People of the Revolution and the USSR
Soviet Union (state)
Nationalities and federal management
The revolutionary generation 1917–1940
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- Pyotr Germogenovich Smidovich Пётр Гермогенович Смидович Iskra agent across three revolutions, KOMZET chairman who shaped Soviet nationality policy and the Birobidzhan Jewish experiment
- Nestor Apollonovich Lakoba Нестор Аполлонович Лакоба Stalin's closest friend turned Beria's first victim: the red prince of Abkhazia
- Turar Ryskulovich Ryskulov Турар Рыскулович Рыскулов The Kazakh Bolshevik strategist who argued for a unified Turkestan against Stalin's national delimitation