People of the Revolution and the USSR
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Karen Serobovich Demirchyan Карен Серобович Демирчян
Modernized Soviet Armenia over 14 years, sacked for siding with Karabakh, returned and assassinated in parliament
Political and party leadership · Soviet Union
1932–1999
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Erlen Kirikovich Pervyshin Эрлен Кирикович Первышин
Minister of Communications Equipment Industry who oversaw Soviet military C3 infrastructure
Industry and production · Soviet Union
1932–2004
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Boris Nikolayevich Pastukhov Борис Николаевич Пастухов
The last Komsomol heavyweight who ran the Soviet publishing empire
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1933–2021
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Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin Юрий Алексеевич Гагарин
The first human smile to leave the Earth
Science and technology · Soviet Union
1934–1968
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Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov Алексей Архипович Леонов
First to open the door to the cosmos, and the first to draw it from inside
Science and technology · Soviet Union
1934–2019
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Oleg Danilovich Kalugin Олег Данилович Калугин
Youngest KGB general turned its highest-ranking defector-critic
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1934–
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Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky Валерий Фёдорович Быковский
The cosmonaut who spent five days alone in orbit, setting a solo spaceflight record that still stands
Science and technology · Soviet Union
1934–2019
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Gherman Stepanovich Titov Герман Степанович Титов
Second human to orbit Earth and builder of Soviet military space systems
Military command · Soviet Union
1935–2000
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Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova Валентина Владимировна Терешкова
The textile-worker 'Chaika,' first woman in space
Science and technology · Soviet Union
1937–
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Valery Mikhailovich Sablin Валерий Михайлович Саблин
The naval officer who mutinied for Leninist principles against the Brezhnev regime
Military command · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1939–1976