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Lev Petrovich Feoktistov Лев Петрович Феоктистов From nuclear-weapon designer to critic of the arms race Science and technology · Soviet Union 1928–2002
Dzhermen Mikhailovich Gvishiani Джермен Михайлович Гвишиани Philosopher who bridged Soviet planning science and Western systems analysis Science and technology · Soviet Union 1928–2003
German Arsenyevich Goncharov Герман Арсеньевич Гончаров Physicist from Sakharov's group who became the lead declassifier and historian of the Soviet H-bomb project Science and technology · Soviet Union 1928–2009
Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev Андриян Григорьевич Николаев Soviet cosmonaut who flew humanity's first multi-day spaceflight aboard Vostok 3 Science and technology · Soviet Union 1929–2004
Yevgeny Ivanovich Chazov Евгений Иванович Чазов The father of Soviet cardiology who ran Kremlin medicine for 20 years Science and technology · Soviet Union 1929–2021
Pavel Romanovich Popovich Павел Романович Попович Cosmonaut No. 4, Vostok 4 pilot of the first simultaneous crewed spaceflight Science and technology · Soviet Union 1930–2009
Nikolai Pavlovich Laverov Николай Павлович Лавёров The last chairman of Soviet state science policy and a uranium geologist Science and technology · Soviet Union 1930–2016
Zhores Ivanovich Alferov Жорес Иванович Алфёров Communist physicist whose semiconductor heterostructures opened the IT era Science and technology · Soviet Union 1930–2019
Anatoly Stepanovich Dyatlov Анатолий Степанович Дятлов The deputy chief engineer who supervised the Chernobyl safety test and later argued the reactor's design was the real cause Science and technology · Soviet Union 1931–1995
Valentina Leonidovna Ponomaryova Валентина Леонидовна Пономарёва The most qualified female cosmonaut candidate, grounded by politics Science and technology · Soviet Union 1933–2023
Grigori Grigoryevich Nelyubov Григорий Григорьевич Нелюбов Gagarin's second backup, the cosmonaut ranked third for the first flight who never reached orbit Science and technology · Soviet Union 1934–1966
Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin Юрий Алексеевич Гагарин The first human smile to leave the Earth Science and technology · Soviet Union 1934–1968
Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov Алексей Архипович Леонов First to open the door to the cosmos, and the first to draw it from inside Science and technology · Soviet Union 1934–2019
Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky Валерий Фёдорович Быковский The cosmonaut who spent five days alone in orbit, setting a solo spaceflight record that still stands Science and technology · Soviet Union 1934–2019
Sergei Nikitich Khrushchev Сергей Никитич Хрущёв Khrushchev's son and Chelomei's guidance-system engineer Science and technology · Soviet Union 1935–2020
Viktor Petrovich Bryukhanov Виктор Петрович Брюханов The first director of Chernobyl who built the plant and was held responsible for its catastrophe Science and technology · Soviet Union 1935–2021
Evgeny Pavlovich Velikhov Евгений Павлович Велихов Soviet physicist who linked fusion science, Chernobyl, and nuclear disarmament Science and technology · Soviet Union 1935–2024
Valery Alekseyevich Legasov Валерий Алексеевич Легасов The Kurchatov chemist who led science at Chernobyl, then left the full truth on tapes before hanging himself Science and technology · Soviet Union 1936–1988
Irina Bayanovna Solovyova Ирина Баяновна Соловьёва Tereshkova's backup cosmonaut, the physically strongest candidate Kamanin judged too reserved for the spotlight Science and technology · Soviet Union 1937–
Nikolai Maximovich Fomin Николай Максимович Фомин The chief engineer who refused to believe the reactor was destroyed and kept pumping water into its ruins Science and technology · Soviet Union 1937–
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova Валентина Владимировна Терешкова The textile-worker 'Chaika,' first woman in space Science and technology · Soviet Union 1937–
Valery Ilyich Khodemchuk Валерий Ильич Ходемчук The first victim of Chernobyl, standing in the pump hall when the reactor exploded, his body never recovered Science and technology · Soviet Union 1951–1986
Aleksandr Fyodorovich Akimov Александр Фёдорович Акимов Soviet nuclear engineer and Unit 4 shift supervisor who directed the response and died of radiation exposure Science and technology · Soviet Union 1953–1986
Leonid Fedorovych Toptunov Леонид Фёдорович Топтунов The 25-year-old senior reactor control engineer who pressed the AZ-5 button at Chernobyl's Unit 4 Science and technology · Soviet Union 1960–1986
Volodymyr Pavlovych Pravyk Володимир Павлович Правик The first firefighter at Chernobyl, who climbed onto the roof of Unit 3 without being told of the radioactive danger Science and technology · Soviet Union 1962–1986
Boris Mikhailov Борис Михайлов The chief designer of the Volga inflatable airlock that made Leonov's spacewalk possible Science and technology · Soviet Union

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