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People

People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity

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)

Soviet institution line

Any Party leadership 1 Party Secretariat and cadres 22

Most people

Any Soviet Union state institutions 381 Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 349 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 32 Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 6 Comintern 4 Nazi party and regime 2 Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 2 General Jewish Labour Bund 2

All 19 affiliations

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) 1 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea state institutions 1

Estonia

Estonia state institutions 1

Germany

Nazi party and regime 2 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 1 Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) 1

International organizations

Comintern 4

Japan

Japan state institutions 1

Latvia

Latvia state institutions 1

Poland

Communist Party of Poland (KPP) 1

Russia

Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 6 Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 2 Mensheviks (RSDLP) 1 Constitutional Democratic Party (Kadets) 1 General Jewish Labour Bund 2 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 32 United Russia 1

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 349 Soviet Union state institutions 381

Position

Any Imperial establishment and White movement 1 Left critics of Bolshevism 1 Marxism and communism 345

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 349

Background

Any Russia 243 Ukraine 32 Belarus 13 Georgia 11 Latvia 11 Armenia 8 Lithuania 7 Poland 6 Germany 4 Azerbaijan 3 Estonia 3 Turkey 2 France 1 Hungary 1 Korea 1 Moldova 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 People of the Stalin era 1929–1953 Clear all

349 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

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Boris Petrovich Sheboldaev Борис Петрович Шеболдаев Party master of the Azov-Black Sea krai, brought down on the eve of the Great Terror Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1895–1937
Georgy Yevgenyevich Prokofiev Георгий Евгеньевич Прокофьев The deputy commissar who manufactured the wrecking cases Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1937
Robert Petrovich Eideman Роберт Петрович Эйдеман Latvian-born Civil War hero turned defendant in the Tukhachevsky trial Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1937
Pavel Petrovich Bulanov Павел Петрович Буланов Yagoda's secretary who staged the Moscow trials and became a defendant himself Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1938
Isaak Ilyich Shapiro Исаак Ильич Шапиро Yezhov's chief of secretariat, keeper of the Great Terror's papers and figures Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1940
Izrail Yakovlevich Dagin Израиль Яковлевич Дагин From North Caucasus NKVD chief to government protection head, an executor of the Great Terror Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1940
Nikolai Ivanovich Yezhov Николай Иванович Ежов The Bloody Dwarf, an executor of the Great Terror shaped by the party personnel apparatus Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1940
Vladimir Yefimovich Tsesarsky Владимир Ефимович Цесарский Yezhov’s confidant who kept the Great Terror’s ledgers Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1940
Zinovy Markovich Ushakov Зиновий Маркович Ушаков The interrogator who beat a confession out of Tukhachevsky, and spoke of beating only once it was his turn Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1940
Richard Gustavovich Sorge Рихард Густавович Зорге The spy who stole the war’s timetable in Tokyo Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1944
Peretz Davidovich Markish Перец Давидович Маркиш A radical lyrical voice of Soviet Yiddish literature Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1895–1952
Vsevolod Nikolayevich Merkulov Всеволод Николаевич Меркулов The NKGB chief named first in the Katyn order, who wrote plays under a pseudonym Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1953
Vasily Mikhailovich Blokhin Василий Михайлович Блохин The executioner who served twenty-seven years under three chiefs Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1955
Mir Jafar Abbasovich Bagirov Мир Аббасович Джафар Багиров Stalin-era party boss who ruled Azerbaijan for two decades Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1956
Nikolai Pavlovich Pukhov Николай Павлович Пухов The seminary-trained instructor who drove the 13th Army into the heart of Europe Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1958
Iona Timofeievich Nikitchenko Иона Тимофеевич Никитченко Soviet judge at the Nuremberg IMT, death-sentence arbiter of the Great Purge Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1967
Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko Семён Константинович Тимошенко Marshal of the Soviet Union, People's Commissar for Defence 1940-1941 Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1970
Andrei Andreyevich Andreyev Андрей Андреевич Андреев The organization man who sat in the Politburo for 20 years, the CC secretary most often dispatched to purge the regions Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1895–1971
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 state institutions 1895–1972
Alexander Mikhailovich Orlov Александр Михайлович Орлов The NKVD chief in Spain who shipped the Republic's gold to Moscow and broke the POUM, then fled Stalin Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1973
Ivan Sergeyevich Khokhlov Иван Сергеевич Хохлов The weaver who became wartime premier of the Russian republic Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1973
Mikhail Stepanovich Shumilov Михаил Степанович Шумилов Commander of the 64th Army: Stalingrad's southern shield for six months Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1975
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Vasilevsky Александр Михайлович Василевский The seminarian-turned-staff-officer who designed Uranus Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 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 state institutions 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 state institutions 1896–1937
Aleksei Ivanovich Stetsky Алексей Иванович Стецкий Propaganda chief who moved from Bukharin's 'red professor' circle to Stalin's side Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1938
Israel Moiseyevich Leplevsky Израиль Моисеевич Леплевский The man who drove the Ukrainian mass operations to their peak Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1938
Yakov Arkadyevich Yakovlev Яков Аркадьевич Яковлев Agriculture commissar of collectivization Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1938
Semyon Borisovich Zhukovsky Семён Борисович Жуковский The trade official who became a deputy commissar Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1940
Vasily Fyodorovich Dementiev Василий Фёдорович Дементьев A 'North Caucasian' Chekist moved from Chechnya to Primorye Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1940
Voldemar Avgustovich Ulmer Вольдемар Августович Ульмер Operational secretary of the GUGB whose 'certified' signature closes the Great Terror's operational orders Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1945
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 state institutions 1896–1947
Andrei Alexandrovich Zhdanov Андрей Александрович Жданов The ideology manager whose name marked Stalinist culture Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1948
Vasily Vasilyevich Chernyshev Василий Васильевич Чернышёв The only Yezhov deputy to survive, who ran the GULAG as Deputy People's Commissar of Internal Affairs Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1952
Ivan Alekseyevich Likhachev Иван Алексеевич Лихачёв Father of the Soviet auto industry, the 'red director' who told Henry Ford he was a servant of the people Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1956
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 state institutions 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 state institutions 1896–1962
Sofia Aleksandrovna Yanovskaya Софья Александровна Яновская Bolshevik mathematician who resurrected mathematical logic in the Soviet Union Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1896–1966
Nikolai Sidorovich Vlasik Николай Сидорович Власик Stalin's shadow for 25 years as head of personal security Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1967
Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov Георгий Константинович Жуков Stalin's Marshal of Victory, twice demoted for his own fame Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 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 state institutions 1896–1979
Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov Николай Николаевич Семёнов The only Soviet Nobel laureate in Chemistry, founder of chain reaction theory Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1986
Vissarion Vissarionovich Lominadze Виссарион Виссарионович Ломинадзе Comintern architect of the Canton uprising who led the first party-apparatus challenge to Stalin's collectivization Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern 1897–1935
Georgy Andreyevich Molchanov Георгий Андреевич Молчанов Yagoda's chief of the Secret Political Department Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1937
Ivan Adamovich Kraval Иван Адамович Краваль The statistician who counted a population that displeased Stalin Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1937
Vladimir Mikhailovich Kursky Владимир Михайлович Курский The 'North Caucasian' deputy commissar who shot himself at the peak of his career Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1937
Nikolai Fyodorovich Gikalo Николай Фёдорович Гикало Civil War hero who commanded the Grozny defence, then drove industrialization and collectivization as First Secretary of three republics Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1897–1938
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 state institutions 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 state institutions 1897–1939
Aleksey Alekseyevich Nasedkin Алексей Алексеевич Наседкин Smolensk NKVD chief who fabricated the 'Latvian National Centre' case and launched the Latvian operation Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1940

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