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People

People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity(set)

Any Political and party leadership 30 Government and administration 6 Legislature and state representation 2 Military command 88 Security, intelligence and policing 84 Diplomacy and international organization 11 Economy, finance and planning 17 Industry and production 34 Agriculture and land policy 4 Ideology and propaganda 12 Social movements and organizing 36 Scholarship and theory 2 Science and technology 13 Literature and arts 3 Law and justice 8

Affiliation(set)

Most people

Any Soviet Unionstate 108 Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 88 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 4 Japan state institutionsstate 1 Nazi party and regime 1 Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 1

All 6 affiliations

Germany

Nazi party and regime 1

Japan

Japan state institutionsstate 1

Russia

Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 1 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 4

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 88 Soviet Unionstate 108

Position

Any Imperial establishment and White movement 1 Marxism and communism 87

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 88

Background

Any Russia 66 Ukraine 13 Armenia 3 Latvia 2 Belarus 1 Lithuania 1 Moldova 1 Turkey 1

Era(set)

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The revolutionary generation1917–1940 23 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 88 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 39 The last generation1985–1991 19

People of the wider world

The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 1

Military command Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks People of the Stalin era 1929–1953 Clear all

88 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

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Dmitry Mikhailovich Karbyshev Дмитрий Михайлович Карбышев The Soviet Union's greatest fortification scientist, who chose martyrdom at Mauthausen over collaboration with the Nazis Military command · Soviet Union 1880–1945
Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov Климент Ефремович Ворошилов Stalin’s marshal, sustained by loyalty more than command Military command · Soviet Union 1881–1969
Boris Mikhailovich Shaposhnikov Борис Михайлович Шапошников The only officer Stalin addressed by name and patronymic, author of The Brain of the Army Military command · Soviet Union 1882–1945
Alexander Ilyich Yegorov Александр Ильич Егоров The Southern Front commander who broke Denikin: the last of the first five marshals whose name was erased Military command · Soviet Union 1883–1939
Yefim Afanasievich Shchadenko Ефим Афанасьевич Щаденко From 1st Cavalry Army commissar to the purge's personnel executioner Military command · Soviet Union 1885–1951
Sydir Artemovych Kovpak Сидор Артемьевич Ковпак The Soviet Union's greatest partisan commander, who raided all the way to the Carpathians Military command · Soviet Union 1887–1967
Lev Zakharovich Mekhlis Лев Захарович Мехлис From Stalin's personal secretary to the Red Army's purge enforcer, nicknamed 'the Inquisitor of the Red Army' Military command · Soviet Union 1889–1953
Boris Mironovich Feldman Борис Миронович Фельдман One of the eight Tukhachevsky-trial defendants; his confession under torture started the chain reaction that consumed the Red Army Military command · Soviet Union 1890–1937
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 1890–1938
Grigory Ivanovich Kulik Григорий Иванович Кулик Stalin's artillery chief from Tsaritsyn: Marshal who blocked the T-34, KV-1 and Katyusha Military command · Soviet Union 1890–1950
Alexander Vasilyevich Gorbatov Александр Васильевич Горбатов The army general who survived Kolyma, took Berlin, and testified to Stalin-era repression Military command · Soviet Union 1891–1973
Pyotr Ionovich Baranov Пётр Ионович Баранов Principal architect of the Soviet Air Force and aviation industry Military command · Soviet Union 1892–1933
Mikhail Petrovich Kirponos Михаил Петрович Кирпонос Southwestern Front commander who fell in the Kiev encirclement Military command · Soviet Union 1892–1941
Andrei Vasilyevich Khrulev Андрей Васильевич Хрулёв The invisible commander who moved the war, the only supply general Stalin toasted as architect of victory Military command · Soviet Union 1892–1962
Andrei Ivanovich Yeryomenko Андрей Иванович Ерёменко The cavalryman who closed Stalingrad's southern pincer Military command · Soviet Union 1892–1970
Ivan Vladimirovich Tyulenev Иван Владимирович Тюленев The cavalry general who bolted the Caucasus gate, witness to three wars Military command · Soviet Union 1892–1978
Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky Михаил Николаевич Тухачевский “The Red Napoleon,” killed by the army he built Military command · Soviet Union 1893–1937
Vladimir Kiriakovich Triandafillov Владимир Кириакович Триандафиллов “Father of Soviet operational art”: architect of deep operations doctrine Military command · Soviet Union 1894–1931
Yan Borisovich Gamarnik Ян Борисович Гамарник The Red Army's political chief who backed the purges, then shot himself as they closed in Military command · Soviet Union 1894–1937
Pavel Semyonovich Rybalko Павел Семёнович Рыбалко Twice Hero who drove the 3rd Guards Tank Army from Stalingrad to Prague Military command · Soviet Union 1894–1948
Maksim Alexeyevich Purkayev Максим Алексеевич Пуркаев Mordvin carpenter's son who rose to Army General and led the Manchurian offensive Military command · Soviet Union 1894–1953
Semyon Ilyich Bogdanov Семён Ильич Богданов The tank army commander who first entered Berlin, sidelined after Stalin's death Military command · Soviet Union 1894–1960
Ivan Stepanovich Isakov Иван Степанович Исаков The Soviet Navy's scholar-admiral who lost a leg at Tuapse and still fought two wars to the end Military command · Soviet Union 1894–1967
Robert Petrovich Eideman Роберт Петрович Эйдеман Latvian-born Civil War hero turned defendant in the Tukhachevsky trial Military command · Soviet Union 1895–1937
Nikolai Pavlovich Pukhov Николай Павлович Пухов The seminary-trained instructor who drove the 13th Army into the heart of Europe Military command · Soviet Union 1895–1958
Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko Семён Константинович Тимошенко Marshal of the Soviet Union, People's Commissar for Defence 1940-1941 Military command · Soviet Union 1895–1970
Ivan Stepanovich Yumashev Иван Степанович Юмашев Pacific Fleet commander of Operation August Storm, the admiral Stalin dismissed as 'not a minister' Military command · Soviet Union 1895–1972
Mikhail Stepanovich Shumilov Михаил Степанович Шумилов Commander of the 64th Army: Stalingrad's southern shield for six months Military command · Soviet Union 1895–1975
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Vasilevsky Александр Михайлович Василевский The seminarian-turned-staff-officer who designed Uranus Military command · Soviet Union 1895–1977
Ieronim Petrovich Uborevich Иероним Петрович Уборевич A prodigy who commanded an army at twenty-three, architect of the Red Army's mechanization Military command · Soviet Union 1896–1937
Iona Emmanuilovich Yakir Иона Эммануилович Якир Civil War hero who turned the Kiev Military District into a laboratory for reform Military command · Soviet Union 1896–1937
Yakov Nikolayevich Fedorenko Яков Николаевич Федоренко First Marshal of Armored Troops who led the Red Army's tank forces through the entire war Military command · Soviet Union 1896–1947
Ivan Yefimovich Petrov Иван Ефимович Петров The army general who held Odessa and Sevastopol, and returned to command every time Stalin sacked him Military command · Soviet Union 1896–1958
Aleksei Innokentievich Antonov Алексей Иннокентьевич Антонов The architect of every major Soviet operation from 1943 onward: the only Order of Victory holder who was not a marshal Military command · Soviet Union 1896–1962
Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov Георгий Константинович Жуков Stalin's Marshal of Victory, twice demoted for his own fame Military command · Soviet Union 1896–1974
Mikhail Semyonovich Khozin Михаил Семёнович Хозин Soviet Colonel General who led Leningrad through the first blockade winter, then lost the 2nd Shock Army and his command Military command · Soviet Union 1896–1979
Yakov Ivanovich Alksnis Яков Иванович Алкснис Built the world's largest bomber force, then died the death he had sentenced others to Military command · Soviet Union 1897–1938
Ivan Fyodorovich Fedko Иван Фёдорович Федько Four-time Red Banner hero of the Civil War, rose to First Deputy Defence Commissar: purged by the machine he served Military command · Soviet Union 1897–1939
Dmitry Grigoryevich Pavlov Дмитрий Григорьевич Павлов The general who built Soviet tank forces and became their first scapegoat Military command · Soviet Union 1897–1941
Mikhail Gr. Grigoryevich Yefremov Михаил Григорьевич Ефремов Commander of the 33rd Army at Moscow, encircled at Vyazma and shot himself when Stalin denied retreat Military command · Soviet Union 1897–1942
Leonid Aleksandrovich Govorov Леонид Александрович Говоров From Kolchak's White Army to Marshal of the USSR who broke the 900-day siege of Leningrad Military command · Soviet Union 1897–1955
Georgy Fedorovich Zakharov Георгий Фёдорович Захаров Peasant-born Army General who led the 2nd Belorussian Front and was demoted after Bagration Military command · Soviet Union 1897–1957
Vladimir Viktorovich Kryukov Владимир Викторович Крюков Hero of the Guards cavalry corps, brought down by the Trophy Case, rehabilitated in the Thaw Military command · Soviet Union 1897–1959
Kirill Afanasyevich Meretskov Кирилл Афанасьевич Мерецков The marshal who survived NKVD torture to break the Leningrad blockade Military command · Soviet Union 1897–1968
Vasily Danilovich Sokolovsky Василий Данилович Соколовский A peasant's son from the Grodno lands who framed Soviet nuclear-age strategy Military command · Soviet Union 1897–1968
Ivan Stepanovich Konev Иван Степанович Конев The marshal who made encirclement an art, and became a political soldier in peacetime Military command · Soviet Union 1897–1973
Kuzma Nikitovich Galitsky Кузьма Никитович Галицкий Army general who survived the Purge and took Königsberg Military command · Soviet Union 1897–1973
Ivan Khristoforovich Bagramyan Иван Христофорович Баграмян The first non-Slavic front commander, from Bagration to the Baltic Military command · Soviet Union 1897–1982
Pavel Ivanovich Batov Павел Иванович Батов Master of river crossings who led the 65th Army from Stalingrad to the capture of Stettin Military command · Soviet Union 1897–1985
Aleksei Pavlovich Panfilov Алексей Павлович Панфилов The GRU chief whose chemical-warfare intelligence moved Churchill, and the tank lieutenant-general who drove to Berlin Military command · Soviet Union 1898–1966

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