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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 Unionstate 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 Unionstate 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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Alexei Alexeyevich Yepishev Алексей Алексеевич Епишев The longest-serving chief who kept the Soviet military under party control for 23 years Military command · Soviet Union 1908–1985
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Olshanski Михаил Александрович Ольшанский The Lysenkoist agronomist who led Soviet agricultural science administration Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union 1908–1988
Nikolai Semyonovich Patolichev Николай Семёнович Патоличев The man who ran Soviet foreign trade for 27 years, holder of eleven Orders of Lenin Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1908–1989
Valentin Petrovich Glushko Валентин Петрович Глушко Founder of Soviet liquid rocketry: his engines carried Sputnik, Gagarin, and Buran Science and technology · Soviet Union 1908–1989
Pyotr Nikolayevich Fedoseyev Пётр Николаевич Федосеев The philosophical administrator of the Soviet ideological apparatus Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union 1908–1990
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
Vladimir Fyodorovich Promyslov Владимир Фёдорович Промыслов The 23-year mayor who built the Brezhnev-era face of Moscow Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1908–1993
Petro Yefimovich Shelest Пётр Ефимович Шелест The republic first secretary removed for investing in Ukrainian culture Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1908–1996
Vasily Vasilyevich Boytsov Василий Васильевич Бойцов Standardization chief who built the GOST system and laid the groundwork for ISO 9000 Industry and production · Soviet Union 1908–1997
Alexei Vladimirovich Romanov Алексей Владимирович Романов The Goskino chairman who harvested Politburo phone calls every Monday and enforced cuts he didn't always believe in Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union 1908–1998
Boris Vasilyevich Petrovsky Борис Васильевич Петровский Cardiovascular pioneer who ran Soviet healthcare for 15 years under Brezhnev Science and technology · Soviet Union 1908–2004
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kotelnikov Владимир Александрович Котельников The scientist–head of state who discovered the sampling theorem and led the first radar probe of Venus Science and technology · Soviet Union 1908–2005
Georgy Maksimovich Pushkin Георгий Максимович Пушкин The Soviet diplomat who warned Khrushchev about Berlin Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1909–1963
Vladimir Alekseyevich Kucherenko Владимир Алексеевич Кучеренко A technocrat who ran Soviet construction from post-war rebuilding to Gosstroy Industry and production · Soviet Union 1909–1963
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Sakharovsky Александр Михайлович Сахаровский State-security officer who led Soviet foreign intelligence for 15 years Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1909–1983
Mikhail Avksentyevich Lesechko Михаил Авксентьевич Лесечко The deputy premier who directed Soviet economic integration with the Eastern Bloc for 18 years Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1909–1984
Mikhail Sergeyevich Ryazansky Михаил Сергеевич Рязанский The 'radio man' of Soviet rocketry: Chief Designer of guidance and telemetry for every Soviet rocket and spacecraft Science and technology · Soviet Union 1909–1987
Alexander Ivanovich Shokin Александр Иванович Шокин Architect of Soviet military electronics who built the industry from scratch and led it for 20 years Industry and production · Soviet Union 1909–1988
Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko Андрей Андреевич Громыко “Mister Nyet,” whose last move was to nominate the reformer Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1909–1989
Konstantin Viktorovich Rusakov Константин Викторович Русаков Brezhnev's secretary who ran party-to-party diplomacy with the socialist bloc Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1909–1993
Ivan Grigoryevich Pavlovsky Иван Григорьевич Павловский The ground forces commander who invaded Czechoslovakia and opposed Afghanistan Military command · Soviet Union 1909–1999
Pyotr Ivanovich Ivashutin Пётр Иванович Ивашутин The KGB man who led the GRU for 24 years: Soviet military intelligence's longest-serving chief Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1909–2002
Mikhail Sergeyevich Smirtyukov Михаил Сергеевич Смиртюков The non-Politburo power who was the institutional memory of the Soviet government for 25 years Government and administration · Soviet Union 1909–2004
Alexander Fedorovich Zasyadko Александр Фёдорович Засядько The miner's son who climbed from the Donbas pits to the summit of Kremlin economic planning Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1910–1963
Sergei Vladimirovich Kurashov Сергей Владимирович Курашов Khrushchev-era health minister who presided over the World Health Assembly Science and technology · Soviet Union 1910–1965
Aleksandr Petrovich Rudakov Александр Петрович Рудаков Heavy-industry secretary in Khrushchev's bifurcated industrial Secretariat Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1910–1966
Aleksandr Trifonovich Tvardovsky Александр Трифонович Твардовский Novy Mir editor who opened the Thaw and national poet of Vasili Tyorkin Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1910–1971
Yekaterina Alexeyevna Furtseva Екатерина Алексеевна Фурцева Long-serving culture minister between thaw and control Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union 1910–1974
Ivan Dmitrievich Serbin Иван Дмитриевич Сербин The party's 'Ivan the Terrible' who oversaw the entire Soviet military-industrial complex for 23 years Industry and production · Soviet Union 1910–1981
Viktor Yakovlevich Litvinov Виктор Яковлевич Литвинов The factory director who led Soviet aircraft and rocket mass production for 33 years Industry and production · Soviet Union 1910–1983
Nikolai Anisimovich Shchelokov Николай Анисимович Щёлоков Brezhnev's 16-year police chief who rebuilt the MVD into a modern force Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1910–1984
Pavel Fyodorovich Batitsky Павел Фёдорович Батицкий The marshal who built Soviet air defence and personally executed Beria Military command · Soviet Union 1910–1984
Sergei Georgievich Gorshkov Сергей Георгиевич Горшков The 29-year C-in-C who built the Soviet ocean-going navy, author of 'The Sea Power of the State' Military command · Soviet Union 1910–1988
Georgy Sergeyevich Pavlov Георгий Сергеевич Павлов Brezhnev's 18-year steward of the party treasury and 'party gold' Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1910–1991
Veniamin Emmanuilovich Dymshits Вениамин Эммануилович Дымшиц The Jewish construction technocrat who was Soviet deputy premier for 23 years Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1910–1993
Gennady Ivanovich Voronov Геннадий Иванович Воронов The RSFSR premier who never stopped speaking bluntly to Brezhnev Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union 1910–1994
Iosif Iosifovich Kuzmin Иосиф Иосифович Кузьмин The planner who executed Khrushchev's sovnarkhoz reform Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1910–1996
Mikhail Alekseyevich Prokofyev Михаил Алексеевич Прокофьев The scientist-minister who led Soviet education for 18 years Education · Soviet Union 1910–1999
Pyotr Stepanovich Neporozhny Пётр Степанович Непорожний The longest-serving energy minister who built the Unified Energy System Industry and production · Soviet Union 1910–1999
Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel Михаил Кузьмич Янгель Designer whose storable-propellant rockets became the backbone of the Strategic Rocket Forces Science and technology · Soviet Union 1911–1971
Alexander Mikhailovich Tarasov Александр Михайлович Тарасов The man who opened the Soviet mass-automobile era: father of the Lada Industry and production · Soviet Union 1911–1975
Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh Мстислав Всеволодович Келдыш Academy president who coordinated space science Science and technology · Soviet Union 1911–1978
Konstantin Nikolayevich Rudnev Константин Николаевич Руднев The defence-industry administrator who sent Gagarin into space Industry and production · Soviet Union 1911–1980
Mefody Naumovich Sveshnikov Мефодий Наумович Свешников A career banker of peasant stock who rose to the summit of the Soviet monobank Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1911–1981
Nikolai Timofeyevich Grishin Иван Тимофеевич Гришин Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade for 26 years who steered industrial import deals across the Brezhnev era Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1911–1985
Vasily Fyodorovich Garbuzov Василий Фёдорович Гарбузов The long-serving finance minister of stagnation Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1911–1985
Lev Nikolayevich Smirnov Лев Николаевич Смирнов From Nuremberg assistant prosecutor to chief justice of the USSR, the Supreme Court chairman who presided over political trials Law and justice · Soviet Union 1911–1986
Grigory Sergeyevich Zolotukhin Григорий Сергеевич Золотухин A Brezhnev-era agricultural functionary who ran Tambov and Krasnodar, then oversaw Soviet grain procurement for 14 years Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union 1911–1988
Lev Markovich Volodarsky Лев Маркович Володарский Keeper of Soviet state statistics who managed the planned economy's numbers as the younger brother of a revolutionary martyr Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1911–1989
Georgy Mokeevich Markov Георгий Мокеевич Марков The Brezhnev-era literary gatekeeper who celebrated Siberia while enforcing official aesthetics as head of the Writers' Union for 15 years Literature and arts · Soviet Union 1911–1991

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