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People of the Revolution and the USSR
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People of the Soviet Union
People of the wider world
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Andrei Grigorievich Kravchenko Андрей Григорьевич Кравченко
The tank army commander who led the Red Army's elite armor from Stalingrad to Manchuria
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1963
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Nikolai Nikolayevich Voronov Николай Николаевич Воронов
Architect of Red Army artillery who wove the Stalingrad encirclement
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1968
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Pavel Fyodorovich Yudin Павел Фёдорович Юдин
Stalinist philosopher-diplomat who built orthodoxy, then incubated the foundations of Soviet cultural history
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1968
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Filipp Sergeyevich Oktyabrsky Филипп Сергеевич Октябрьский
Admiral who led the Black Sea Fleet in the defence of Odessa and Sevastopol, and remains at the centre of the evacuation controversy
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1969
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Semyon Moiseevich Krivoshein Семён Моисеевич Кривошеин
The Soviet tank general who reviewed the Brest parade with Guderian and held Oboyan at Kursk
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1978
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Naum Isaakovich Eitingon Наум Исаакович Эйтингон
The NKVD's master of covert action: from Trotsky's assassination to Soviet atomic espionage
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1981
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Mikhail Mikhailovich Gromov Михаил Михайлович Громов
Record-setting aviator who flew Moscow to California via the North Pole, then commanded air armies on the Eastern Front
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1985
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Alexander Grigoryevich Barmine Александр Григорьевич Бармин
The Soviet GRU brigadier general who fled Stalin's purges and became one of the few defectors the hunters never caught
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1987
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Nikolai Antonovich Dollezhal Николай Антонович Доллежаль
Chief designer of Soviet nuclear reactors
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–2000
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Vasily Abramovich Karutsky Василий Абрамович Каруцкий
NKVD chief who sat on a mass-operation troika and killed himself before his arrest
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1900–1938
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Vladimir Efimovich Gorev Владимир Ефимович Горев
An internationalist soldier who helped organize Madrid’s defense
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1900–1938
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Ivan Yakovlevich Lavrushin Иван Яковлевич Лаврушин
NKVD chief who chaired the Gorky oblast troika
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1900–1940
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Grigory Mikhailovich Shtern Григорий Михайлович Штерн
Victor of Lake Khasan and Khalkhin Gol, purged Far Eastern Front commander
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1900–1941
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Ivan Ivanovich Maslennikov Иван Иванович Масленников
From NKVD Deputy Commissar to General of the Army: the rare commander who held senior rank in both the security apparatus and the Red Army
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1900–1954
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Lavrentiy Fomich Tsanava Лаврентий Фомич Цанава
"Second Lavrentiy"; Beria's man who ran the Mikhoels killing
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1900–1955
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Dmitri Vasilyevich Yefremov Дмитрий Васильевич Ефремов
The electrical engineer under NKVD investigation who became minister and delivered isotope separation for the atomic bomb
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1900–1960
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Semyon Alekseyevich Lavochkin Семён Алексеевич Лавочкин
Fighter designer who secured Soviet air supremacy with the La-5 and La-7
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1900–1960
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Pavel Fyodorovich Zhigarev Павел Фёдорович Жигарев
Twice Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Force: led the VVS through Barbarossa and rebuilt it in the post-Stalin era
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1900–1963
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Pyotr Vasilyevich Fedotov Пётр Васильевич Федотов
38-year Chekist who commanded both counterintelligence and foreign intelligence from Cheka to KGB
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1900–1963
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Arseny Grigoryevich Zverev Арсений Григорьевич Зверев
Long-serving finance minister through war and reconstruction
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1900–1969
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Alexander Alexandrovich Novikov Александр Александрович Новиков
The VVS commander who rebuilt a shattered force into the air armada that swept the Luftwaffe from the sky
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1900–1976
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Mikhail Yefimovich Katukov Михаил Ефимович Катуков
Marshal of Armoured Troops who stopped Guderian and led the 1st Guards Tank Army
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1900–1976
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Sergei Ivanovich Ogoltsov Сергей Иванович Огольцов
An operative who spanned every iteration of Soviet state security across 35 years
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1900–1976
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Ivan Ivanovich Fedyuninsky Иван Иванович Федюнинский
Hero of Khalkhin Gol who commanded the army that broke the siege of Leningrad
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1900–1977
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Maksim Zakharovich Saburov Максим Захарович Сабуров
Planner of the late Stalin and Malenkov years
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1900–1977
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Vladimir Filippovich Tributs Владимир Филиппович Трибуц
Longest-serving wartime fleet commander, from the Tallinn breakout to Königsberg
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1900–1977
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Filipp Ivanovich Golikov Филипп Иванович Голиков
The GRU chief who held the intelligence yet missed the invasion, and fought his way back to marshal
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1900–1980
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Vasily Gavrilovich Grabin Василий Гаврилович Грабин
Master of Soviet field artillery, creator of the speed-design method
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1900–1980
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Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov Василий Иванович Чуйков
“There is no land for us beyond the Volga”
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1900–1982
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Pavel Alekseyevich Kurochkin Павел Алексеевич Курочкин
From Civil War cavalryman to the commander whose army liberated Auschwitz, the last surviving wartime Front commander
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1900–1989
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Ilya Grigoryevich Starinov Илья Григорьевич Старинов
The 'grandfather of Soviet special forces,' a sabotage engineer who designed the radio-controlled mine and the partisan rail war
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1900–2000
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Boris Davydovich Berman Борис Давыдович Берман
The intelligence officer who directed the Great Purge in Belorussia
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1901–1939
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Dmitry Matveyevich Dmitriev Дмитрий Матвеевич Дмитриев
The Sverdlovsk NKVD chief whose testimony first unspooled the 'NKVD conspiracy'
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1901–1939
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Konstantin Dmitriyevich Pamfilov Константин Дмитриевич Памфилов
Wartime RSFSR acting premier who oversaw civilian evacuation amid the Moscow panic
Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions
1901–1943
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Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin Николай Фёдорович Ватутин
Strategic architect of Stalingrad and Kursk, the army general who fell at the front
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1901–1944
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Andrey Andreyevich Vlasov Андрей Андреевич Власов
Hero of the Battle of Moscow who defected to lead the Nazi-backed Russian Liberation Army
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1901–1946
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Nikolai Vladimirovich Feklenko Николай Владимирович Фекленко
An armoured commander tested by shifting fronts
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1901–1951
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Sergo Arsenievich Goglidze Сергей Арсеньевич Гоглидзе
From running the terror in Georgia to overlord of the Far East
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1901–1953
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Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeyev Александр Александрович Фадеев
Writers’ Union manager who killed himself at the thaw
Literature and arts · Soviet Union state institutions
1901–1956
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Avraami Pavlovich Zavenyagin Авраамий Павлович Завенягин
Industrial organizer of the Stalin era, from Magnitogorsk and Norilsk to the atomic bomb
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1901–1956
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Mikhail Vasilyevich Khrunichev Михаил Васильевич Хруничев
The aviation minister who persuaded Stalin to buy British jet engines and opened the MiG-15 era
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1901–1961
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Nikolai Karotamm Nikolai Karotamm
First Secretary of the Estonian Communist Party in 1944–1950, removed in 1950 for allegedly shielding “bourgeois nationalists”
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1901–1969
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Pyotr Akimovich Dibrova Пётр Акимович Диброва
Soviet commandant of Berlin who declared a state of emergency in East Berlin on 17 June 1953
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1901–1971
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Aleksei Semyonovich Zhadov Алексей Семёнович Жадов
The commander Stalin made change his name, who led the 5th Guards Army from Stalingrad to Prague
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1901–1977
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Pavel Alekseyevich Rotmistrov Павел Алексеевич Ротмистров
The Marshal of Armour who commanded history's largest tank battle at Prokhorovka
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1901–1982
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Grigory Petrovich Kosyachenko Григорий Петрович Косяченко
Gosplan planner across the late Stalin and post-Stalin transition
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1901–1983
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Sergei Ivanovich Tiulpanov Сергей Иванович Тюльпанов
Head of SMAD’s Propaganda Administration who drove the founding of the SED and the Sovietisation of eastern Germany
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1901–1984
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Dmitry Danilovich Lelyushenko Дмитрий Данилович Лелюшенко
'General Forward' who halted Guderian at the gates of Moscow and drove the 4th Guards Tank Army to Prague
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1901–1987
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Mark Borisovich Mitin Марк Борисович Митин
Stalin-era chief philosophical authority who installed dialectical materialism as state doctrine
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1901–1987
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Ivan Vladimirovich Kovalev Иван Владимирович Ковалёв
The railway general who moved armies in secret, and fell over a pair of earrings
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1901–1993