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People

People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity

Any Political and party leadership 16 Government and administration 36 Legislature and state representation 15 Military command 225 Security, intelligence and policing 168 Diplomacy and international organization 52 Economy, finance and planning 106 Industry and production 100 Agriculture and land policy 22 Ideology and propaganda 58 Social movements and organizing 5 Scholarship and theory 8 Education 9 Science and technology 120 Literature and arts 12 Law and justice 27

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 Imperial establishment and White movement 1 Counter-revolutionary forces 1 Left critics of Bolshevism 18 Socialist-bloc reform leader 6 Dissident 3 Non-Bolshevik socialists 1 Marxism and communism 933

Citizenship(set)

Any Soviet Union 963 Russia 17 Belarus 3 Moldova 2 Azerbaijan 1 East Germany 1 Estonia 1 Germany 1 Latvia 1 Ukraine 1 United States 1

Background

Any Russia 692 Ukraine 82 Belarus 37 Armenia 23 Poland 23 Georgia 20 Latvia 20 Azerbaijan 11 Lithuania 10 Germany 8 Estonia 5 Uzbekistan 5 Finland 4 Moldova 4 Bulgaria 2 France 2 Kyrgyzstan 2 Turkey 2 Czechia 1 Hungary 1 Kazakhstan 1 Korea 1 Tajikistan 1 Turkmenistan 1

Era

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 1 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 161 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 379 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 303 The last generation1985–1991 115

People of the wider world

The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 4

Soviet Union state institutions Citizenship: Soviet Union Clear all

963 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

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
Alexander Ivanovich Oparin Александр Иванович Опарин Soviet biochemist who traced life's origin to a primordial soup Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1980
Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa Пётр Леонидович Капица Nobel laureate who discovered superfluidity and refused to work under Beria Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1984
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
Georgy Yevgenyevich Prokofiev Георгий Евгеньевич Прокофьев The deputy commissar who manufactured the wrecking cases Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1937
Robert Petrovich Eideman Роберт Петрович Эйдеман Latvian-born Civil War hero turned defendant in the Tukhachevsky trial Military command · 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
Isaak Ilyich Shapiro Исаак Ильич Шапиро Yezhov's chief of secretariat, keeper of the Great Terror's papers and figures Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1940
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
Vladimir Yefimovich Tsesarsky Владимир Ефимович Цесарский Yezhov’s confidant who kept the Great Terror’s ledgers Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1940
Zinovy Markovich Ushakov Зиновий Маркович Ушаков The interrogator who beat a confession out of Tukhachevsky, and spoke of beating only once it was his turn Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1940
Richard Gustavovich Sorge Рихард Густавович Зорге The spy who stole the war’s timetable in Tokyo Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1944
Vsevolod Nikolayevich Merkulov Всеволод Николаевич Меркулов The NKGB chief named first in the Katyn order, who wrote plays under a pseudonym Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1953
Vasily Mikhailovich Blokhin Василий Михайлович Блохин The executioner who served twenty-seven years under three chiefs Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1955
Mir Jafar Abbasovich Bagirov Мир Аббасович Джафар Багиров Stalin-era party boss who ruled Azerbaijan for two decades Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1956
Nikolai Pavlovich Pukhov Николай Павлович Пухов The seminary-trained instructor who drove the 13th Army into the heart of Europe Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1958
Iona Timofeievich Nikitchenko Иона Тимофеевич Никитченко Soviet judge at the Nuremberg IMT, death-sentence arbiter of the Great Purge Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1967
Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko Семён Константинович Тимошенко Marshal of the Soviet Union, People's Commissar for Defence 1940-1941 Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1970
Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm Игорь Евгеньевич Тамм From the H-bomb to the tokamak: theoretical physicist of two nuclear ages Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1971
Ivan Stepanovich Yumashev Иван Степанович Юмашев Pacific Fleet commander of Operation August Storm, the admiral Stalin dismissed as 'not a minister' Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1972
Alexander Mikhailovich Orlov Александр Михайлович Орлов The NKVD chief in Spain who shipped the Republic's gold to Moscow and broke the POUM, then fled Stalin Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1973
Ivan Sergeyevich Khokhlov Иван Сергеевич Хохлов The weaver who became wartime premier of the Russian republic Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1973
Mikhail Stepanovich Shumilov Михаил Степанович Шумилов Commander of the 64th Army: Stalingrad's southern shield for six months Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1975
Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin Николай Александрович Булганин The uniformed premier pushed aside by Khrushchev Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1975
Pavel Osipovich Sukhoi Павел Осипович Сухой Founder of the Sukhoi Design Bureau, the man behind the Su-7, Su-24, and Su-27 Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1975
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Vasilevsky Александр Михайлович Василевский The seminarian-turned-staff-officer who designed Uranus Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1977
Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan Анастас Иванович Микоян The man who built the Soviet table, and the negotiator “from Ilyich to Ilyich” Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1978
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 state institutions 1896–1937
Iona Emmanuilovich Yakir Иона Эммануилович Якир Civil War hero who turned the Kiev Military District into a laboratory for reform Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1937
Aleksei Ivanovich Stetsky Алексей Иванович Стецкий Propaganda chief who moved from Bukharin's 'red professor' circle to Stalin's side Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1938
Faizulla Gubaidullayevich Khodzhayev Файзулла Губайдуллаевич Ходжаев Son of a Bukharan merchant who rose from the Jadid reform movement to become the first head of government of Soviet Uzbekistan Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1938
Georgy Ivanovich Blagonravov Георгий Иванович Благонравов Bolshevik commissar of the Peter and Paul Fortress Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1938
Israel Moiseyevich Leplevsky Израиль Моисеевич Леплевский The man who drove the Ukrainian mass operations to their peak Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1938
Yakov Arkadyevich Yakovlev Яков Аркадьевич Яковлев Agriculture commissar of collectivization Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1938
Semyon Borisovich Zhukovsky Семён Борисович Жуковский The trade official who became a deputy commissar Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1940
Vasily Fyodorovich Dementiev Василий Фёдорович Дементьев A 'North Caucasian' Chekist moved from Chechnya to Primorye Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1940
Andrei Ivanovich Zelentsov Андрей Иванович Зеленцов A division commander caught between encirclement and higher command Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1941
Voldemar Avgustovich Ulmer Вольдемар Августович Ульмер Operational secretary of the GUGB whose 'certified' signature closes the Great Terror's operational orders Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1945
Fyodor Ivanovich Trukhin Фёдор Иванович Трухин A staff general who turned from Soviet command to an anti-Soviet armed organisation Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1946
Yakov Nikolayevich Fedorenko Яков Николаевич Федоренко First Marshal of Armored Troops who led the Red Army's tank forces through the entire war Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1947
Andrei Alexandrovich Zhdanov Андрей Александрович Жданов The ideology manager whose name marked Stalinist culture Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1948
Vasily Vasilyevich Chernyshev Василий Васильевич Чернышёв The only Yezhov deputy to survive, who ran the GULAG as Deputy People's Commissar of Internal Affairs Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1952
Ivan Alekseyevich Likhachev Иван Алексеевич Лихачёв Father of the Soviet auto industry, the 'red director' who told Henry Ford he was a servant of the people Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1956
Ivan Yefimovich Petrov Иван Ефимович Петров The army general who held Odessa and Sevastopol, and returned to command every time Stalin sacked him Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1958

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