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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
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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
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Vladimir Ivanovich Komarov Владимир Иванович Комаров
Abakumov's deputy interrogator who beat prisoners and fabricated protocols in the Leningrad Affair
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1916–1954
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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
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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
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Augusts Eduardovich Voss Augusts Voss
Latvian party boss turned Soviet of Nationalities chairman
Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions
1916–1994
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Semyon Kuzmich Tsvigun Семён Кузьмич Цвигун
Brezhnev's watcher planted beside Andropov
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1917–1982
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Sharaf Rashidovich Rashidov Шараф Рашидович Рашидов
Writer turned leader who drove Uzbekistan's industrialization and cultural revival for 24 years, later tied to the Cotton Affair
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1917–1983
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Tikhon Yakovlevich Kiselyov Тихон Яковлевич Киселёв
Belarus's premier for nearly 20 years who rose to First Secretary and candidate Politburo member, then died of cancer two years later
Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions
1917–1983
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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
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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
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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
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Dmitry Stepanovich Polyansky Дмитрий Степанович Полянский
Brezhnev-era official across agriculture and government
Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions
1917–2001
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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
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Pyotr Nilovich Demichev Пётр Нилович Демичев
A Brezhnev-era manager of cultural policy
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1917–2010
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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
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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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Pyotr Mironovich Masherov Пётр Миронович Машеров
Belarus's partisan-hero leader for 15 years who transformed an agrarian republic into an industrial powerhouse - his death a legend
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1918–1980
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Fyodor Konstantinovich Mortin Фёдор Константинович Мортин
Sakharovsky's 13-year right hand and the short-lived PGU chief of early détente
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1918–1990
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Vladimir Vasilyevich Shcherbitsky Владимир Васильевич Щербицкий
The Brezhnev-era republic-builder who led Ukraine for 17 years, linchpin of the Dnepr clan
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1918–1990
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Yevgeny Filippovich Ivanovsky Евгений Филиппович Ивановский
Longest-serving GSFG commander who led the Soviet front-line force facing NATO for eight years
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1918–1991
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Andrei Mikhailovich Alexandrov-Agentov Андрей Михайлович Александров-Агентов
The foreign-policy aide who served four Soviet General Secretaries
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions
1918–1993
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Alexander Nikolayevich Shelepin Александр Николаевич Шелепин
The Komsomol boss who took over the KGB
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1918–1994
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Grigory Vasilyevich Kisunko Григорий Васильевич Кисунько
Soviet military scientist who designed the world's first operational anti-ballistic missile defense system
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1918–1998
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Vyacheslav Ivanovich Kochemasov Вячеслав Иванович Кочемасов
The last Soviet ambassador to watch the GDR dissolve
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions
1918–1998
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Nikolai Timofeevich Glushkov Николай Тимофеевич Глушков
Brezhnev-era chief price administrator who oversaw every official price in the USSR for 11 years
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1918–1999
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Sergey Alexandrovich Afanasyev Сергей Александрович Афанасьев
Long-serving minister of missile and space industry
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1918–2001
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Ivan Kirillovich Yakovlev Иван Кириллович Яковлев
The MVD general who turned the Internal Troops into a mobile strike force and sealed Chernobyl
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1918–2002
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Timofey Borisovich Guzhenko Тимофей Борисович Гуженко
The merchant marine minister who conquered the Arctic with a nuclear icebreaker fleet
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1918–2008
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Vitaly Vasilyevich Fedorchuk Виталий Васильевич Федорчук
The brief KGB chairman after Andropov
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1918–2008
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Viktor Vladimirovich Dementsev Виктор Владимирович Деменцев
A fiscal realist who warned against abrupt prohibition
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1918–2010
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Ivan Ivanovich Bodiul Иван Иванович Бодюл
The republic first secretary who ruled Moldavia for nearly 20 years as Brezhnev's close ally
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1918–2013
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Ivan Pavlovich Kazanets Иван Павлович Казанец
From Ukrainian premier to USSR steel minister: a Dnieper-born technocrat who ran Soviet ferrous metallurgy for twenty years
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1918–2013
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Boris Yevgenyevich Paton Борис Евгеньевич Патон
Father of electroslag welding who led Ukraine's Academy of Sciences for 58 years
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1918–2020
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Lev Nikolayevich Tolkunov Лев Николаевич Толкунов
From Izvestia editor to Soviet of the Union chairman: a Brezhnev-era media mandarin who became the face of the supreme legislature
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1919–1989
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Boris Yevdokimovich Shcherbina Борис Евдокимович Щербина
The Chernobyl commander who built Siberia's oil empire
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1919–1990
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Alexander Yefimovich Vorontsov Александр Ефимович Воронцов
A frontline cameraman who recorded liberation
Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1919–1991
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Vladimir Sergeyevich Alkhimov Владимир Сергеевич Алхимов
Long-serving head of Gosbank
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1919–1993
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Viktor Mikhailovich Bushuyev Виктор Михайлович Бушуев
CC department head who directed the Soviet chemical industry
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1919–1996
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Georgy Emmanuilovich Tsukanov Георгий Эммануилович Цуканов
The quiet gatekeeper who controlled Brezhnev's paper flow
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1919–2001
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Oleg Alexandrovich Troyanovsky Олег Александрович Трояновский
From Stalin's interpreter to UN ambassador, the Soviet diplomat who weathered Cold War crises with wit
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions
1919–2003
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Pavel Vasilyevich Finogenov Павел Васильевич Финогенов
The defense industry minister who ran Soviet conventional arms production from late Brezhnev through perestroika
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1919–2004
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Yuri Vsyevolodovich Votintsev Юрий Всеволодович Вотинцев
A missile-defence builder who disclosed a Cold War false alarm
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1919–2005
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Yuri Andreyevich Zhdanov Юрий Андреевич Жданов
Stalin's son-in-law who criticized Lysenko, recanted, then built Rostov University over 31 years as rector
Education · Soviet Union state institutions
1919–2006
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Anatoly Ivanovich Gribkov Анатолий Иванович Грибков
Secret planner of the Cuban Missile Crisis deployment and last Chief of Staff of the Warsaw Pact Joint Armed Forces
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1919–2008
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Anatoly Fyodorovich Dobrynin Анатолий Фёдорович Добрынин
The ambassador whose 24 years in Washington made him the hidden circuit of Soviet–American diplomacy
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions
1919–2010