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People

People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity

Any Political and party leadership 45 Government and administration 2 Legislature and state representation 3 Military command 39 Security, intelligence and policing 18 Diplomacy and international organization 13 Economy, finance and planning 34 Industry and production 34 Agriculture and land policy 5 Ideology and propaganda 25 Social movements and organizing 42 Scholarship and theory 3 Education 2 Science and technology 34 Literature and arts 7 Law and justice 4

Affiliation(set)

Soviet institution line

Any Party leadership 3 Party Secretariat and cadres 34

Most people

Any Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 310 Soviet Union state institutions 305 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 3 United Russia 2 Comintern 1 Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 1

All 6 affiliations

International organizations

Comintern 1

Poland

Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 1

Russia

Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 3 United Russia 2

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 310 Soviet Union state institutions 305

Position

Any Left critics of Bolshevism 1 Socialist-bloc reform leader 3 Dissident 3 Marxism and communism 303

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 307 Russia 2 Azerbaijan 1

Background

Any Russia 232 Ukraine 30 Belarus 11 Armenia 6 Latvia 6 Georgia 5 Azerbaijan 4 Kazakhstan 2 Kyrgyzstan 2 Poland 2 Turkmenistan 2 Uzbekistan 2 Estonia 1 Finland 1 Germany 1 Lithuania 1 Moldova 1 Tajikistan 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 thaw and the stagnation 1953–1985 Clear all

310 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

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Konstantin Aleksandrovich Fedin Константин Александрович Федин Novelist who began as a Serapion Brother and became the chief gatekeeper of Soviet literature for 18 years Literature and arts · Soviet Union state institutions 1892–1977
Aksel Ivanovich Berg Аксель Иванович Берг Admiral-engineer who built Soviet radar and revived cybernetics Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1893–1979
Jānis Eduardovich Kalnbērziņš Ян Эдуардович Калнберзинь Founding leader of Soviet Latvia and the longest-serving republican First Secretary among the Baltic republics Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1893–1986
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev Никита Сергеевич Хрущёв He opened the coffin lid, and became the first leader to die in bed Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1894–1971
Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin Николай Александрович Булганин The uniformed premier pushed aside by Khrushchev Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1975
Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan Анастас Иванович Микоян The man who built the Soviet table, and the negotiator “from Ilyich to Ilyich” Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1978
Anna Mikhailovna Pankratova Анна Михайловна Панкратова Leading historian of the working class who drove destalinization in scholarship: first woman full academician in Soviet historical studies Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1897–1957
Mikhail Alekseevich Shalin Михаил Алексеевич Шалин The meticulous staff officer who led Soviet military intelligence through the transition from Stalin to Khrushchev Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1970
Vladimir Vasilyevich Kurasov Владимир Васильевич Курасов The staff intellect who designed the 1st Baltic Front's operations and shaped Soviet military science Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1973
Alexander Fyodorovich Gorkin Александр Фёдорович Горкин The Supreme Court chairman of rehabilitation who survived Orenburg Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1988
Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky Родион Яковлевич Малиновский Marshal and Defence Minister, 1957–1967 Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1898–1967
Matvei Vasilevich Zakharov Матвей Васильевич Захаров The staff officer who foresaw the blitzkrieg and saved the Odessa District, then rebuilt the Cold War General Staff Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1898–1972
Pyotr Nikolayevich Pospelov Пётр Николаевич Поспелов The historian who wrote Stalin's biography, then dismantled his myth Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1898–1979
Alexei Vladimirovich Snegov Алексей Владимирович Снегов An Old Bolshevik survivor who pressed the Soviet leadership toward de-Stalinization Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1898–1989
Yefim Pavlovich Slavsky Ефим Павлович Славский 'Yefim the Great,' who commanded the entire Soviet nuclear arsenal for 29 years Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1898–1991
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Nesmeyanov Александр Николаевич Несмеянов Academy president who founded organoelement chemistry Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1899–1980
Alexei Alexandrovich Surkov Алексей Александрович Сурков Poet of "Zemlyanka" and the Writers' Union enforcer who led the campaign against Pasternak Literature and arts · Soviet Union state institutions 1899–1983
Arvīds Yanovich Pelše Арвид Янович Пельше Brezhnev-era guardian of party discipline and Latvian-born Politburo member Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1899–1983
Georgy Nikolayevich Zarubin Георгий Николаевич Зарубин The Soviet diplomat who represented Moscow in all three major Western Allied capitals during the early Cold War Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1958
Konstantin Andreyevich Vershinin Константин Андреевич Вершинин Two-time Soviet Air Force commander who led its transformation into the jet and nuclear age Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1973
Mikhail Alekseyevich Lavrentiev Михаил Алексеевич Лаврентьев Mathematician who built Akademgorodok and pioneered explosive applications Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1980
Nikolai Demyanovich Psurtsev Николай Демьянович Псурцев Longest-serving Minister of Communications who ran front-line signals at the Battle of Moscow and built Soviet telecom for 27 years Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1980
Nikolai Grigoryevich Ignatov Николай Григорьевич Игнатов The man who saved Khrushchev and then helped destroy him Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1901–1966
Nikolai Nikolayevich Organov Николай Николаевич Органов RSFSR formal head of state who once sat on an NKVD execution troika Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1901–1982
Georgy Maximilianovich Malenkov Георгий Максимилианович Маленков The first loser of the age when losers stopped dying Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1901–1988
Olga Grigoryevna Shatunovskaya Ольга Григорьевна Шатуновская Khrushchev's chief investigator who traced Stalin's crimes to the end Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1901–1990
Vasily Vasilyevich Kuznetsov Василий Васильевич Кузнецов Three-time interim head of state and Gromyko's First Deputy for 22 years Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1990
Fyodor Vasilyevich Konstantinov Фёдор Васильевич Константинов Chief editor of the 5-volume Philosophical Encyclopedia and architect of the standard Soviet Marxist-Leninist philosophy textbook Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1991
Mitrofan Ivanovich Nedelin Митрофан Иванович Неделин Chief Marshal of Artillery who created the Strategic Rocket Forces and drove the R-7 that launched Sputnik: killed at his own pad Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1960
Zhumabay Shayakhmetovich Shayakhmetov Жумабай Шаяхметович Шаяхметов Kazakh SSR figure who chaired the Soviet of Nationalities Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1902–1966
Stanislav Gilyarovich Poplavsky Станислав Гилярович Поплавский A Polish-born Soviet general who commanded the suppression of the Poznań uprising Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1973
Sergei Alekseyevich Lebedev Сергей Алексеевич Лебедев Creator of the MESM and BESM, founder of Soviet computing Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1974
Mikhail Alexeyevich Menshikov Михаил Алексеевич Меньшиков Trade-and-diplomacy official sacked by Stalin over bananas, then returned as a Cold War ambassador under Khrushchev Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1976
Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov Михаил Андреевич Суслов The Kremlin's Grey Cardinal Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1982
Kirill Semyonovich Moskalenko Кирилл Семёнович Москаленко The marshal who led Beria's arrest and called his subordinates 'enemies of the people' Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1985
Valerian Aleksandrovich Zorin Валериан Александрович Зорин The Soviet Cold War diplomat who denied the Cuban missiles at the UN Security Council Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1986
Viktor Georgiyevich Bakayev Виктор Георгиевич Бакаев 16-year minister who built the Soviet merchant fleet into a global maritime power Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1987
Nikolai Ilyich Belyaev Николай Ильич Беляев Khrushchev loyalist who defended him in 1957, undone by the Temirtau riots Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1903–1966
Nikolai Ivanovich Krylov Николай Иванович Крылов From Stalingrad to the Strategic Rocket Forces: the marshal who built the nuclear triad's third leg Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1972
Averky Borisovich Aristov Аверкий Борисович Аристов Presidium member born a fisherman's son, party cadres chief who loved to fish Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1903–1973
Antanas Juozovich Sniečkus Antanas Sniečkus The communist who ruled Soviet Lithuania for 34 years Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1903–1974
Andrei Antonovich Grechko Андрей Антонович Гречко Brezhnev-era defence minister Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1976
Alexei Nikolayevich Leontiev Алексей Николаевич Леонтьев Founder of activity theory who laid the institutional foundations of Marxist psychology Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1903–1979
Issa Alexandrovich Pliyev Исса Александрович Плиев The only cavalryman twice Hero of the Soviet Union, who went to the brink of nuclear war in Cuba Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1979
Boris Pavlovich Beshchev Борис Павлович Бещев The longest-serving Soviet minister, who led the railways for 29 years Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1981
Nikolai Viktorovich Podgorny Николай Викторович Подгорный Head of state in the Brezhnev-Kosygin collective leadership Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1983
Bonifaty Mikhailovich Kedrov Бонифатий Михайлович Кедров Philosopher of science who systematized dialectical materialism for natural science and created the Kedrov Triangle Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1985
Anatoly Petrovich Alexandrov Анатолий Петрович Александров Physicist who pioneered the Soviet nuclear navy and nuclear power, brought down by Chernobyl Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1994
Leonid Gatovsky Лев Маркович Гатовский The editor who built the political economy of socialism as a discipline Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1997
Alexei Andreyevich Poskonov Алексей Андреевич Посконов The Bashkir-born financial technocrat who ran Gosbank through the Kosygin reform Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1904–1969

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