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- Yefim Pavlovich Slavsky Ефим Павлович Славский 'Yefim the Great,' who commanded the entire Soviet nuclear arsenal for 29 years
- Anatoly Ivanovich Kostousov Анатолий Иванович Костоусов The longest-serving industrial minister who made the USSR the world's top machine-tool producer
- Alexei Kirillovich Kortunov Алексей Кириллович Кортунов Hero of the Soviet Union who built the Unified Gas Supply System
- Boris Yevstafyevich Butoma Борис Евстафьевич Бутома Architect of the nuclear submarine fleet who led Soviet shipbuilding for 19 years
- Pyotr Vasilyevich Dementiev Пётр Васильевич Дементьев The Chuvash 'Peter the Great' who led Soviet aviation for 24 years
- Vladimir Fyodorovich Zhigalin Владимир Фёдорович Жигалин The minister who ran Soviet military heavy industry for 18 years under Brezhnev
- Ignati Trofimovich Novikov Игнатий Трофимович Новиков Brezhnev's classmate who ran Soviet construction for 21 years as the energy technocrat
- Valery Dmitrievich Kalmykov Валерий Дмитриевич Калмыков Founded and led Soviet radio-electronics for 20 years, building the electronic backbone of spaceflight and ABM
- Vasily Vasilyevich Boytsov Василий Васильевич Бойцов Standardization chief who built the GOST system and laid the groundwork for ISO 9000
- Vladimir Alekseyevich Kucherenko Владимир Алексеевич Кучеренко A technocrat who ran Soviet construction from post-war rebuilding to Gosstroy
- Alexander Ivanovich Shokin Александр Иванович Шокин Architect of Soviet military electronics who built the industry from scratch and led it for 20 years
- Ivan Dmitrievich Serbin Иван Дмитриевич Сербин The party's 'Ivan the Terrible' who oversaw the entire Soviet military-industrial complex for 23 years
- Viktor Yakovlevich Litvinov Виктор Яковлевич Литвинов The factory director who led Soviet aircraft and rocket mass production for 33 years
- Pyotr Stepanovich Neporozhny Пётр Степанович Непорожний The longest-serving energy minister who built the Unified Energy System
- Alexander Mikhailovich Tarasov Александр Михайлович Тарасов The man who opened the Soviet mass-automobile era: father of the Lada
- Konstantin Nikolayevich Rudnev Константин Николаевич Руднев The defence-industry administrator who sent Gagarin into space
- Sergei Alekseyevich Zverev Сергей Алексеевич Зверев The Defense Industry Minister who ran Soviet conventional arms production for 13 years under Brezhnev
- Sabit Atayevich Orudzhev Сабит Атаевич Оруджев The Azeri engineer who built the Soviet gas industry into the world's largest
- Boris Fyodorovich Bratchenko Борис Фёдорович Братченко The coal minister who led the Soviet mining industry for twenty years across the Brezhnev era
- Leonid Arkadyevich Kostandov Леонид Аркадьевич Костандов Longest-serving chemical industry minister who led the Brezhnev-era chemicalization drive
- Viktor Nikolayevich Polyakov Виктор Николаевич Поляков The first general director of VAZ who built Soviet mass automobility on the banks of the Volga
- Valentin Dmitrievich Shashin Валентин Дмитриевич Шашин The minister who made the USSR #1 in oil, then warned against over-pumping
- Vasily Alexandrovich Kazakov Василий Александрович Казаков From factory technologist to aviation minister: a military-industrial administrator who rose through every rung
- Leonid Vasilyevich Smirnov Леонид Васильевич Смирнов The VPK chairman who coordinated the Soviet military-industrial complex for 22 years
- Alexander Vasilyevich Sidorenko Александр Васильевич Сидоренко The institutional architect of Soviet geology who spanned desert and Precambrian
- Sergey Alexandrovich Afanasyev Сергей Александрович Афанасьев Long-serving minister of missile and space industry
- 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
- Boris Yevdokimovich Shcherbina Борис Евдокимович Щербина The Chernobyl commander who built Siberia's oil empire
- Pavel Vasilyevich Finogenov Павел Васильевич Финогенов The defense industry minister who ran Soviet conventional arms production from late Brezhnev through perestroika
- Pyotr Stepanovich Pleshakov Пётр Степанович Плешаков Architect of Soviet radio-electronic warfare
- Vladimir Ivanovich Dolgikh Владимир Иванович Долгих The CC secretary who ran Soviet heavy industry and energy for 16 years under Brezhnev
- Nikolai Alexeyevich Maltsev Николай Алексеевич Мальцев The minister who led Soviet oil to its peak through the West Siberian fields
- Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kozlovsky Евгений Александрович Козловский Longest-serving geology minister who presided over the 'golden age' of Soviet mineral exploration
- Erlen Kirikovich Pervyshin Эрлен Кирикович Первышин Minister of Communications Equipment Industry who oversaw Soviet military C3 infrastructure