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Fyodor Aronovich Rothstein Фёдор Аронович Ротштейн Bolshevik historian who became Soviet Russia's first ambassador to Persia after thirty years of exile in Britain Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1871–1953
Aron Aleksandrovich Solts Арон Александрович Сольц The Bolshevik elder called 'conscience of the party': jurist who confronted the Prosecutor General during the Great Terror Law and justice · Soviet Union 1872–1945
Vincas Kapsukas Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas Founder of the Lithuanian Communist Party who headed Soviet Lithuania and Litbel Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1880–1935
Abram Moiseyevich Deborin Абрам Моисеевич Деборин Founder of Soviet Marxist philosophy, condemned as 'Menshevizing idealism' Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union 1881–1963
Osip Aronovich Piatnitsky Осип Аронович Пятницкий From Comintern underground courier to its organizational backbone, then devoured by the machine he built Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern 1882–1938
Zigmas Angarietis Zigmas Angarietis Interior commissar of Soviet Lithuania, a Lithuanian communist leader killed in the Great Terror Security, intelligence and policing · Lithuania state institutions 1882–1940
Iosif Mikhailovich Vareikis Иосиф Михайлович Варейкис Regional party boss of collectivization and the Great Terror who heard Stalin ask why there were so many spies on his watch Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1894–1938
Ieronim Petrovich Uborevich Иероним Петрович Уборевич A prodigy who commanded an army at twenty-three, architect of the Red Army's mechanization Military command · Soviet Union 1896–1937
Boris Ignatyevich Arvatov Борис Игнатьевич Арватов The Saint-Just of the avant-garde, theorist of production art Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1896–1940
Semyon Grigoryevich Firin Семён Григорьевич Фирин The Dmitlag chief who staged the "reforging" propaganda Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1898–1937
Solomon Rafailovich Milshtein Соломон Рафаилович Мильштейн The transport chief who assembled the deportation trains Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1899–1955
Mikhail Pavlovich Shreyder Михаил Павлович Шрейдер Insider chronicler of the NKVD during the Great Terror Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1902–1978
Antanas Juozovich Sniečkus Antanas Sniečkus The communist who ruled Soviet Lithuania for 34 years Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1903–1974
Isaak Konstantinovich Kikoin Исаак Константинович Кикоин Scientific director of uranium isotope separation for the Soviet atomic bomb Science and technology · Soviet Union 1908–1984
Mykolas Martinovich Burokevičius Mykolas Burokevičius The only Lithuanian to sit in the CPSU Politburo and the last pro-Moscow party leader, imprisoned for the January Events Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1927–2016
Algirdas Brazauskas Algirdas Brazauskas The communist who split his party from Moscow and became independent Lithuania's first president Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1932–2010
Romualdas Ozolas Romualdas Ozolas The Sąjūdis philosopher who launched the 2-million-signature campaign demanding Red Army withdrawal Political and party leadership · Sąjūdis (Reform Movement of Lithuania) 1939–2015
Kazimiera Danutė Prunskienė Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė She tried to negotiate independence through pragmatism; her resignation removed the last obstacle to the military option Government and administration · Lithuania state institutions 1943–2026