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Vilgelm Georgiyevich Knorin Вильгельм Георгиевич Кнорин
Architect of Comintern propaganda and party history compiler
Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern
1890–1938
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Robert Indrikovich Eikhe Роберт Индрикович Эйхе
Architect of terror in Siberia, recanted his confession under torture
Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union
1890–1940
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Johannes Vares Johannes Vares
Poet and doctor whom Zhdanov forced on Estonia as puppet prime minister in June 1940, and who led the petition to join the Soviet Union
Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union
1890–1946
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Oleksandr Yakovlevich Shumsky Александр Яковлевич Шумский
Pioneer of Ukrainian national communism, the original 'Shumskyism'
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union
1890–1946
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Grigory Ivanovich Kulik Григорий Иванович Кулик
Stalin's artillery chief from Tsaritsyn: Marshal who blocked the T-34, KV-1 and Katyusha
Military command · Soviet Union
1890–1950
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Leib Moiseyevich Kvitko Лев Моисеевич Квитко
A Yiddish poet who gave voice to Soviet Jewish culture
Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1890–1952
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Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov Вячеслав Михайлович Молотов
“Stone-arse”: the man who never changed his mind
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union
1890–1986
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V. Markovich Volodarsky В. Маркович Володарский
Petrograd's press commissar whose assassination helped trigger the Red Terror
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union
1891–1918
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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
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Artur Khristianovich Artuzov Артур Христианович Артузов
Co-founder of Soviet intelligence & counterintelligence; brain of Operation Trust
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1891–1937
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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
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Alexander Georgiyevich Beloborodov Александр Георгиевич Белобородов
NKVD chief who signed the Romanov execution and joined the Left Opposition
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1891–1938
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Genrikh Grigoryevich Yagoda Генрих Григорьевич Ягода
The NKVD chief who expanded the Gulag and became a purge defendant
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1891–1938
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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
1891–1938
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Vlas Yakovlevich Chubar Влас Яковлевич Чубарь
The economic administrator who led Ukraine's government for 11 years, caught between Stalin's demands and the famine
Government and administration · Soviet Union
1891–1939
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Fyodor Kolesov Фёдор Колесов
Bolshevik chairman of the Turkestan Sovnarkom in 1917–1918 who crushed the Kokand Autonomy and attacked Bukhara
Government and administration · Soviet Union
1891–1940
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Yefim Georgiyevich Yevdokimov Ефим Георгиевич Евдокимов
Architect of the Shakhty case and boss of the North Caucasus
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1891–1940
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Otto Yulyevich Schmidt Отто Юльевич Шмидт
Mathematician who mastered the Arctic through science and built Glavsevmorput
Science and technology · Soviet Union
1891–1956
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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
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Alexander Vasilyevich Gorbatov Александр Васильевич Горбатов
The army general who survived Kolyma, took Berlin, and testified to Stalin-era repression
Military command · Soviet Union
1891–1973
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Asja Ernestovna Lācis Asja Lācis
Proletarian children's theatre pioneer who led Walter Benjamin to Marxism and Brecht
Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1891–1979
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Ephraim Markovich Sklyansky Эфраим Маркович Склянский
Trotsky's Carnot: the Red Army's administrative brain, erased by Stalinism
Military command · Soviet Union
1892–1925
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Pyotr Ionovich Baranov Пётр Ионович Баранов
Principal architect of the Soviet Air Force and aviation industry
Military command · Soviet Union
1892–1933
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Alexander Grigoryevich Chervyakov Александр Григорьевич Червяков
Architect of Byelorussian Soviet statehood who turned the gun on himself
Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union
1892–1937
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Karl Yanovich Bauman Карл Янович Бауман
A party organiser who drove collectivisation forward
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1892–1937
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Vsevolod Apollonovich Balitsky Всеволод Аполлонович Балицкий
The master of the Ukrainian security apparatus
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1892–1937
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Mikhail Iosifovich Litvin Михаил Иосифович Литвин
Yezhov's personnel chief who purged 14,000 Chekists
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1892–1938
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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
1892–1938
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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
1892–1939
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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
1892–1940
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Stanislav Frantsevich Redens Станислав Францевич Реденс
Stalin's brother-in-law who chaired the Moscow troika
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1892–1940
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Mikhail Petrovich Kirponos Михаил Петрович Кирпонос
Southwestern Front commander who fell in the Kiev encirclement
Military command · Soviet Union
1892–1941
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Sergei Yakovlevich Zhuk Сергей Яковлевич Жук
Stalin's chief hydraulic engineer who designed the Gulag canal network
Industry and production · Soviet Union
1892–1957
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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
1892–1962
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Andrei Ivanovich Yeryomenko Андрей Иванович Ерёменко
The cavalryman who closed Stalingrad's southern pincer
Military command · Soviet Union
1892–1970
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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
1892–1977
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Ivan Vladimirovich Tyulenev Иван Владимирович Тюленев
The cavalry general who bolted the Caucasus gate, witness to three wars
Military command · Soviet Union
1892–1978
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Mykola Hryhorovych Khvylovy Микола Григорович Хвильовий
Founder of modern Ukrainian Soviet prose
Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1893–1933
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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
1893–1936
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Nestor Apollonovich Lakoba Нестор Аполлонович Лакоба
Stalin's closest friend turned Beria's first victim: the red prince of Abkhazia
Government and administration · Soviet Union
1893–1936
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Karl Viktorovich Pauker Карл Викторович Паукер
The operations chief who guarded Stalin
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1893–1937
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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
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Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky Михаил Николаевич Тухачевский
“The Red Napoleon,” killed by the army he built
Military command · Soviet Union
1893–1937
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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
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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
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Valery Ivanovich Mezhlauk Валерий Иванович Межлаук
A planner purged by the system he served
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union
1893–1938
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Yakov Saulovich Agranov Яков Саулович Агранов
The Cheka’s architect of political investigations
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1893–1938
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Nikolai Iosifovich Antonov-Gritsyuk Николай Иосифович Антонов-Грицюк
Chekist who went from chairing the Kabardino-Balkar troika to heading the NKVD prison department
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1893–1939
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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
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Grigory Naumovich Voitinsky Григорий Наумович Войтинский
The Comintern's first envoy who midwifed the Chinese Communist Party
Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern
1893–1953