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Maxim Maksimovich Litvinov Максим Максимович Литвинов The diplomat of collective security, removed in 1939 Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1876–1951
Andrey Yanuaryevich Vyshinsky Андрей Януарьевич Вышинский Stalin's Moscow-trial prosecutor who later carried hardline Soviet diplomacy to the UN Law and justice · Soviet Union 1883–1954
Stanislav Frantsevich Redens Станислав Францевич Реденс Stalin's brother-in-law who chaired the Moscow troika Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1892–1940
Konstantin Ksaveryevich (birth) / Konstantinovich (later) Rokossovsky Константин Константинович Рокоссовский Marshal of two nations, the USSR and Poland, who commanded the 1945 Victory Parade Military command · Soviet Union 1896–1968
Ignaty Ignatyevich Sosnovsky Игнатий Игнатьевич Сосновский A Polish intelligence agent turned Cheka counter-intelligence officer Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1897–1937
Leon Yakovlevich Gaikis Леон Яковлевич Гайкис Second Soviet ambassador to Spain, recalled and shot barely three months after taking the post Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1898–1937
Ignace Stanislavovich Reiss Игнатий Станиславович Рейсс Soviet illegal who broke publicly with Stalin and was murdered by the NKVD Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1899–1937
Walter Germanovich Krivitsky Вальтер Германович Кривицкий The defector who first told the West how Stalin's secret service worked Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1899–1941
Konstantin Antonovich Petrzhak Константин Антонович Петржак Co-discoverer of spontaneous fission, a pillar of the Soviet atomic project Science and technology · Soviet Union 1907–1998
Zhozef Yakovlevich Kotin Жозеф Яковлевич Котин Chief designer of the KV and IS heavy tanks, builder of Tankograd Industry and production · Soviet Union 1908–1979