(set)
Era(set)
People of the Soviet Union
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Grigory Konstantinovich Ordzhonikidze Григорий Константинович (Серго) Орджоникидзе
Commander of the industrial front: he pulled the trigger himself
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1886–1937
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Shalva Otarovich Tsereteli Шалва Отарович Церетели
From tsarist officer to Beria's untitled enforcer in state security
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1894–1955
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Vladimir Georgiyevich Dekanozov Владимир Георгиевич Деканозов
He staged Lithuania's annexation and took the declaration of war in Berlin
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1898–1953
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Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria Лаврентий Павлович Берия
The secret-police chief who arrived carrying reforms
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1953
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Avksenty Narikievich Rapava Авксентий Нарикиевич Рапава
He ran the Georgian police apparatus for a decade
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1955
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Lavrentiy Fomich Tsanava Лаврентий Фомич Цанава
"Second Lavrentiy"; Beria's man who ran the Mikhoels killing
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1900–1955
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Grigory Artemyevich Arutinov Григорий Артемьевич Арутинов
'Grigory the Builder': led Soviet Armenia for 16 years under Stalin, driving industrialization and a national cultural revival
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1900–1957
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Sergo Arsenievich Goglidze Сергей Арсеньевич Гоглидзе
From running the terror in Georgia to overlord of the Far East
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1901–1953
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Grigory Teofilovich Karanadze Григорий Теофилович Каранадзе
The Georgian interior minister who survived the purge
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1902–1970
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Stepan Solomonovich Mamulov Степан Соломонович Мамулов
The gatekeeper who held the NKVD secretariat
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1902–1976
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Sardion Nikolayevich Nadaraya Сардион Николаевич Надарая
Beria's bodyguard chief, formerly of the internal prison
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1903–1982
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Nikolai Maksimovich Rukhadze Николай Максимович Рухадзе
He drove the Mingrelian affair and then fell himself
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1905–1955
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Amayak Zakharovich Kobulov Амаяк Захарович Кобулов
The Berlin rezident who piped Nazi disinformation to Moscow
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1906–1955
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Vasily Iosifovich Stalin Василий Иосифович Сталин
Lieutenant general of aviation and founder of Soviet ice hockey, the leader's son
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1921–1962