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Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович
The composer who scored the Soviet century, and walked through two official annihilations
Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1906–1975
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Alexei Grigoryevich Stakhanov Алексей Григорьевич Стаханов
The miner whose 102-ton, 14x-norm shift ignited the defining mass productivity campaign of the Stalin era
Industry and production · Soviet Union
1906–1977
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Yakov Aleksandrovich Malik Яков Александрович Малик
The Soviet UN diplomat who enabled Korean War intervention by boycott, and then proposed the armistice
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union
1906–1980
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Leonid Georgiyevich Melnikov Леонид Георгиевич Мельников
First Secretary who ran the largest republican party in the USSR at the close of the Stalin era
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1906–1981
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Nikolai Aleksandrovich Mikhailov Николай Александрович Михайлов
Stalin's youth mobilizer turned Thaw-era Culture Minister, a party apparatus survivor
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union
1906–1982
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Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov Олег Константинович Антонов
From the An-2 to the An-225: the father of Soviet transport aviation
Industry and production · Soviet Union
1906–1984
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Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev Александр Сергеевич Яковлев
Father of the Yak fighter: the only aircraft designer Stalin personally summoned for advice
Industry and production · Soviet Union
1906–1989
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Dmitry Georgievich Zhimerin Дмитрий Георгиевич Жимерин
Standard-bearer of Soviet electrification who became wartime power minister at 35
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union
1906–1995
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Alexander Mikhailovich Puzanov Александр Михайлович Пузанов
The RSFSR premier who opposed the Crimea transfer and silently let Kim Il Sung consolidate one-man rule
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union
1906–1998
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Ivan Iosifovich Proskurov Иван Иосифович Проскуров
The GRU chief who warned Stalin of the German invasion, and was shot for it
Military command · Soviet Union
1907–1941
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Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky Иван Данилович Черняховский
The youngest front commander in Red Army history: twice Hero of the Soviet Union, killed in East Prussia weeks before victory
Military command · Soviet Union
1907–1945
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Mikhail Ivanovich Rodionov Михаил Иванович Родионов
The RSFSR premier who turned wartime Gorky into an arsenal
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1907–1950
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Terentii Fomich Shtykov Терентий Фомич Штыков
Soviet occupation chief in North Korea and first ambassador; he conveyed Kim Il Sung's unification plan to Stalin, brokered approval for war
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union
1907–1964
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Vladimir Nikolaevich Sukhodolsky Владимир Николаевич Суходольский
NKVD major-general who led Tula's wartime defence and fell from grace
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1907–1966
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Pavel Mikhailovich Fitin Павел Михайлович Фитин
The man who rebuilt foreign intelligence from the wreckage of the Yezhovshchina and stole the atomic bomb
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1907–1971
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Sergei Matveyevich Shtemenko Сергей Матвеевич Штеменко
The staff officer who designed Stalin's war plans and fell twice
Military command · Soviet Union
1907–1976
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Sergey Nikiforovich Kruglov Сергей Никифорович Круглов
The last NKVD People's Commissar, the longest-serving MVD minister, killed by a train
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1907–1977
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Konstantin Petrovich Gorshenin Константин Петрович Горшенин
The USSR's first Prosecutor General who organized war crimes trials and handed Khrushchev the statistics of the Great Terror
Law and justice · Soviet Union
1907–1978
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Konstantin Fyodorovich Lunev Константин Фёдорович Лунёв
A party cadre elevated into the security apparatus
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1907–1980
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Alexander Kharitonovich Busygin Александр Харитонович Бусыгин
A Gorky auto-plant blacksmith who became a symbol of industrial productivity
Industry and production · Soviet Union
1907–1985
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Alexander Ivanovich Langfang Александр Иванович Лангфанг
An interrogator convicted of falsifying cases and torturing prisoners
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1907–1990
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Pavel Anatolyevich Sudoplatov Павел Анатольевич Судоплатов
Stalin’s spymaster who eliminated Trotsky, then spent fifteen years in Stalin’s prisons
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1907–1996
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Viktor Semyonovich Abakumov Виктор Семёнович Абакумов
Stalin's security chief who commanded SMERSH and ruled the MGB
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1908–1954
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Georgy Fyodorovich Alexandrov Георгий Фёдорович Александров
Stalin's chief ideological supervisor, broken by a philosophy debate
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union
1908–1961
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Yevgeny Dmitriyevich Kiselyov Евгений Дмитриевич Киселёв
The Soviet envoy in Budapest who distrusted Rákosi
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union
1908–1963
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Boris Nikolayevich Chernousov Борис Николаевич Черноусов
The RSFSR premier who rose in the Leningrad Affair's wake and fell at the 19th Party Congress
Government and administration · Soviet Union
1908–1978
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Zhozef Yakovlevich Kotin Жозеф Яковлевич Котин
Chief designer of the KV and IS heavy tanks, builder of Tankograd
Industry and production · Soviet Union
1908–1979
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Isaak Konstantinovich Kikoin Исаак Константинович Кикоин
Scientific director of uranium isotope separation for the Soviet atomic bomb
Science and technology · Soviet Union
1908–1984
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Iosif Mikhailovich Turko Иосиф Михайлович Турко
A Kuznetsov appointee to the Yaroslavl obkom who was sentenced to 15 years instead of death in the Leningrad Affair
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1908–1994
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Pavel Yakovlevich Meshik Павел Яковлевич Мешик
Beria's inner circle and an organiser of the Great Terror
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1910–1953
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Dmitry Ivanovich Chesnokov Дмитрий Иванович Чесноков
The philosopher Stalin elevated to the Politburo in his final act
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1910–1973
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Olga Fyodorovna Berggolts Ольга Фёдоровна Берггольц
The radio voice of the besieged city
Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1910–1975
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Pyotr Fyodorovich Krivonos Пётр Фёдорович Кривонос
The locomotive driver who carried productivity innovation onto the railways
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union
1910–1980
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Vasily Stepanovich Fursov Василий Степанович Фурсов
A physicist who linked reactor theory to scientific education
Science and technology · Soviet Union
1910–1998
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Pavel Vasilyevich Rychagov Павел Васильевич Рычагов
The ace who told Stalin Soviet planes were flying coffins
Military command · Soviet Union
1911–1941
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Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov Николай Иванович Кузнецов
Soviet spy who posed as a German officer in Nazi-occupied Ukraine and personally eliminated high-ranking officials
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1911–1944
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Kirill Ivanovich Shchelkin Кирилл Иванович Щёлкин
The physicist who personally armed the first Soviet atomic bomb and built the second nuclear weapons center as its first scientific director
Science and technology · Soviet Union
1911–1968
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Pasha Nikitichna Angelina Прасковья Никитична Ангелина
A pioneer of women’s mechanized labor
Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1912–1959
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Mikhail Dmitrievich Ryumin Михаил Дмитриевич Рюмин
Engineer of the Doctors' Plot, NKVD bookkeeper turned deputy minister
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1913–1954
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Nikita Arkadyevich Krimyan Никита Аркадьевич Кримян
The investigator who became Armenia's security minister at thirty-one
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1913–1955
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Georgy Nikolayevich Flyorov Георгий Николаевич Флёров
One letter that woke Stalin, one element that bears his name
Science and technology · Soviet Union
1913–1990
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Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov Константин Михайлович Симонов
The poet of 'Wait for Me': six-time Stalin Prize-winning war correspondent and literary bureaucrat
Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1915–1979
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Georgy Ageevich Lobov Георгий Агеевич Лобов
The Soviet fighter commander who led the battle over MiG Alley
Military command · Soviet Union
1915–1994
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Yevgeny Petrovich Pitovranov Евгений Петрович Питовранов
A survivor who transformed from Stalin's counter-intelligence chief to Brezhnev's trade diplomat
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1915–1999
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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
1916–1954
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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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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
1919–2006
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Nikolai Vasilyevich Sutyagin Николай Васильевич Сутягин
The Soviet ace with MiG Alley’s highest score
Military command · Soviet Union
1923–1986
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Pang Hak-se Пан Хак Се
Founder of North Korea's state security and enforcer of its political repression
Security, intelligence and policing · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
?–1992