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People

People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity

Any Political and party leadership 8 Government and administration 6 Legislature and state representation 4 Military command 28 Security, intelligence and policing 9 Diplomacy and international organization 11 Economy, finance and planning 17 Industry and production 15 Agriculture and land policy 5 Ideology and propaganda 6 Social movements and organizing 1 Scholarship and theory 1 Science and technology 12 Literature and arts 1 Law and justice 3

Affiliation(set)

Soviet institution line

Any Party leadership 1 Party Secretariat and cadres 1 Heads of government 3 Military and defence 27 State security agencies 9 Ideology and propaganda 4 Culture and literary control 2 Formal heads of state 2 Foreign affairs 10 Nationalities and federal management 1 Central planning agencies 6 Economic management 8 Heavy industry and military industry 14 Agriculture 3 Science, nuclear and space development 12

Most people

Any Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 162 Soviet Union state institutions 127 Russian Federation state institutions 8 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 8 Lithuania state institutions 3 United Russia 3 Estonia state institutions 2 Latvia state institutions 2

All 20 affiliations

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan state institutions 1

Belarus

Belarus state institutions 1

Estonia

Estonia state institutions 2 Popular Front of Estonia (Rahvarinne) 2

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan state institutions 1

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan state institutions 1

Latvia

Latvia state institutions 2 Popular Front of Latvia 1

Lithuania

Lithuania state institutions 3 Sąjūdis (Reform Movement of Lithuania) 2

Moldova

Moldova state institutions 1

Russia

Russian Federation state institutions 8 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 8 United Russia 3 Our Home – Russia 2

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 162 Soviet Union state institutions 127

Ukraine

Ukraine state institutions 1

United States

United States state institutions 1

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan state institutions 1

Position

Any Socialist-bloc reform leader 4 Marxism and communism 123

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 115 Russia 6 Moldova 2 Azerbaijan 1 Belarus 1 Estonia 1 Latvia 1

Background

Any Russia 91 Belarus 8 Ukraine 8 Armenia 4 Azerbaijan 4 Georgia 2 Latvia 2 Moldova 2 Bulgaria 1 Estonia 1 Kyrgyzstan 1 Lithuania 1 Tajikistan 1 Uzbekistan 1

Era(set)

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 2 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 167 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 381 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 305 The last generation1985–1991 127

People of the wider world

The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 9 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 1

Soviet Union state institutions The last generation 1985–1991 Clear all

127 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Leonid Ivanovich Abalkin Леонид Иванович Абалкин Chief economic theorist of late perestroika, architect of the 'regulated market' between radical reformers and conservative planners Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2011
Yuri Vladimirovich Dubinin Юрий Владимирович Дубинин Soviet ambassador who personified perestroika diplomacy in Washington during the Gorbachev era Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2013
Nikolai Pavlovich Laverov Николай Павлович Лавёров The last chairman of Soviet state science policy and a uranium geologist Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2016
Nikolai Ivanovich Dementey Николай Иванович Дементей A chairman caught between preserving the Union and Belarusian sovereignty Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2018
Anatoly Ivanovich Lukyanov Анатолий Иванович Лукьянов Gorbachev's classmate turned critic: the last speaker of the Soviet parliament Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2019
Zhores Ivanovich Alferov Жорес Иванович Алфёров Communist physicist whose semiconductor heterostructures opened the IT era Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2019
Ivan Stepanovich Silayev Иван Степанович Силаев The last head of government of the Soviet Union: from aviation minister to liquidator of an empire Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2023
Mikhail Sergeyevich Shkabardnya Михаил Сергеевич Шкабардня The minister whose precision instruments controlled missiles and the Buran shuttle Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2025
Anatoly Stepanovich Dyatlov Анатолий Степанович Дятлов The deputy chief engineer who supervised the Chernobyl safety test and later argued the reactor's design was the real cause Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1931–1995
Boris Dmitrievich Pankin Борис Дмитриевич Панкин The post-coup foreign minister of the collapsing Union Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1931–
Alexander Vladimirovich Vlasov Александр Владимирович Власов Creator of OMON and the last communist prime minister of Russia, defeated by Yeltsin Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1932–2002
Arkady Ivanovich Volsky Аркадий Иванович Вольский The operator who ran Soviet machine-building and organized post-Soviet capital Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1932–2006
Konstantin Alekseevich Kochetov Константин Алексеевич Кочетов The deputy defence minister who, at Tbilisi, pushed for force without waiting for the Politburo Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1932–
Stepan Karapetovich Pogosyan Ստեփան Կարապետի Պողոսյան The last leader of Armenia's Communist Party before the Soviet collapse Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1932–2012
Oleg Dmitriyevich Baklanov Олег Дмитриевич Бакланов Last surviving GKChP member who led the Soviet space industry Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1932–2021
Alexander Alexandrovich Bessmertnykh Александр Александрович Бессмертных The last regular Soviet foreign minister Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1933–
Vladimir Migranovich Movsisyan Վլադիմիր Միգրանովիչ Մովսիսյան The last Communist Party first secretary of Soviet Armenia Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1933–2014
Anatoly Aleksandrovich Malofeyev Анатолий Александрович Малофеев A Belarusian party organizer who sought continuity as the Union dissolved Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1933–2022
Lev Dmitrievich Ryabev Лев Дмитриевич Рябев Nuclear industry minister who inherited Sredmash in the shadow of Chernobyl Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1933–
Alexander Sergeyevich Dzasokhov Александр Сергеевич Дзасохов A politician who linked internationalism with regional rule Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–
Elmira Mikayil qızı Kafarova Elmira Qafarova A Soviet republican leader who asserted institutional authority in crisis Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–1993
Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk Леонід Макарович Кравчук The communist propagandist who became Ukraine's first president and signed the Soviet Union out of existence Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–2022
Nikolai Alexandrovich Panichev Николай Александрович Паничев The last minister who tried to preserve the Soviet machine-tool industry through perestroika Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–
Nikolai Dmitrievich Tarakanov Николай Дмитриевич Тараканов The general who sent men onto the Chernobyl roof when the robots died Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–
Vasily Georgievich Zakharov Василий Георгиевич Захаров Propaganda-trained culture minister who executed glasnost-era cultural liberalization Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–2023
Alfrēds son of Pēteris Rubiks Alfrēds Pētera dēls Rubiks A steadfast defender of Latvia's Communist Party at the Soviet Union's end Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–
Kondrat Zigmundovich Terekh Кондрат Зигмундович Терех The last Soviet trade minister, formed in consumer cooperatives Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–
Leonid Vladimirovich Shebarshin Леонид Владимирович Шебаршин Last chief of Soviet foreign intelligence Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2012
Valentyna Semenivna Shevchenko Валентина Семенівна Шевченко Ukrainian SSR head of state during Chernobyl who pushed the evacuation of 526,000 children from Kyiv against Moscow's resistance Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2020
Viktor Petrovich Bryukhanov Виктор Петрович Брюханов The first director of Chernobyl who built the plant and was held responsible for its catastrophe Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2021
Evgeny Pavlovich Velikhov Евгений Павлович Велихов Soviet physicist who linked fusion science, Chernobyl, and nuclear disarmament Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2024
Grigore Isidorovich Eremei Grigore Isidorovici Eremei The final head of Soviet Moldavia's Communist Party Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2024
Vladimir Nikolayevich Lobov Владимир Николаевич Лобов The last Chief of the Soviet General Staff, who refused to fire on civilians and twice drafted military reform Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–
Valery Alekseyevich Legasov Валерий Алексеевич Легасов The Kurchatov chemist who led science at Chernobyl, then left the full truth on tapes before hanging himself Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1936–1988
Yuli Alexandrovich Kvitsinsky Юлий Александрович Квицинский Gromyko protégé and arms negotiator remembered for the "Walk in the Woods" Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1936–2010
Igor Nikolayevich Rodionov Игорь Николаевич Родионов The general who gave the operational order to clear Rustaveli Avenue Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1936–2014
Vyacheslav Frantsevich Kebich Вячаслаў Францавіч Кебіч Belarus's first prime minister; co-signed the Belovezh Accords and later testified the Russian delegation alone arrived with a plan Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1936–2020
Boris Karlovich Pugo Борис Карлович Пуго From Latvian KGB chief to USSR interior minister, a guardian of order shattered in the coup he backed Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–1991
Valentin Sergeyevich Pavlov Валентин Сергеевич Павлов The last Soviet premier and an August coup participant Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–2003
Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev Геннадий Иванович Янаев First and only Vice President of the USSR and the face of the August 1991 coup Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–2010
Nikolai Maximovich Fomin Николай Максимович Фомин The chief engineer who refused to believe the reactor was destroyed and kept pumping water into its ruins Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–
Yuri Dmitrievich Maslyukov Юрий Дмитриевич Маслюков The last Gosplan generation Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–2010
Vadim Viktorovich Bakatin Вадим Викторович Бакатин The last KGB chairman, appointed to dismantle it Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–2022
Viktor Vladimirovich Gerashchenko Виктор Владимирович Геращенко Central banker of the Soviet collapse and Russian transition Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–2022
Nikolai Mikhailovich Golushko Николай Михайлович Голушко The last chairman of the KGB of the Ukrainian SSR, who went on to serve the security services of three states: USSR, Ukraine, and Russia Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–2025
Vladimir Makarovich Velichko Владимир Макарович Величко Technocrat who ran Soviet heavy machine-building in its late decades Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–
Yegor Semyonovich Stroev Егор Семёнович Строев Gorbachev's last agriculture Politburo member: operational chief of perestroika farm policy Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–
Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin Виктор Степанович Черномырдин Last Soviet gas minister who turned his ministry into Gazprom Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1938–2010
Fuad Enver oglu Musayev Fuad Ənvər oğlu Musayev First Secretary of the Baku Party Committee who blocked buses from entering Baku, shifting the violence to Sumgait Social movements and organizing · Soviet Union state institutions 1938–2017
Ayaz Niyazi oghlu Mutalibov Ајаз Нијази оғлу Мүтәллибов The last Soviet leader caught between a renewed union and independence Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1938–2022

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