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Vasily Filippovich Margelov Василий Филиппович Маргелов Father of the modern VDV, who turned airborne troops into a heavily armored strike force Military command · Soviet Union 1908–1990
Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko Андрей Андреевич Громыко “Mister Nyet,” whose last move was to nominate the reformer Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1909–1989
Ivan Ignatyevich Yakubovsky Иван Игнатьевич Якубовский Belarusian-born marshal who commanded the Warsaw Pact forces for nine years Military command · Soviet Union 1912–1976
Vasily Filimonovich Shauro Василий Филимонович Шауро The 'Great Mute' who presided as the party's gatekeeper of Soviet culture for 21 years Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1912–2007
Pyotr Andreyevich Abrassimov Пётр Андреевич Абрасимов The Soviet 'governing ambassador' who managed Cold War Berlin Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1912–2009
Kirill Trofimovich Mazurov Кирилл Трофимович Мазуров Belarusian partisan leader who rose to Brezhnev's Politburo and served as USSR First Deputy Premier for thirteen years Government and administration · Soviet Union 1914–1989
Mikhail Vasilyevich Zimyanin Михаил Васильевич Зимянин Brezhnev's 'number two party ideologist' after Suslov Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1914–1995
Tikhon Yakovlevich Kiselyov Тихон Яковлевич Киселёв Belarus's premier for nearly 20 years who rose to First Secretary and candidate Politburo member, then died of cancer two years later Government and administration · Soviet Union 1917–1983
Pyotr Mironovich Masherov Пётр Миронович Машеров Belarus's partisan-hero leader for 15 years who transformed an agrarian republic into an industrial powerhouse - his death a legend Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1918–1980
Yevgeny Filippovich Ivanovsky Евгений Филиппович Ивановский Longest-serving GSFG commander who led the Soviet front-line force facing NATO for eight years Military command · Soviet Union 1918–1991
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kozlovsky Евгений Александрович Козловский Longest-serving geology minister who presided over the 'golden age' of Soviet mineral exploration Industry and production · Soviet Union 1929–2022