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Pyotr Kirillovich Koshevoy Пётр Кириллович Кошевой
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union who took Mount Sapun and stormed Königsberg
Military command · Soviet Union
1904–1976
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Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin Алексей Николаевич Косыгин
The premier who tried to plant profit inside the plan
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union
1904–1980
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Vladimir Alexandrovich Sudets Владимир Александрович Судец
Marshal of Aviation who led the 17th Air Army to Prague and commanded Soviet Air Defence Forces
Military command · Soviet Union
1904–1981
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Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov Павел Алексеевич Черенков
The Soviet Nobel physicist who discovered the Cherenkov effect
Science and technology · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1904–1990
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Pyotr Faddeyevich Lomako Пётр Фаддеевич Ломако
Founder of Soviet non-ferrous metallurgy and Gosplan chairman
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union
1904–1990
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Aleksei Sergeyevich Zheltov Алексей Сергеевич Желтов
Chief political commissar of the post-Stalin Soviet military who helped bring down Zhukov
Military command · Soviet Union
1904–1991
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Vladimir Nikonovich Starovsky Владимир Никонович Старовский
The man who ran Soviet statistics for 35 years
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union
1905–1975
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Alexander Akimovich Ishkov Александр Акимович Ишков
Architect of the Soviet ocean-going fishing fleet, felled by the 'fish mafia' scandal
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union
1905–1988
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Ivan Alexandrovich Serov Иван Александрович Серов
The first chairman of the KGB
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1905–1990
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Ivan Vasilyevich Spiridonov Иван Васильевич Спиридонов
Khrushchev-era Leningrad party boss who proposed removing Stalin's body from the Mausoleum and stumbled over the apparatus's loyalty test
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1905–1991
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Alexei Matveyevich Rumyantsev Алексей Матвеевич Румянцев
The political economist who opened Khrushchev's economic debate, and institutional founder of Soviet sociology
Scholarship and theory · Soviet Union
1905–1993
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Boris Nikolayevich Ponomarev Борис Николаевич Пономарёв
The party international chief who managed the communist line abroad
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1905–1995
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Dmitri Trofimovich Shepilov Дмитрий Трофимович Шепилов
Khrushchev’s theoretician who became “Shepilov who joined them”
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union
1905–1995
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Nikolai Alexandrovich Tikhonov Николай Александрович Тихонов
The conservative premier of late Brezhnevism
Government and administration · Soviet Union
1905–1997
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Johannes Gustavovich Käbin Иван Густавович Кэбин
A pragmatic national communist who navigated between Moscow and Estonia for 28 years
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1905–1999
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Arseniy Grigoryevich Golovko Арсений Григорьевич Головко
Guardian of the Arctic convoys as Northern Fleet commander, architect of Soviet naval power projection in the Atlantic
Military command · Soviet Union
1906–1962
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Jānis Voldemarovich Peive Ян Вольдемарович Пейве
From trace elements to federal politics: a Latvian agrochemist who chaired the Soviet of Nationalities
Science and technology · Soviet Union
1906–1976
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Nikolai Pavlovich Dudorov Николай Павлович Дудоров
Khrushchev's civilian interior minister who tried and failed to dismantle the informant system
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1906–1977
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Ivan Aleksandrovich Grishmanov Иван Александрович Гришманов
Carpenter-turned-minister who led the Soviet building-materials industry for 14 years
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union
1906–1979
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Yevgeni Fyodorovich Kozhevnikov Евгений Фёдорович Кожевников
Founding head of Mintransstroy who led Soviet transport construction across the Khrushchev and Brezhnev eras
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union
1906–1979
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Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev Леонид Ильич Брежнев
The man whose statecraft was not rocking the boat
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1906–1982
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Vladimir Nikiforovich Malin Владимир Никифорович Малин
11-year keeper of the party's central document flow
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1906–1982
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Anatoly Ivanovich Kostousov Анатолий Иванович Костоусов
The longest-serving industrial minister who made the USSR the world's top machine-tool producer
Industry and production · Soviet Union
1906–1985
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Andrei Pavlovich Kirilenko Андрей Павлович Кириленко
Brezhnev-era senior secretary for cadres
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1906–1990
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Leonid Fyodorovich Ilyichev Леонид Фёдорович Ильичёв
Khrushchev's chief ideologue: the philosopher who edited both Pravda and Izvestia, then designed the anti-religious campaign
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1906–1990
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Alexander Ivanovich Struyev Александр Иванович Струев
The trade minister who ran Soviet domestic commerce for 18 years
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union
1906–1991
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Mikhail Alekseyevich Yasnov Михаил Алексеевич Яснов
The 20-year formal head of state of the Russian republic under Brezhnev
Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union
1906–1991
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Andranik Melkonovich Petrosyants Андраник Мелконович Петросьянц
Civilian face of the nuclear program who chaired the State Atomic Energy Committee for 24 years
Science and technology · Soviet Union
1906–2005
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Sergei Pavlovich Korolev Сергей Павлович Королёв
From the Gulag to space. The designer whose name was a state secret
Science and technology · Soviet Union
1907–1966
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Alexei Kirillovich Kortunov Алексей Кириллович Кортунов
Hero of the Soviet Union who built the Unified Gas Supply System
Industry and production · Soviet Union
1907–1973
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Vasily Mikhailovich Ryabikov Василий Михайлович Рябиков
Nine Orders of Lenin: the organizer who sustained the Soviet military-industrial complex for 35 years, from wartime arms to Sputnik
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union
1907–1974
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Boris Yevstafyevich Butoma Борис Евстафьевич Бутома
Architect of the nuclear submarine fleet who led Soviet shipbuilding for 19 years
Industry and production · Soviet Union
1907–1976
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Pyotr Vasilyevich Dementiev Пётр Васильевич Дементьев
The Chuvash 'Peter the Great' who led Soviet aviation for 24 years
Industry and production · Soviet Union
1907–1977
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Roman Andreyevich Rudenko Роман Андреевич Руденко
Chief Soviet prosecutor at Nuremberg, the longest-serving head of the Soviet procuracy
Law and justice · Soviet Union
1907–1981
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Pavel Vasilyevich Kovanov Павел Васильевич Кованов
First chairman of People's Control, Shelepin's deputy who became Brezhnev's auditor
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union
1907–1986
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Petro Grigoryevich Grigorenko Пётр Григорьевич Григоренко
Soviet major general who turned dissident to defend human rights and deported nations
Military command · Soviet Union
1907–1987
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Vladimir Fyodorovich Zhigalin Владимир Фёдорович Жигалин
The minister who ran Soviet military heavy industry for 18 years under Brezhnev
Industry and production · Soviet Union
1907–1990
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Ignati Trofimovich Novikov Игнатий Трофимович Новиков
Brezhnev's classmate who ran Soviet construction for 21 years as the energy technocrat
Industry and production · Soviet Union
1907–1993
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Vyacheslav Petrovich Yelyutin Вячеслав Петрович Елютин
Longest-serving Soviet minister, shaped higher education for 31 years
Education · Soviet Union
1907–1993
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Georgy Filippovich Baydukov Георгий Филиппович Байдуков
Chkalov's co-pilot across the North Pole who became the procurement chief that built Soviet air defence weaponry
Military command · Soviet Union
1907–1994
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Georgy Karpovich Tsinev Георгий Карпович Цинёв
Brezhnev's other pair of eyes inside the KGB
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1907–1996
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Semen Andreevich Skachkov Семён Андреевич Скачков
The industrial manager who ran Soviet foreign economic aid for a quarter-century
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union
1907–1996
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Ivan Vasilyevich Arkhipov Иван Васильевич Архипов
Face of Sino-Soviet economic cooperation, senior operational manager of the Soviet economy under four general secretaries
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union
1907–1998
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Vladimir Nikolayevich Novikov Владимир Николаевич Новиков
A defence-industry technocrat who rose from arms-plant floor to head of state planning
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union
1907–2000
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Frol Romanovich Kozlov Фрол Романович Козлов
The second secretary whose stroke opened the Brezhnev era
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1908–1965
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Valery Dmitrievich Kalmykov Валерий Дмитриевич Калмыков
Founded and led Soviet radio-electronics for 20 years, building the electronic backbone of spaceflight and ABM
Industry and production · Soviet Union
1908–1974
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Aleksey Illarionovich Kirichenko Алексей Илларионович Кириченко
Khrushchev-era secretary for party appointments
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1908–1975
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Nikolai Petrovich Kamanin Николай Петрович Каманин
From Chelyuskin ice to Gagarin's flight: the general who built the cosmonaut corps
Science and technology · Soviet Union
1908–1982
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Arkhip Mikhailovich Lyulka Архип Михайлович Люлька
The designer who opened the Soviet jet age without copying a single German engine
Science and technology · Soviet Union
1908–1984
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Dmitry Fyodorovich Ustinov Дмитрий Фёдорович Устинов
The defence-industry man who became defence minister
Military command · Soviet Union
1908–1984