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People

People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity(set)

Any Political and party leadership 94 Government and administration 15 Legislature and state representation 2 Military command 126 Security, intelligence and policing 73 Diplomacy and international organization 30 Economy, finance and planning 74 Industry and production 67 Agriculture and land policy 9 Ideology and propaganda 41 Social movements and organizing 132 Scholarship and theory 7 Education 3 Science and technology 39 Literature and arts 9 Law and justice 15

Affiliation(set)

Most people

Any Soviet Union state institutions 174 Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 126 Russian Empire state institutions 28 Russian White movement 15 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 9 Nazi party and regime 2 Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 2 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 2

All 13 affiliations

Germany

Nazi party and regime 2

International organizations

Comintern 1

Russia

Russian Empire state institutions 28 Russian White movement 15 Russian Federation state institutions 1 Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 2 Union of 17 October (Octobrists) 1 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 9 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 2 United Russia 1

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 126 Soviet Union state institutions 174

Ukraine

Ukrainian People's Republic state institutions 1

Position

Any Imperial establishment and White movement 1 Left critics of Bolshevism 3 Marxism and communism 122

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 126

Background(set)

Any Russia 126 Ukraine 26 Belarus 4 Moldova 4 Armenia 3 Latvia 2 Estonia 1 Finland 1 Lithuania 1 Poland 1 Turkey 1

Era

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The revolutionary generation1917–1940 15 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 66 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 28 The last generation1985–1991 17

Military command Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks Background: Russia Clear all

126 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

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Sergei Ivanovich Gusev Сергей Иванович Гусев Architect of the Red Army's political apparatus, Old Bolshevik who opposed Trotsky's military line Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1874–1933
Nikolai Ivanovich Muralov Николай Иванович Муралов The revolutionary soldier who founded Post No. 1 at Lenin's Mausoleum Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1877–1937
Dmitry Mikhailovich Karbyshev Дмитрий Михайлович Карбышев The Soviet Union's greatest fortification scientist, who chose martyrdom at Mauthausen over collaboration with the Nazis Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1880–1945
Semyon Ivanovich Aralov Семён Иванович Аралов Institutional founder of Soviet military intelligence Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1880–1969
Sergey Sergeyevich Kamenev Сергей Сергеевич Каменев Commander-in-Chief who led the Red Army to victory in the Civil War Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1881–1936
Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov Климент Ефремович Ворошилов Stalin’s marshal, sustained by loyalty more than command Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1881–1969
Boris Mikhailovich Shaposhnikov Борис Михайлович Шапошников The only officer Stalin addressed by name and patronymic, author of The Brain of the Army Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1882–1945
Alexander Ilyich Yegorov Александр Ильич Егоров The Southern Front commander who broke Denikin: the last of the first five marshals whose name was erased Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1883–1939
Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny Семён Михайлович Будённый The Civil War's mounted legend: a marshal who survived into the age of mechanized war Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1883–1973
Pyotr Yefimovich Shchetinkin Пётр Ефимович Щетинкин Siberian partisan commander who led the partisan army of Yeniseysk Province and took custody of Ungern in Mongolia in 1921 Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1884–1927
Vasily Ivanovich Chapayev Василий Иванович Чапаев Legendary Civil War commander who became a Soviet folk hero through film and folklore Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1887–1919
Georgy Vasilievich Zinoviev Георгий Васильевич Зиновьев A Red Army commander shaped by the air war Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1887–1934
Sergei Vitalyevich Mrachkovsky Сергей Витальевич Мрачковский The Red commander of the Urals Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1888–1936
Lev Zakharovich Mekhlis Лев Захарович Мехлис From Stalin's personal secretary to the Red Army's purge enforcer, nicknamed 'the Inquisitor of the Red Army' Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1889–1953
Grigory Isaakovich Chudnovsky Григорий Исаакович Чудновский MRC commissar who twice entered the Winter Palace to parley and talked its defenders into walking away Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1890–1918
Boris Mironovich Feldman Борис Миронович Фельдман One of the eight Tukhachevsky-trial defendants; his confession under torture started the chain reaction that consumed the Red Army Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1890–1937
Vasily Konstantinovich Blyukher Василий Константинович Блюхер “Order of the Red Banner No. 1”: Civil War hero and one of the first five marshals, extinguished in Lefortovo Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1890–1938
Alexander Vasilyevich Gorbatov Александр Васильевич Горбатов The army general who survived Kolyma, took Berlin, and testified to Stalin-era repression Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1891–1973
Ephraim Markovich Sklyansky Эфраим Маркович Склянский Trotsky's Carnot: the Red Army's administrative brain, erased by Stalinism Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1892–1925
Pyotr Ionovich Baranov Пётр Ионович Баранов Principal architect of the Soviet Air Force and aviation industry Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1892–1933
Andrei Vasilyevich Khrulev Андрей Васильевич Хрулёв The invisible commander who moved the war, the only supply general Stalin toasted as architect of victory Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1892–1962
Ivan Vladimirovich Tyulenev Иван Владимирович Тюленев The cavalry general who bolted the Caucasus gate, witness to three wars Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1892–1978
Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky Михаил Николаевич Тухачевский “The Red Napoleon,” killed by the army he built Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1893–1937
Yan Borisovich Gamarnik Ян Борисович Гамарник The Red Army's political chief who backed the purges, then shot himself as they closed in Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1937
Maksim Alexeyevich Purkayev Максим Алексеевич Пуркаев Mordvin carpenter's son who rose to Army General and led the Manchurian offensive Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1953
Semyon Ilyich Bogdanov Семён Ильич Богданов The tank army commander who first entered Berlin, sidelined after Stalin's death Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1960
Alexander Ivanovich Todorsky Александр Иванович Тодорский The Vesyegonsk chronicler of Soviet power whose book Lenin called 'remarkable' Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1965
Nikolai Alexandrovich Shchors Николай Александрович Щорс Legendary Red Army division commander whom Stalin called the 'Ukrainian Chapayev' Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1919
Semyon Petrovich Uritsky Семён Петрович Урицкий GRU chief who expanded Soviet military intelligence, then fell to the Great Purge Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1938
Nikolai Pavlovich Pukhov Николай Павлович Пухов The seminary-trained instructor who drove the 13th Army into the heart of Europe Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1958
Ivan Stepanovich Yumashev Иван Степанович Юмашев Pacific Fleet commander of Operation August Storm, the admiral Stalin dismissed as 'not a minister' Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1972
Mikhail Stepanovich Shumilov Михаил Степанович Шумилов Commander of the 64th Army: Stalingrad's southern shield for six months Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1975
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Vasilevsky Александр Михайлович Василевский The seminarian-turned-staff-officer who designed Uranus Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1977
Yakov Nikolayevich Fedorenko Яков Николаевич Федоренко First Marshal of Armored Troops who led the Red Army's tank forces through the entire war Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1947
Ivan Yefimovich Petrov Иван Ефимович Петров The army general who held Odessa and Sevastopol, and returned to command every time Stalin sacked him Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1958
Aleksei Innokentievich Antonov Алексей Иннокентьевич Антонов The architect of every major Soviet operation from 1943 onward: the only Order of Victory holder who was not a marshal Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1962
Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov Георгий Константинович Жуков Stalin's Marshal of Victory, twice demoted for his own fame Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1974
Mikhail Semyonovich Khozin Михаил Семёнович Хозин Soviet Colonel General who led Leningrad through the first blockade winter, then lost the 2nd Shock Army and his command Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1979
Ivan Semyonovich Kutyakov Иван Семёнович Кутяков Chapayev's successor and Civil War hero who outlived his usefulness to Stalin Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1938
Dmitry Grigoryevich Pavlov Дмитрий Григорьевич Павлов The general who built Soviet tank forces and became their first scapegoat Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1941
Mikhail Gr. Grigoryevich Yefremov Михаил Григорьевич Ефремов Commander of the 33rd Army at Moscow, encircled at Vyazma and shot himself when Stalin denied retreat Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1942
Leonid Aleksandrovich Govorov Леонид Александрович Говоров From Kolchak's White Army to Marshal of the USSR who broke the 900-day siege of Leningrad Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1955
Georgy Fedorovich Zakharov Георгий Фёдорович Захаров Peasant-born Army General who led the 2nd Belorussian Front and was demoted after Bagration Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1957
Vladimir Viktorovich Kryukov Владимир Викторович Крюков Hero of the Guards cavalry corps, brought down by the Trophy Case, rehabilitated in the Thaw Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1959
Kirill Afanasyevich Meretskov Кирилл Афанасьевич Мерецков The marshal who survived NKVD torture to break the Leningrad blockade Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1968
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
Ivan Stepanovich Konev Иван Степанович Конев The marshal who made encirclement an art, and became a political soldier in peacetime Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1973
Kuzma Nikitovich Galitsky Кузьма Никитович Галицкий Army general who survived the Purge and took Königsberg Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1973
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
Pavel Ivanovich Batov Павел Иванович Батов Master of river crossings who led the 65th Army from Stalingrad to the capture of Stettin Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1985

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