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People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity(set)

Any Political and party leadership 185 Government and administration 30 Legislature and state representation 10 Military command 170 Security, intelligence and policing 124 Diplomacy and international organization 47 Economy, finance and planning 85 Industry and production 83 Agriculture and land policy 13 Ideology and propaganda 49 Social movements and organizing 175 Scholarship and theory 13 Education 3 Science and technology 56 Literature and arts 14 Law and justice 21

Affiliation(set)

Most people

Any Soviet Union state institutions 108 Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 85 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 15 People’s Republic of China state institutions 4 East Germany state institutions 4 Hungary state institutions 3 Czechoslovakia state institutions 2 Poland state institutions 2

All 31 affiliations

Albania

Albania state institutions 1 Party of Labour of Albania 1

Angola

Angola state institutions 1

Belarus

Belarus state institutions 1

China

Kuomintang 1 People’s Republic of China state institutions 4

Cuba

Cuba state institutions 1

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia state institutions 2 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) 1

East Germany

Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 1 East Germany state institutions 4

Finland

Finland state institutions 1 National Progressive Party (Finland) 1

France

French monarchy state institutions 1

Germany

Germany state institutions 1 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 1 Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) 1

Hungary

Hungary state institutions 3

Poland

Poland state institutions 2 Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 1 Polish Workers' Party (PPR) 1

Russia

Russian Empire state institutions 1 Russian Federation state institutions 2 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 15

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 85 Soviet Union state institutions 108

Ukraine

Ukrainian People's Republic state institutions 1

United Kingdom

United Kingdom state institutions 2

United States

United States state institutions 2 Democratic Party (United States) 2

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia state institutions 1

Position

Any Left critics of Bolshevism 1 Socialist-bloc reform leader 5 Non-Bolshevik socialists 1 Marxism and communism 78

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 84 Russia 1

Background

Any Russia 74 Ukraine 5 Latvia 2 Armenia 1 Azerbaijan 1 Belarus 1 Germany 1

Era

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 1 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 19 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 17 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 34 The last generation1985–1991 14

Economy, finance and planning Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks Clear all

85 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

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Leonid Borisovich Krasin Леонид Борисович Красин From revolutionary engineer to Soviet diplomatic architect, the only Bolshevik who could do business with Western capital Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1870–1926
Alexander Dmitrievich Tsyurupa Александр Дмитриевич Цюрупа The Civil War food administrator who designed the grain dictatorship Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1870–1928
Pavel Ilyich Popov Павел Ильич Попов The founder of Soviet statistics whom Lenin rebuked and relied on Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1872–1950
Gleb Maksimilianovich Krzhizhanovsky Глеб Максимилианович Кржижановский Early architect of electrification and planning Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1872–1959
Stanislav Gustavovich Strumilin Станислав Густавович Струмилин The economist who designed socialism in numbers Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1877–1974
Moissei Ilyich Frumkin Моисей Ильич Фрумкин 'The countryside is against us': the deputy finance commissar who said it to the Politburo Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1878–1938
Nikolai Pavlovich Bryukhanov Николай Павлович Брюханов The commissar who steered from famine's shadow to NEP finance, then fell under industrialization's demands Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1878–1938
Mikhail Pavlovich Tomsky Михаил Павлович Томский Chief of the Soviet trade unions, third man of the Right Opposition Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1880–1936
Yuri Mikhailovich Larin Юрий Михайлович Ларин An imaginative economic theorist who bridged NEP and central planning, co-founded Gosplan, and championed Jewish agricultural settlement Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1882–1932
Pyotr Alekseevich Bogdanov Пётр Алексеевич Богданов Architect of NEP industrialization who championed trusts against Glavkist centralization Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1882–1938
Aleksei Yegorovich Badayev Алексей Егорович Бадаев Official publisher of Pravda who rose from Duma deputy to nominal head of the Russian republic Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1883–1951
Vladimir Pavlovich Milyutin Владимир Павлович Милютин First People's Commissar for Agriculture who laid the statistical foundations of Soviet planning Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1884–1937
Varvara Nikolayevna Yakovleva Варвара Николаевна Яковлева The finance commissar who passed from Cheka to the Left Opposition Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1884–1941
Vladimir Savelyevich Voitinsky Владимир Савельевич Войтинский A social democrat who changed course between revolution and economics Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1885–1960
Vasily Vladimirovich Schmidt Василий Владимирович Шмидт The labour commissar who steered the statification of Soviet trade unions Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1886–1938
Vladimir Mikhailovich Smirnov Владимир Михайлович Смирнов From Moscow uprising artillery commander to Left Communist and Democratic Centralist Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1887–1937
Valerian Valerianovich Obolensky Валериан Валерианович Оболенский First chairman of VSNKh; theorist of the Left Communists and of Democratic Centralism Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1887–1938
Georgy Ippolitovich Lomov Георгий Ипполитович Оппоков First People's Commissar for Justice, Gosplan deputy chairman, and victim of the Great Purge Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1888–1937
Moisei Iosifovich Kalmanovich Моисей Иосифович Калманович Revolutionary-turned-banker who led Gosbank through collectivization Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1888–1937
Semyon Semyonovich Lobov Семён Семёнович Лобов Bolshevik industrial administrator who rose from the Cheka to chair VSNKh RSFSR Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1888–1937
Nikolai Alexandrovich Milyutin Николай Александрович Милютин RSFSR Finance Commissar who commissioned the Narkomfin Building and authored the Sotsgorod linear-city concept Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1889–1942
Grigory Fedorovich Grinko Григорий Фёдорович Гринько From Ukrainian Borotbist to People's Commissar of Finance: the man who funded the Five-Year Plans Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1890–1938
Lev Natanovich Kritsman Лев Натанович Крицман The agrarian Marxist who theorized War Communism Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1890–1938
Valery Ivanovich Mezhlauk Валерий Иванович Межлаук A planner purged by the system he served Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1893–1938
Lev Yefimovich Maryasin Лев Ефимович Марьясин The Gosbank chairman Stalin called 'our Red banker' and removed a week later Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1938
Nikolai Kirillovich Antipov Николай Кириллович Антипов The control commissar who ran Stalin's personnel-appointment machinery Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1938
Yakov Ilyich Golev Яков Ильич Голев The finance technocrat who led Gosbank through the post-war reconstruction years Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1960
Ivan Adamovich Kraval Иван Адамович Краваль The statistician who counted a population that displeased Stalin Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1937
Polina Semyonovna Zhemchuzhina Полина Семёновна Жемчужина The first woman to head a Soviet industrial ministry, Molotov's wife, caught between Kremlin power and Jewish identity Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1970
Ivan Grigoryevich Kabanov Иван Григорьевич Кабанов The wartime electrical industry chief who delivered lithium-6 for the hydrogen bomb, and Stalin's last foreign trade minister Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1898–1972
Arseny Grigoryevich Zverev Арсений Григорьевич Зверев Long-serving finance minister through war and reconstruction Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1969
Maksim Zakharovich Saburov Максим Захарович Сабуров Planner of the late Stalin and Malenkov years Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1977
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
Grigory Petrovich Kosyachenko Григорий Петрович Косяченко Gosplan planner across the late Stalin and post-Stalin transition Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1983
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
Gennady Ivanovich Smirnov Геннадий Иванович Смирнов Gosplan chief who vanished into the Terror in eight months Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1938
Vasily Fyodorovich Popov Василий Фёдорович Попов The Gosbank chairman who executed postwar monetary reform over a decade Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1964
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
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
Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin Алексей Николаевич Косыгин The premier who tried to plant profit inside the plan Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1904–1980
Pyotr Faddeyevich Lomako Пётр Фаддеевич Ломако Founder of Soviet non-ferrous metallurgy and Gosplan chairman Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1904–1990
Vladimir Nikonovich Starovsky Владимир Никонович Старовский The man who ran Soviet statistics for 35 years Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1905–1975
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 state institutions 1905–1988
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 state institutions 1906–1979
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 state institutions 1906–1979
Alexander Ivanovich Struyev Александр Иванович Струев The trade minister who ran Soviet domestic commerce for 18 years Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1906–1991
Dmitry Georgievich Zhimerin Дмитрий Георгиевич Жимерин Standard-bearer of Soviet electrification who became wartime power minister at 35 Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1906–1995
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 state institutions 1907–1974
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 state institutions 1907–1986

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