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People of the Revolution and the USSR
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People of the Soviet Union
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GlossaryRussian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP)→
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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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Yevgeni Alexeyevich Preobrazhensky Евгений Алексеевич Преображенский
The theorist of primitive socialist accumulation
Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1886–1937
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Yuri Khrisanfovich Lutovinov Лутовинов, Хрисанфович Юрий
Bolshevik revolutionary and metalworker from Lugansk, a leader of the Workers' Opposition
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1887–1924
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Innokenty Nikolayevich Stukov Иннокентий Николаевич Стуков
A revolutionary who consistently pursued the intra-party left line, from Left Communism to the United Opposition
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1887–1936
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Nikolai Pavlovich Glebov-Avilov Николай Павлович Глебов-Авилов
First People's Commissar of Posts and Telegraphs who later built Rostselmash, flagship of Soviet agricultural machinery
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1887–1937
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Timofei Vladimirovich Sapronov Тимофей Владимирович Сапронов
Leader of the 'Democratic Centralists' who demanded inner-party workers' democracy
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1887–1937
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Vladimir Mikhailovich Smirnov Владимир Михайлович Смирнов
From Moscow uprising artillery commander to Left Communist and Democratic Centralist
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1887–1937
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Jānis Ernestovich Rudzutaks Ян Эрнестович Рудзутак
Latvian Bolshevik who denounced NKVD case fabrication in court
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1887–1938
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Valerian Valerianovich Obolensky Валериан Валерианович Оболенский
First chairman of VSNKh; theorist of the Left Communists and of Democratic Centralism
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1887–1938
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Valerian Vladimirovich Kuibyshev Валериан Владимирович Куйбышев
Planning official of the first Five-Year Plans
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1888–1935
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Sergei Vitalyevich Mrachkovsky Сергей Витальевич Мрачковский
The Red commander of the Urals
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1888–1936
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Georgy Ippolitovich Lomov Георгий Ипполитович Оппоков
First People's Commissar for Justice, Gosplan deputy chairman, and victim of the Great Purge
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1888–1937
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Ivan Alekseyevich Akulov Иван Алексеевич Акулов
Founder of the Soviet Procuracy, caught between state security and socialist legality
Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions
1888–1937
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Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin Николай Иванович Бухарин
The “favourite of the whole party,” killed in its name
Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern
1888–1938
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Grigory Yakovlevich Sokolnikov Григорий Яковлевич Сокольников
The finance commissar of NEP stabilization
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1888–1939
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Mikhail Moiseyevich Kaganovich Михаил Моисеевич Каганович
Builder of Soviet defence industry in the shadow of his brother Lazar
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1888–1941
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Nikolai Mikhailovich Shvernik Николай Михайлович Шверник
Formal head of state in late Stalinism
Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union state institutions
1888–1970
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Ivan Pavlovich Tovstukha Иван Павлович Товстуха
Stalin's first secretary, keeper of his archive and author of his first biography
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1889–1935
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Konstantin Aleksandrovich Mekhonoshin Константин Александрович Мехоношин
The quiet architect of the Red Army who confronted Stalin at Tsaritsyn as Trotsky's man
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1889–1938
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Pavel Yefimovich Dybenko Павел Ефимович Дыбенко
The first People's Commissar for Naval Affairs, whose Baltic sailors tipped the scales in October 1917
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1889–1938
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Stanislav Vikentyevich Kosior Станислав Викентьевич Косиор
The Ukrainian party boss who denied the famine, felled by Stalin's bullet
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1889–1939
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Nikolai Alexandrovich Milyutin Николай Александрович Милютин
RSFSR Finance Commissar who commissioned the Narkomfin Building and authored the Sotsgorod linear-city concept
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1889–1942
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Gavriil Ilyich Myasnikov Гавриил Ильич Мясников
Worker-Bolshevik who demanded press freedom from Lenin, sparking the 'myasnikovshchina' polemic
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1889–1945
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Vasily Vasilievich Ulrikh Василий Васильевич Ульрих
Presiding judge of the Moscow show trials, Stalin's 'judicial guillotine'
Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions
1889–1951
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Daniil Yegorovich Sulimov Даниил Егорович Сулимов
Worker-Bolshevik premier of the Russian Republic destroyed by the state he helped industrialize
Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions
1890–1937
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Georgy Leonidovich Pyatakov Георгий Леонидович Пятаков
The Bolshevik between revolution and the industrial plan
Political and party leadership · Soviet Ukraine state institutions
1890–1937
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Alexander Yakovlevich Arosev Александр Яковлевич Аросев
The revolutionary who ordered the Kremlin shelled, and the proletarian writer who published thirty books
Literature and arts · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP)
1890–1938
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Vasily Konstantinovich Blyukher Василий Константинович Блюхер
“Order of the Red Banner No. 1”: Civil War hero and one of the first five marshals, extinguished in Lefortovo
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1890–1938
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Vilgelm Georgiyevich Knorin Вильгельм Георгиевич Кнорин
Architect of Comintern propaganda and party history compiler
Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern
1890–1938
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Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov Вячеслав Михайлович Молотов
“Stone-arse”: the man who never changed his mind
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions
1890–1986
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Evgeny Bronislavovich Pashukanis Евгений Брониславович Пашуканис
The Marxist legal philosopher who argued the legal form corresponds to commodity exchange: the most radical critic of Soviet law from within
Law and justice · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1891–1937
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Alexander Georgiyevich Beloborodov Александр Георгиевич Белобородов
NKVD chief who signed the Romanov execution and joined the Left Opposition
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1891–1938
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Vlas Yakovlevich Chubar Влас Яковлевич Чубарь
The economic administrator who led Ukraine's government for 11 years, caught between Stalin's demands and the famine
Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions
1891–1939
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Pyotr Ionovich Baranov Пётр Ионович Баранов
Principal architect of the Soviet Air Force and aviation industry
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1892–1933
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Ivar Tenisovich Smilga Ivars Smilga
The young oppositionist of the Revolutionary Military Council
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1892–1937
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Fyodor Fyodorovich Raskolnikov Фёдор Фёдорович Раскольников
From Volga flotilla commander to exile critic: the diplomat who wrote Stalin an open letter
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions
1892–1939
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky Владимир Владимирович Маяковский
The revolution’s megaphone and satirist
Literature and arts · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP)
1893–1930
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Nestor Apollonovich Lakoba Нестор Аполлонович Лакоба
Stalin's closest friend turned Beria's first victim: the red prince of Abkhazia
Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions
1893–1936
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Mendel Markovich Khataevich Мендель Маркович Хатаевич
The party secretary who warned Molotov that grain seizures would leave nobody to plant, shot four years later
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1893–1937
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Vladimir Ivanovich Polonsky Владимир Иванович Полонский
Bolshevik Orgotdel chief and trade-union officer purged in 1937
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1893–1937
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Valery Ivanovich Mezhlauk Валерий Иванович Межлаук
A planner purged by the system he served
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1893–1938
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Nikolai Kirillovich Antipov Николай Кириллович Антипов
The control commissar who ran Stalin's personnel-appointment machinery
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1894–1938
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Semyon Petrovich Uritsky Семён Петрович Урицкий
GRU chief who expanded Soviet military intelligence, then fell to the Great Purge
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1895–1938
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Leonid Petrovich Serebryakov Леонид Петрович Серебряков
The Left Opposition secretary whom Lenin called a 'brilliant worker'
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1888/1890–1937