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People

People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity

Any Military command 206

Affiliation(set)

Soviet institution line

Any Party leadership 1 Party Secretariat and cadres 5 Heads of government 20 Military and defence 206 State security agencies 163 Ideology and propaganda 40 Culture and literary control 21 Formal heads of state 3 Foreign affairs 49 Nationalities and federal management 5 Central planning agencies 38 Economic management 57 Heavy industry and military industry 97 Agriculture 17 Science, nuclear and space development 115

Most people

Any Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1008 Soviet Union state institutions 963 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 144 Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 19 Left Opposition 16 Comintern 16 Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 15 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 11

All 50 affiliations

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) 2 Workers' Party of North Korea 1 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea state institutions 1

Estonia

Estonia state institutions 1

Finland

Social Democratic Party of Finland 2 Communist Party of Finland (SKP) 3

France

French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 1

Georgia

Georgia state institutions 1

Germany

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

International organizations

Comintern 16

Italy

Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 1

Latvia

Latvia state institutions 1

Lithuania

Lithuania state institutions 1

Position

Any Left critics of Bolshevism 1 Dissident 1 Marxism and communism 204

Citizenship(set)

Any Soviet Union 206

Background

Any Russia 161 Ukraine 26 Belarus 5 Armenia 3 Latvia 3 Moldova 3 Poland 2 Estonia 1 Lithuania 1 Turkey 1

Era

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The revolutionary generation1917–1940 29 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 101 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 49 The last generation1985–1991 27

Soviet Union state institutions Military and defence Citizenship: Soviet Union Clear all

206 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Andrei Yevgenyevich Snesarev Андрей Евгеньевич Снесарев Tsarist general turned Red Army theorist who clashed with Stalin at Tsaritsyn Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1865–1937
Mikhail Dmitrievich Bonch-Bruyevich Михаил Дмитриевич Бонч-Бруевич The first Imperial general to join the Bolsheviks: military director who led the founding of the Red Army Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1870–1956
Pavel Pavlovich Lebedev Павел Павлович Лебедев From tsarist major general to first Chief of the Red Army Staff, operational architect of Civil War victory Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1872–1933
Jukums Ioakimovich Vācietis Jukums Иоакимович Vācietis The Red Army's first commander-in-chief: an Imperial colonel who built the revolutionary armed forces Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1873–1938
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
Leon Davidovich Trotsky Лев Давидович Троцкий The orator who built the Red Army, felled by an ice axe Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1879–1940
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
Nikolai Ilyich Podvoisky Николай Ильич Подвойский The operational commander of October, sidelined by the revolution he led Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1880–1948
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
Nikolai Nikolayevich Kuzmin Николай Николаевич Кузьмин The Baltic Fleet political commissar whose 'explosion' warning foreshadowed the Kronstadt revolt Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1883–1938
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
Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze Михаил Васильевич Фрунзе Civil War front commander and Red Army reformer Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1885–1925
Nikolai Vasilyevich Krylenko Николай Васильевич Крыленко Architect of revolutionary legal consciousness, consumed by the Great Terror Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions 1885–1938
Yefim Afanasievich Shchadenko Ефим Афанасьевич Щаденко From 1st Cavalry Army commissar to the purge's personnel executioner Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1885–1951
Alexander Yakovlevich Parkhomenko Александр Яковлевич Пархоменко Civil War commander who helped defend Tsaritsyn and establish Soviet power in Ukraine Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1886–1921
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
August Ivanovich Kork Август Иванович Корк Imperial staff officer who rose to the top of the Red Army command Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1887–1937
Konstantin Aleksandrovich Mekhonoshin Константин Александрович Мехоношин The quiet architect of the Red Army who confronted Stalin at Tsaritsyn as Trotsky's man Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1889–1938
Pavel Yefimovich Dybenko Павел Ефимович Дыбенко The first People's Commissar for Naval Affairs, whose Baltic sailors tipped the scales in October 1917 Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1889–1938
Yan Karlovich Berzin Jānis Ян Карлович Берзин Bērziņš The Latvian Bolshevik who built Soviet military intelligence and was consumed by the purges Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1889–1938
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
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 state institutions 1890–1950
Pavel Yevgenyevich Lazimir Павел Евгеньевич Лазимир The Left SR figurehead chairman of the MRC, lending a non-Bolshevik face to the Bolshevik insurrection while Trotsky directed operations Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1891–1920
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 Petrovich Kirponos Михаил Петрович Кирпонос Southwestern Front commander who fell in the Kiev encirclement Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1892–1941
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
Andrei Ivanovich Yeryomenko Андрей Иванович Ерёменко The cavalryman who closed Stalingrad's southern pincer Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1892–1970
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
Sergei Georgiyevich Lazo Сергей Георгиевич Лазо Moldovan nobleman turned Bolshevik revolutionary who established Soviet power in the Far East Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1920
Vladimir Kiriakovich Triandafillov Владимир Кириакович Триандафиллов “Father of Soviet operational art”: architect of deep operations doctrine Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1931
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
Pavel Semyonovich Rybalko Павел Семёнович Рыбалко Twice Hero who drove the 3rd Guards Tank Army from Stalingrad to Prague Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1948
Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin Фёдор Иванович Толбухин The marshal who liberated the Balkans and prized soldiers' lives above glory Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1949
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
Ivan Stepanovich Isakov Иван Степанович Исаков The Soviet Navy's scholar-admiral who lost a leg at Tuapse and still fought two wars to the end Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1967
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

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