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People

People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity

Any Political and party leadership 23 Government and administration 4 Legislature and state representation 1 Military command 39 Security, intelligence and policing 21 Diplomacy and international organization 12 Economy, finance and planning 35 Industry and production 32 Agriculture and land policy 7 Ideology and propaganda 25 Social movements and organizing 37 Scholarship and theory 16 Education 2 Science and technology 57 Literature and arts 15 Law and justice 4

Affiliation

Most people

Any Soviet Union state institutions 240 Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 232 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 3 United Russia 2

All 4 affiliations

Russia

Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 3 United Russia 2

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 232 Soviet Union state institutions 240

Position

Any Left critics of Bolshevism 2 Socialist-bloc reform leader 4 Dissident 6 Marxism and communism 284

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 301 Russia 5

Background(set)

Any Russia 306 Ukraine 33 Belarus 13 Armenia 7 Georgia 7 Latvia 6 Azerbaijan 5 Poland 3 Uzbekistan 3 Finland 2 Kazakhstan 2 Kyrgyzstan 2 Lithuania 2 Turkmenistan 2 Estonia 1 Germany 1 Moldova 1 Tajikistan 1

Era(set)

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 130 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 188 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 328 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 306 The last generation1985–1991 131

People of the wider world

The age of the Internationals and empires1820–1917 9 The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 11 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 2 Scholars of this history1892–현재 34

Background: Russia People of the thaw and the stagnation 1953–1985 Clear all

306 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Mikhail Timofeyevich Yefremov Михаил Тимофеевич Ефремов From Volga orphanage boy to Kosygin's deputy premier: a party cadres specialist who ran three obkoms Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1911–2000
Sergei Alekseyevich Zverev Сергей Алексеевич Зверев The Defense Industry Minister who ran Soviet conventional arms production for 13 years under Brezhnev Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1912–1978
Sergei Pavlovich Trapeznikov Сергей Павлович Трапезников The gatekeeper of academic orthodoxy in the Brezhnev era Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1912–1984
Yakov Abramovich Kronrod Яков Абрамович Кронрод Leader of the 'commodity school' in Soviet political economy who argued for the law of value and economic democracy Scholarship and theory 1912–1984
Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko Константин Устинович Черненко The last General Secretary of the Brezhnev order Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1912–1985
Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich Леонид Витальевич Канторович The Nobel laureate who tried to optimize central planning with mathematics Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1912–1986
Vladimir Ilyich Stepakov Владимир Ильич Степаков Brezhnev-era Agitprop chief removed over a misattributed Lenin quote Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1912–1987
Sergey Georgiyevich Lapin Сергей Георгиевич Лапин Brezhnev's broadcasting czar who ran all Soviet TV and radio for 15 years Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1912–1990
Lev Nikolayevich Gumilev Лев Николаевич Гумилёв Historian who reinvented Eurasianism with the theory of ethnogenesis and passionarity Scholarship and theory 1912–1992
Aleksei Pavlovich Shitikov Алексей Павлович Шитиков From Khabarovsk party boss to Chairman of the Soviet of the Union: the institutional face of federal legislation in the Brezhnev era Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1912–1993
Boris Fyodorovich Bratchenko Борис Фёдорович Братченко The coal minister who led the Soviet mining industry for twenty years across the Brezhnev era Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1912–2004
Leonid Nikolayevich Yefremov Леонид Николаевич Ефремов The party man who handed Stavropol to Gorbachev, then called him a renegade Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1912–2007
Nikolai Romanovich Mironov Николай Романович Миронов The party's overseer of the power ministries who organized Khrushchev's removal Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1913–1964
Mikhail Dmitrievich Millionshchikov Михаил Дмитриевич Миллионщиков The scientist-statesman who built nuclear weapons and called for their abolition Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1913–1973
Alexander Ivanovich Pokryshkin Александр Иванович Покрышкин The ace who rewrote Soviet fighter tactics, the only soldier awarded Hero of the Soviet Union three times during wartime Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1913–1985
Sergei Mitrofanovich Kovalev Сергей Митрофанович Ковалёв Soviet ideologue who codified the Brezhnev Doctrine in the pages of Pravda Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1913–1990
Viktor Ivanovich Kuznetsov Виктор Иванович Кузнецов The tallest and most silent of the Great Six, the father of Soviet gyroscopic guidance, from Sputnik to Buran Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1913–1991
Nikolai Ivanovich Savinkin Николай Иванович Савинкин The personnel gatekeeper of the Soviet power ministries for 19 years under Brezhnev Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1913–1993
Vladimir Alekseyevich Kirillin Владимир Алексеевич Кириллин Architect of Soviet civilian R&D policy in the age of the scientific-technical revolution Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1913–1999
Alexander Ivanovich Alexeyev Александр Иванович Алексеев KGB officer turned first Soviet ambassador to Cuba who won Castro's trust and warned Khrushchev against the missile deployment Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1913–2001
Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov Тихон Николаевич Хренников Gatekeeper of Soviet music for 43 years Literature and arts · Soviet Union state institutions 1913–2007
Mikhail Sergeyevich Solomentsev Михаил Сергеевич Соломенцев Brezhnev-era industrial technocrat who ran the Russian republic for 12 years Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1913–2008
Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov Сергей Владимирович Михалков The poet who wrote the anthem for Stalin, Brezhnev, and Putin Literature and arts · Soviet Union state institutions 1913–2009
Georgy Nikolayevich Babakin Георгий Николаевич Бабакин Chief Designer behind Luna 9 and Lunokhod, the man whose robots reached the Moon and Venus first Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1914–1971
Pavel Stepanovich Kutakhov Павел Степанович Кутахов Longest-serving Soviet Air Force chief, the fighter ace who led Soviet air power to its Cold War zenith Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1914–1984
Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov Юрий Владимирович Андропов The paradox: a reformer’s patron inside the KGB Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1914–1984
Georgy Aleksandrovich Tyulin Георгий Александрович Тюлин The man who said 'go' for Tereshkova, Leonov, and Lunokhod Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1914–1990
Viktor Vasilyevich Grishin Виктор Васильевич Гришин The face of the Brezhnev era who ran Moscow for eighteen years and died while re-applying for his pension Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1914–1992
Aleksei Mikhailovich Shkolnikov Алексей Михайлович Школьников The apparatchik who ran three oblasts under Khrushchev and rose to People's Control Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1914–2003
Ivan Vasilyevich Kapitonov Иван Васильевич Капитонов The personnel chief who ran the nomenklatura for 21 years under Brezhnev Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1915–2002
Viktor Nikolayevich Polyakov Виктор Николаевич Поляков The first general director of VAZ who built Soviet mass automobility on the banks of the Volga Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1915–2004
Ziya Nuriyevich Nuriyev Зия Нуриевич Нуриев Bashkir deputy premier who ran Brezhnev's agro-industrial complex Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1915–2012
Valentin Dmitrievich Shashin Валентин Дмитриевич Шашин The minister who made the USSR #1 in oil, then warned against over-pumping Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1916–1977
Vasily Alexandrovich Kazakov Василий Александрович Казаков From factory technologist to aviation minister: a military-industrial administrator who rose through every rung Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1916–1981
Vladimir Vasilyevich Bakhirev Владимир Васильевич Бахирев The munitions administrator who commanded Soviet conventional-ammunition mass production for 19 years of the Cold War Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1916–1991
Leonid Vasilyevich Smirnov Леонид Васильевич Смирнов The VPK chairman who coordinated the Soviet military-industrial complex for 22 years Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1916–2001
Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov Александр Михайлович Прохоров Nobel-winning laser co-inventor who helmed the Great Soviet Encyclopedia for three decades Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1916–2002
Vladimir Ivanovich Terebilov Владимир Иванович Теребилов Jurist who revived the abolished Justice Ministry and directed the codification of Soviet legislation Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions 1916–2004
Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg Виталий Лазаревич Гинзбург From the H-bomb's 'second idea' to the Nobel Prize: a century-spanning theoretical physicist Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1916–2009
Alexander Vasilyevich Sidorenko Александр Васильевич Сидоренко The institutional architect of Soviet geology who spanned desert and Precambrian Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–1982
Yevgeny Ivanovich Zababakhin Евгений Иванович Забабахин Scientific director of the USSR's second nuclear weapons design centre Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–1984
Semyon Konstantinovich Kurkotkin Семён Константинович Куркоткин One of the last Marshals, who ran the Soviet rear for 16 years Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–1990
Nikolai Vasilyevich Ogarkov Николай Васильевич Огарков The Chief of Staff who foresaw a revolution in military affairs and opposed the Afghan invasion Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–1994
Vadim Aleksandrovich Matrosov Вадим Александрович Матросов The military axis of the KGB: 17 years commanding the border army Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–1999
Vasily Pavlovich Mishin Василий Павлович Мишин Korolev's successor who delivered Soyuz and Salyut, and bore the N-1 lunar failure Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–2001
Vasily Sergeyevich Tolstikov Василий Сергеевич Толстиков Leningrad party leader during the Thaw who became ambassador to China Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1917–2003
Nikolai Prokofyevich Fedorenko Николай Прокофьевич Федоренко Founder of CEMI and architect of SOFE: the mathematician who tried to redesign the planned economy Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–2006
Pyotr Nilovich Demichev Пётр Нилович Демичев A Brezhnev-era manager of cultural policy Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–2010
Vasily Ivanovich Petrov Василий Иванович Петров Commander-in-Chief of Ground Forces who led the Soviet operation in the Ogaden War, the last marshal forged in combat Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–2014
Fyodor Davydovich Kulakov Фёдор Давыдович Кулаков Agriculture secretary seen as a Brezhnev successor whose sudden death opened the seat for Gorbachev Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1918–1978

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