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People

People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity

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)

Soviet institution line

Any Party leadership 8 Party Secretariat and cadres 70

Most people

Any Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 723 Soviet Union state institutions 706 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 107 Russian Empire state institutions 49 Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 29 Russian White movement 17 Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 11 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 10

All 41 affiliations

France

French Communist Party (PCF) 1 French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 1

Germany

Nazi party and regime 2 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 3 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 1

International organizations

Comintern 8 International Workingmen's Association (First International) 1

Italy

Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 1

United States

Socialist Workers Party (United States) 1

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia state institutions 1

Position

Any Imperial establishment and White movement 2 Left critics of Bolshevism 21 Socialist-bloc reform leader 15 Dissident 1 Anarchists 1 Non-Bolshevik socialists 2 Marxism and communism 678 Liberalism and republicanism 1 Conservatism and Christian democracy 1

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 703 Russia 20

Background(set)

Any Russia 723 Ukraine 93 Belarus 40 Latvia 28 Georgia 26 Armenia 24 Poland 21 Lithuania 18 Estonia 14 Azerbaijan 12 Germany 9 Moldova 7 Kyrgyzstan 6 Uzbekistan 6 Finland 4 Kazakhstan 4 Bulgaria 3 Hungary 3 Korea 3 Tajikistan 3 Turkmenistan 3 France 2 Turkey 2 Romania 1 Spain 1

Era

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 4 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 137 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 243 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 232 The last generation1985–1991 103

People of the wider world

The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 2 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 1 Scholars of this history1892–현재 1

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks Background: Russia Clear all

723 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

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Dmitry Andreyevich Furmanov Дмитрий Андреевич Фурманов The commissar-writer who turned Chapaev into a Soviet myth Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1891–1926
Artur Khristianovich Artuzov Артур Христианович Артузов Co-founder of Soviet intelligence & counterintelligence; brain of Operation Trust Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1891–1937
Evgeny Bronislavovich Pashukanis Евгений Брониславович Пашуканис The Marxist legal philosopher who argued the legal form corresponds to commodity exchange: the most radical critic of Soviet law from within Law and justice · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1891–1937
Alexander Georgiyevich Beloborodov Александр Георгиевич Белобородов NKVD chief who signed the Romanov execution and joined the Left Opposition Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1891–1938
Genrikh Grigoryevich Yagoda Генрих Григорьевич Ягода The NKVD chief who expanded the Gulag and became a purge defendant Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1891–1938
Mikhail Alexandrovich Chernov Михаил Александрович Чернов The commissar who ran agriculture through the second Five-Year Plan, from grain procurement to VDNKh Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1891–1938
Yefim Georgiyevich Yevdokimov Ефим Георгиевич Евдокимов Architect of the Shakhty case and boss of the North Caucasus Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1891–1940
Alexander Nikolayevich Poskrebyshev Александр Николаевич Поскрёбышев Stalin's shadow: secretary who filtered all information, drafted the 1936 Constitution & Short Course, ran the Special Sector for 25 years Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1891–1965
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
Mikhail Iosifovich Litvin Михаил Иосифович Литвин Yezhov's personnel chief who purged 14,000 Chekists Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1892–1938
Nikolai Petrovich Gorbunov Николай Петрович Горбунов Architect of Soviet science administration, from Lenin's personal secretary to Academy permanent secretary Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1892–1938
Fyodor Fyodorovich Raskolnikov Фёдор Фёдорович Раскольников From Volga flotilla commander to exile critic: the diplomat who wrote Stalin an open letter Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1892–1939
Mirsaid Khaydargalievich Sultan-Galiev Мирсаид Хайдаргалиевич Султан-Галиев The architect of Islamic socialism and national communism who became Stalin's first ideological purge victim Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1892–1940
Stepan Maximovich Petrichenko Степан Максимович Петриченко The sailor who led the Kronstadt rebellion, became a Soviet spy, and died in a camp Political and party leadership · Kronstadt Provisional Revolutionary Committee 1892–1947
Sergei Yakovlevich Zhuk Сергей Яковлевич Жук Stalin's chief hydraulic engineer who designed the Gulag canal network Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1892–1957
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
Konstantin Aleksandrovich Fedin Константин Александрович Федин Novelist who began as a Serapion Brother and became the chief gatekeeper of Soviet literature for 18 years Literature and arts · Soviet Union state institutions 1892–1977
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
Boris Mikhailovich Hessen Борис Михайлович Гессен The Marxist historian of science who revealed the socio-economic roots of Newton's mechanics; first dean of MSU physics Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1893–1936
Karl Viktorovich Pauker Карл Викторович Паукер The operations chief who guarded Stalin Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1893–1937
Mendel Markovich Khataevich Мендель Маркович Хатаевич The party secretary who warned Molotov that grain seizures would leave nobody to plant, shot four years later Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1893–1937
Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky Михаил Николаевич Тухачевский “The Red Napoleon,” killed by the army he built Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1893–1937
Sergei Ivanovich Syrtsov Сергей Иванович Сырцов The RSFSR premier who turned against Stalin from Siberia Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1893–1937
Vladimir Ivanovich Polonsky Владимир Иванович Полонский Bolshevik Orgotdel chief and trade-union officer purged in 1937 Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1893–1937
Klavdiya Ivanovna Nikolaeva Клавдия Ивановна Николаева The printworker who rose to the Central Committee: a proletarian woman revolutionary Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1893–1944
Grigory Naumovich Voitinsky Григорий Наумович Войтинский The Comintern's first envoy who midwifed the Chinese Communist Party Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern 1893–1953
Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich Лазарь Моисеевич Каганович 'Iron Lazar', Stalin's hard-line enforcer Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1893–1991
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
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
Sergei Naumovich Mironov Сергей Наумович Миронов The 'North Caucasian' Chekist who opened the mass operations in West Siberia Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1940
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
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
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
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev Никита Сергеевич Хрущёв He opened the coffin lid, and became the first leader to die in bed Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1894–1971
Vasily Mikhailovich Zarubin Василий Михайлович Зарубин The NKVD rezident who ran a Gestapo mole and coordinated Soviet atomic espionage in America Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1972
Sergei Vladimirovich Ilyushin Сергей Владимирович Ильюшин Founder of Ilyushin OKB. His Il-2 Sturmovik remains the most-produced combat aircraft in history Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1977
Ivan Mikhailovich Gronsky Иван Михайлович Гронский The literary commissar who coined 'socialist realism' with Stalin Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1985
Ivan Dmitriyevich Papanin Иван Дмитриевич Папанин The face of Soviet polar exploration who charted the Arctic from a drifting ice floe Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1986
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
Boris Petrovich Sheboldaev Борис Петрович Шеболдаев Party master of the Azov-Black Sea krai, brought down on the eve of the Great Terror Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1895–1937
Georgy Yevgenyevich Prokofiev Георгий Евгеньевич Прокофьев The deputy commissar who manufactured the wrecking cases Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1937
Grigory Naumovich Kaminsky Григорий Наумович Каминский First USSR People's Commissar for Health, a founder of Soviet preventive medicine Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1938
Pavel Petrovich Bulanov Павел Петрович Буланов Yagoda's secretary who staged the Moscow trials and became a defendant himself Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1938
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
Izrail Yakovlevich Dagin Израиль Яковлевич Дагин From North Caucasus NKVD chief to government protection head, an executor of the Great Terror Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1940
Nikolai Ivanovich Yezhov Николай Иванович Ежов The Bloody Dwarf, an executor of the Great Terror shaped by the party personnel apparatus Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1940

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