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People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity

Any Political and party leadership 55 Government and administration 5 Legislature and state representation 3 Military command 19 Security, intelligence and policing 4 Diplomacy and international organization 8 Economy, finance and planning 14 Industry and production 12 Agriculture and land policy 2 Ideology and propaganda 1 Social movements and organizing 24 Scholarship and theory 4 Science and technology 8 Literature and arts 2 Law and justice 1

Affiliation(set)

Soviet institution line

Any Party leadership 4 Party Secretariat and cadres 14

Most people

Any Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 162 Soviet Unionstate 127 Russian Federation state institutionsstate 8 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 8 Lithuania state institutionsstate 3 United Russia 3 Estonia state institutionsstate 2 Latvia state institutionsstate 2

All 20 affiliations

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan state institutionsstate 1

Belarus

Belarus state institutionsstate 1

Estonia

Estonia state institutionsstate 2 Popular Front of Estonia (Rahvarinne) 2

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan state institutionsstate 1

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan state institutionsstate 1

Latvia

Latvia state institutionsstate 2 Popular Front of Latvia 1

Lithuania

Lithuania state institutionsstate 3 Sąjūdis (Reform Movement of Lithuania) 2

Moldova

Moldova state institutionsstate 1

Russia

Russian Federation state institutionsstate 8 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 8 United Russia 3 Our Home – Russia 2

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 162 Soviet Unionstate 127

Ukraine

Ukraine state institutionsstate 1

United States

United States state institutionsstate 1

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan state institutionsstate 1

Position

Any Socialist-bloc reform leader 19 Marxism and communism 137 Liberalism and republicanism 1

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 137 Russia 8 Estonia 4 Latvia 3 Lithuania 3 Moldova 2 Belarus 1 Kazakhstan 1 Kyrgyzstan 1 Ukraine 1 Uzbekistan 1

Background

Any Russia 103 Ukraine 11 Belarus 8 Armenia 6 Estonia 6 Latvia 5 Azerbaijan 4 Kyrgyzstan 4 Lithuania 4 Georgia 3 Moldova 2 Tajikistan 2 Uzbekistan 2 Bulgaria 1 Kazakhstan 1

Era(set)

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 6 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 208 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 349 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 310 The last generation1985–1991 162

People of the wider world

The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 18 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 6 Scholars of this history1892–현재 2

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks The last generation 1985–1991 Clear all

162 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

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Valentyna Semenivna Shevchenko Валентина Семенівна Шевченко Ukrainian SSR head of state during Chernobyl who pushed the evacuation of 526,000 children from Kyiv against Moscow's resistance Legislature and state representation · 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
Grigore Isidorovich Eremei Grigore Isidorovici Eremei The final head of Soviet Moldavia's Communist Party Political and party leadership · Soviet Union 1935–2024
Vladimir Nikolayevich Lobov Владимир Николаевич Лобов The last Chief of the Soviet General Staff, who refused to fire on civilians and twice drafted military reform Military command · Soviet Union 1935–
Gavriil Kharitonovich Popov Гавриил Харитонович Попов Moscow's first elected mayor, who told the U.S. ambassador of the coming coup Government and administration · Russian Federation state institutions 1936–
Georgy Petrovich Razumovsky Георгий Петрович Разумовский Architect of perestroika cadres, last surviving Politburo member Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1936–
Grigory Petrovich Kharchenko Григорий Петрович Харченко Organizational-Party Work deputy chief who witnessed Sumgait, and said 'we were a day late' Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1936–
Yuli Alexandrovich Kvitsinsky Юлий Александрович Квицинский Gromyko protégé and arms negotiator remembered for the "Walk in the Woods" Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1936–2010
Stanislav Ivanovich Gurenko Станислав Иванович Гуренко Last First Secretary of the Ukrainian Communist Party on the eve of the Soviet dissolution Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1936–2013
Grigory Ivanovich Revenko Григорий Иванович Ревенко From Kiev regional party leader to Gorbachev's last chief of staff Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1936–2014
Igor Nikolayevich Rodionov Игорь Николаевич Родионов The general who gave the operational order to clear Rustaveli Avenue Military command · Soviet Union 1936–2014
Vitaly Alekseevich Korotich Виталий Алексеевич Коротич The editor who turned Ogonyok into the battering ram of glasnost, publishing what the system suppressed for seventy years Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1936–2025
Boris Karlovich Pugo Борис Карлович Пуго From Latvian KGB chief to USSR interior minister, a guardian of order shattered in the coup he backed Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1937–1991
Viktor Petrovich Polyanichko Виктор Петрович Поляничко A field enforcer of the Soviet Union's final crisis Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1937–1993
Anatoly Aleksandrovich Sobchak Анатолий Александрович Собчак Constitutional Assembly chairman and first elected mayor of Saint Petersburg Government and administration · Russian Federation state institutions 1937–2000
Valentin Sergeyevich Pavlov Валентин Сергеевич Павлов The last Soviet premier and an August coup participant Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1937–2003
Oleg Semyonovich Shenin Олег Семёнович Шенин The last Politburo member who tried to save the USSR and went to prison for it Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1937–2009
Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev Геннадий Иванович Янаев First and only Vice President of the USSR and the face of the August 1991 coup Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union 1937–2010
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–
Yuri Dmitrievich Maslyukov Юрий Дмитриевич Маслюков The last Gosplan generation Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1937–2010
Nikolai Yakovlevich Petrakov Николай Яковлевич Петраков An economist who carried price theory into the transition to a market economy Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1937–2014
Galina Vladimirovna Semyonova Галина Владимировна Семёнова Architect of women's and family policy in the perestroika era, the fourth woman ever on the Politburo Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1937–2017
Vadim Viktorovich Bakatin Вадим Викторович Бакатин The last KGB chairman, appointed to dismantle it Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1937–2022
Valentin Alexandrovich Kuptsov Валентин Александрович Купцов The last-generation secretary who rebuilt the Russian Communist Party Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1937–
Vladimir Makarovich Velichko Владимир Макарович Величко Technocrat who ran Soviet heavy machine-building in its late decades Industry and production · Soviet Union 1937–
Yegor Semyonovich Stroev Егор Семёнович Строев Gorbachev's last agriculture Politburo member: operational chief of perestroika farm policy Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union 1937–
Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin Виктор Степанович Черномырдин Last Soviet gas minister who turned his ministry into Gazprom Industry and production · Soviet Union 1938–2010
Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov Islom Abdugʻaniyevich Karimov An authoritarian state-builder who made sovereignty his political principle Government and administration · Uzbekistan state institutions 1938–2016
Nina Alexandrovna Andreyeva Нина Александровна Андреева The Leningrad chemistry lecturer whose 'I Cannot Forsake My Principles' became the manifesto of anti-perestroika forces Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1938–2020
Jumber Ilyich Patiashvili ჯუმბერ ილიას ძე პატიაშვილი The Georgian First Secretary who asked Moscow for troops, then resigned after 21 died Political and party leadership · Soviet Union 1939–
Konstantin Ivanovich Kobets Константин Иванович Кобец The highest-ranking general who sided with Yeltsin during the August coup, commanding the White House defense Military command · Soviet Union 1939–2012
Romualdas Ozolas Romualdas Ozolas The Sąjūdis philosopher who launched the 2-million-signature campaign demanding Red Army withdrawal Political and party leadership · Sąjūdis (Reform Movement of Lithuania) 1939–2015
Mikhail Alekseyevich Moiseyev Михаил Алексеевич Моисеев The last Soviet Chief of General Staff, undone by the August coup Military command · Soviet Union 1939–2022
Yuri Anatolyevich Prokofyev Юрий Анатольевич Прокофьев A Moscow party organizer at the Soviet Union's end Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1939–
Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev Нұрсұлтан Әбішұлы Назарбаев Kazakhstan's thirty-year ruler, defender of the union to its last day Political and party leadership · Kazakhstan state institutions 1940–
Pyotr Luchinsky Petru Lucinschi A politician who moved from Soviet party leadership to Moldova's presidency Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1940–
Andrei Serafimovich Grachev Андрей Серафимович Грачёв An insider witness to the collapse of reform Government and administration · Soviet Union 1941–
Lembit Annus Lembit Annus An Estonian communist leader who chose to preserve the Soviet Union Political and party leadership · Soviet Union 1941–2018
Nikolai Nikolayevich Gubenko Николай Николаевич Губенко The last Soviet culture minister Literature and arts · Soviet Union 1941–2020
Anatolijs Gorbunovs Anatolijs Gorbunovs The Communist Party secretary who led Latvia's Supreme Council through the restoration of independence Legislature and state representation · Latvia state institutions 1942–
Yevgeny Ivanovich Shaposhnikov Евгений Иванович Шапошников The last Soviet defence minister and final Marshal of Aviation Military command · Soviet Union 1942–2020
Ruslan Imranovich Khasbulatov Руслан Имранович Хасбулатов The Supreme Soviet chairman who stood with Yeltsin against the coup, then fell to Yeltsin's tanks Legislature and state representation · Russian Federation state institutions 1942–2023
Boris Vsevolodovich Gromov Борис Всеволодович Громов The last Soviet soldier to leave Afghanistan, the face of the Soviet withdrawal Military command · Soviet Union 1943–
Kazimiera Danutė Prunskienė Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė She tried to negotiate independence through pragmatism; her resignation removed the last obstacle to the military option Government and administration · Lithuania state institutions 1943–2026
Askar Akayevich Akayev Аскар Акаевич Акаев Scientist-president who moved from reformist promise to prolonged rule Government and administration · Kyrgyzstan state institutions 1944–
Enn-Arno Augustovich Sillari Enn-Arno Augustovich Sillari The last Soviet-aligned communist leader of Estonia amid a party split Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1944–
Gennady Eduardovich Burbulis Геннадий Эдуардович Бурбулис The philosopher who proposed the one sentence that declared the Soviet Union dead at Belovezh Government and administration · Russian Federation state institutions 1945–2022
Givi Grigorievich Gumbaridze Гиви Григорьевич Гумбаридзе A Georgian party official at the edge of Soviet collapse Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1945–
Jahangir Movsum oglu Muslimzade Cahangir Mövsüm oğlu Müslümzadə The Sumgait party boss handed a flag and photographed at the head of the mob Political and party leadership · Soviet Union 1945–

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