People of the Revolution and the USSR
- Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev Григорий Евсеевич Зиновьев He opposed October, vouched for Stalin, and was shot by him
- Dmitry Zakharovich Manuilsky Дмитрий Захарович Мануильский ECCI secretary who carried out the Stalinist purges (1928–1943)
- Stepan Vasilievich Chervonenko Степан Васильевич Червоненко Soviet ambassador for 24 years across the Sino-Soviet split, Prague Spring, and détente
- Georgy Markovich Korniyenko Георгий Маркович Корниенко Gromyko's point man on America who ran arms-control talks, opposed the Afghan invasion, and demanded truth over KAL 007