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Vyacheslav Petrovich Yelyutin Вячеслав Петрович Елютин
Longest-serving Soviet minister, shaped higher education for 31 years
Education · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1993
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Georgy Filippovich Baydukov Георгий Филиппович Байдуков
Chkalov's co-pilot across the North Pole who became the procurement chief that built Soviet air defence weaponry
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1994
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Georgy Karpovich Tsinev Георгий Карпович Цинёв
Brezhnev's other pair of eyes inside the KGB
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1996
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Pavel Anatolyevich Sudoplatov Павел Анатольевич Судоплатов
Stalin’s spymaster who eliminated Trotsky, then spent fifteen years in Stalin’s prisons
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1996
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Semen Andreevich Skachkov Семён Андреевич Скачков
The industrial manager who ran Soviet foreign economic aid for a quarter-century
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1996
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Ivan Vasilyevich Arkhipov Иван Васильевич Архипов
Face of Sino-Soviet economic cooperation, senior operational manager of the Soviet economy under four general secretaries
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1998
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Vladimir Nikolayevich Novikov Владимир Николаевич Новиков
A defence-industry technocrat who rose from arms-plant floor to head of state planning
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–2000
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Ho Ka-i Алексей Хегай
Principal organizer of the Workers' Party of Korea and leader of its early Soviet faction
Political and party leadership · Workers' Party of Korea (WPK)
1908–1953
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Viktor Semyonovich Abakumov Виктор Семёнович Абакумов
Stalin's security chief who commanded SMERSH and ruled the MGB
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1954
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Georgy Fyodorovich Alexandrov Георгий Фёдорович Александров
Stalin's chief ideological supervisor, broken by a philosophy debate
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1961
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Yevgeny Dmitriyevich Kiselyov Евгений Дмитриевич Киселёв
The Soviet envoy in Budapest who distrusted Rákosi
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1963
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Frol Romanovich Kozlov Фрол Романович Козлов
The second secretary whose stroke opened the Brezhnev era
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1908–1965
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Valery Dmitrievich Kalmykov Валерий Дмитриевич Калмыков
Founded and led Soviet radio-electronics for 20 years, building the electronic backbone of spaceflight and ABM
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1974
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Aleksey Illarionovich Kirichenko Алексей Илларионович Кириченко
Khrushchev-era secretary for party appointments
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1908–1975
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Boris Nikolayevich Chernousov Борис Николаевич Черноусов
The RSFSR premier who rose in the Leningrad Affair's wake and fell at the 19th Party Congress
Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1978
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Zhozef Yakovlevich Kotin Жозеф Яковлевич Котин
Chief designer of the KV and IS heavy tanks, builder of Tankograd
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1979
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Nikolai Petrovich Kamanin Николай Петрович Каманин
From Chelyuskin ice to Gagarin's flight: the general who built the cosmonaut corps
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1982
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Arkhip Mikhailovich Lyulka Архип Михайлович Люлька
The designer who opened the Soviet jet age without copying a single German engine
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1984
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Dmitry Fyodorovich Ustinov Дмитрий Фёдорович Устинов
The defence-industry man who became defence minister
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1984
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Isaak Konstantinovich Kikoin Исаак Константинович Кикоин
Scientific director of uranium isotope separation for the Soviet atomic bomb
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1984
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Alexei Alexeyevich Yepishev Алексей Алексеевич Епишев
The longest-serving chief who kept the Soviet military under party control for 23 years
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1985
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Mikhail Aleksandrovich Olshanski Михаил Александрович Ольшанский
The Lysenkoist agronomist who led Soviet agricultural science administration
Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1988
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Nikolai Semyonovich Patolichev Николай Семёнович Патоличев
The man who ran Soviet foreign trade for 27 years, holder of eleven Orders of Lenin
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1989
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Valentin Petrovich Glushko Валентин Петрович Глушко
Founder of Soviet liquid rocketry: his engines carried Sputnik, Gagarin, and Buran
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1989
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Pyotr Nikolayevich Fedoseyev Пётр Николаевич Федосеев
The philosophical administrator of the Soviet ideological apparatus
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1990
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Vasily Filippovich Margelov Василий Филиппович Маргелов
Father of the modern VDV, who turned airborne troops into a heavily armored strike force
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1990
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Vladimir Fyodorovich Promyslov Владимир Фёдорович Промыслов
The 23-year mayor who built the Brezhnev-era face of Moscow
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1908–1993
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Iosif Mikhailovich Turko Иосиф Михайлович Турко
A Kuznetsov appointee to the Yaroslavl obkom who was sentenced to 15 years instead of death in the Leningrad Affair
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1908–1994
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Petro Yefimovich Shelest Пётр Ефимович Шелест
The republic first secretary removed for investing in Ukrainian culture
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1908–1996
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Vasily Vasilyevich Boytsov Василий Васильевич Бойцов
Standardization chief who built the GOST system and laid the groundwork for ISO 9000
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1997
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Alexei Vladimirovich Romanov Алексей Владимирович Романов
The Goskino chairman who harvested Politburo phone calls every Monday and enforced cuts he didn't always believe in
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1998
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Boris Vasilyevich Petrovsky Борис Васильевич Петровский
Cardiovascular pioneer who ran Soviet healthcare for 15 years under Brezhnev
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–2004
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Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kotelnikov Владимир Александрович Котельников
The scientist–head of state who discovered the sampling theorem and led the first radar probe of Venus
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–2005
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Georgy Maksimovich Pushkin Георгий Максимович Пушкин
The Soviet diplomat who warned Khrushchev about Berlin
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions
1909–1963
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Vladimir Alekseyevich Kucherenko Владимир Алексеевич Кучеренко
A technocrat who ran Soviet construction from post-war rebuilding to Gosstroy
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1909–1963
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Aleksandr Mikhailovich Sakharovsky Александр Михайлович Сахаровский
State-security officer who led Soviet foreign intelligence for 15 years
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1909–1983
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Mikhail Avksentyevich Lesechko Михаил Авксентьевич Лесечко
The deputy premier who directed Soviet economic integration with the Eastern Bloc for 18 years
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1909–1984
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Mikhail Sergeyevich Ryazansky Михаил Сергеевич Рязанский
The 'radio man' of Soviet rocketry: Chief Designer of guidance and telemetry for every Soviet rocket and spacecraft
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1909–1987
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Alexander Ivanovich Shokin Александр Иванович Шокин
Architect of Soviet military electronics who built the industry from scratch and led it for 20 years
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1909–1988
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Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko Андрей Андреевич Громыко
“Mister Nyet,” whose last move was to nominate the reformer
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions
1909–1989
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Konstantin Viktorovich Rusakov Константин Викторович Русаков
Brezhnev's secretary who ran party-to-party diplomacy with the socialist bloc
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1909–1993
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Ivan Grigoryevich Pavlovsky Иван Григорьевич Павловский
The ground forces commander who invaded Czechoslovakia and opposed Afghanistan
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1909–1999
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Pyotr Ivanovich Ivashutin Пётр Иванович Ивашутин
The KGB man who led the GRU for 24 years: Soviet military intelligence's longest-serving chief
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1909–2002
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Mikhail Sergeyevich Smirtyukov Михаил Сергеевич Смиртюков
The non-Politburo power who was the institutional memory of the Soviet government for 25 years
Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions
1909–2004
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Pavel Yakovlevich Meshik Павел Яковлевич Мешик
Beria's inner circle and an organiser of the Great Terror
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1953
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Alexander Fedorovich Zasyadko Александр Фёдорович Засядько
The miner's son who climbed from the Donbas pits to the summit of Kremlin economic planning
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1963
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Sergei Vladimirovich Kurashov Сергей Владимирович Курашов
Khrushchev-era health minister who presided over the World Health Assembly
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1965
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Aleksandr Petrovich Rudakov Александр Петрович Рудаков
Heavy-industry secretary in Khrushchev's bifurcated industrial Secretariat
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1910–1966
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Aleksandr Trifonovich Tvardovsky Александр Трифонович Твардовский
Novy Mir editor who opened the Thaw and national poet of Vasili Tyorkin
Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1910–1971
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Dmitry Ivanovich Chesnokov Дмитрий Иванович Чесноков
The philosopher Stalin elevated to the Politburo in his final act
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1910–1973