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People

People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity(set)

Any Political and party leadership 4 Government and administration 7 Legislature and state representation 4 Military command 50 Security, intelligence and policing 26 Diplomacy and international organization 16 Economy, finance and planning 38 Industry and production 39 Agriculture and land policy 9 Ideology and propaganda 25 Social movements and organizing 2 Scholarship and theory 1 Education 2 Science and technology 71 Literature and arts 6 Law and justice 5

Affiliation(set)

Soviet institution line

Any Military and defence 49

Most people

Any Soviet Union state institutions 50 Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 39 Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 1 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 1

All 4 affiliations

Poland

Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 1

Russia

Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 1

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 39 Soviet Union state institutions 50

Position

Any Left critics of Bolshevism 1 Dissident 1 Marxism and communism 48

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 50

Background

Any Russia 39 Ukraine 7 Belarus 3 Poland 1

Era(set)

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 1 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 41 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 108 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 50 The last generation1985–1991 28

People of the wider world

The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 2

Military command Soviet Union state institutions People of the thaw and the stagnation 1953–1985 Clear all

50 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Mikhail Alekseevich Shalin Михаил Алексеевич Шалин The meticulous staff officer who led Soviet military intelligence through the transition from Stalin to Khrushchev Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1970
Vladimir Vasilyevich Kurasov Владимир Васильевич Курасов The staff intellect who designed the 1st Baltic Front's operations and shaped Soviet military science Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1973
Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky Родион Яковлевич Малиновский Marshal and Defence Minister, 1957–1967 Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1898–1967
Matvei Vasilevich Zakharov Матвей Васильевич Захаров The staff officer who foresaw the blitzkrieg and saved the Odessa District, then rebuilt the Cold War General Staff Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1898–1972
Konstantin Andreyevich Vershinin Константин Андреевич Вершинин Two-time Soviet Air Force commander who led its transformation into the jet and nuclear age Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1973
Mitrofan Ivanovich Nedelin Митрофан Иванович Неделин Chief Marshal of Artillery who created the Strategic Rocket Forces and drove the R-7 that launched Sputnik: killed at his own pad Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1960
Stanislav Gilyarovich Poplavsky Станислав Гилярович Поплавский A Polish-born Soviet general who commanded the suppression of the Poznań uprising Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1973
Kirill Semyonovich Moskalenko Кирилл Семёнович Москаленко The marshal who led Beria's arrest and called his subordinates 'enemies of the people' Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1985
Nikolai Ivanovich Krylov Николай Иванович Крылов From Stalingrad to the Strategic Rocket Forces: the marshal who built the nuclear triad's third leg Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1972
Andrei Antonovich Grechko Андрей Антонович Гречко Brezhnev-era defence minister Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1976
Issa Alexandrovich Pliyev Исса Александрович Плиев The only cavalryman twice Hero of the Soviet Union, who went to the brink of nuclear war in Cuba Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1979
Pyotr Kirillovich Koshevoy Пётр Кириллович Кошевой Twice Hero of the Soviet Union who took Mount Sapun and stormed Königsberg Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1904–1976
Vladimir Alexandrovich Sudets Владимир Александрович Судец Marshal of Aviation who led the 17th Air Army to Prague and commanded Soviet Air Defence Forces Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1904–1981
Aleksei Sergeyevich Zheltov Алексей Сергеевич Желтов Chief political commissar of the post-Stalin Soviet military who helped bring down Zhukov Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1904–1991
Arseniy Grigoryevich Golovko Арсений Григорьевич Головко Guardian of the Arctic convoys as Northern Fleet commander, architect of Soviet naval power projection in the Atlantic Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1906–1962
Petro Grigoryevich Grigorenko Пётр Григорьевич Григоренко Soviet major general who turned dissident to defend human rights and deported nations Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1907–1987
Georgy Filippovich Baydukov Георгий Филиппович Байдуков Chkalov's co-pilot across the North Pole who became the procurement chief that built Soviet air defence weaponry Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1907–1994
Dmitry Fyodorovich Ustinov Дмитрий Фёдорович Устинов The defence-industry man who became defence minister Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1908–1984
Alexei Alexeyevich Yepishev Алексей Алексеевич Епишев The longest-serving chief who kept the Soviet military under party control for 23 years Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1908–1985
Vasily Filippovich Margelov Василий Филиппович Маргелов Father of the modern VDV, who turned airborne troops into a heavily armored strike force Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1908–1990
Ivan Grigoryevich Pavlovsky Иван Григорьевич Павловский The ground forces commander who invaded Czechoslovakia and opposed Afghanistan Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1909–1999
Pavel Fyodorovich Batitsky Павел Фёдорович Батицкий The marshal who built Soviet air defence and personally executed Beria Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1910–1984
Sergei Georgievich Gorshkov Сергей Георгиевич Горшков The 29-year C-in-C who built the Soviet ocean-going navy, author of 'The Sea Power of the State' Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1910–1988
Vladimir Afanasyevich Kasatonov Владимир Афанасьевич Касатонов Fleet Admiral who commanded the Baltic, Black Sea, and Northern Fleets: a builder of the Soviet ocean-going navy Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1910–1989
Nikolai Konstantinovich Beloborodov Николай Константинович Белобородов First deputy chief of the 12th GUMO who commanded Soviet nuclear warheads in Cuba and, three decades later, wrote the definitive report Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1910–2003
Ivan Ignatyevich Yakubovsky Иван Игнатьевич Якубовский Belarusian-born marshal who commanded the Warsaw Pact forces for nine years Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1912–1976
Alexander Ivanovich Pokryshkin Александр Иванович Покрышкин The ace who rewrote Soviet fighter tactics, the only soldier awarded Hero of the Soviet Union three times during wartime Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1913–1985
Pavel Stepanovich Kutakhov Павел Степанович Кутахов Longest-serving Soviet Air Force chief, the fighter ace who led Soviet air power to its Cold War zenith Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1914–1984
Vladimir Fyodorovich Tolubko Владимир Фёдорович Толубко The SRF commander who brought Soviet missile forces to strategic parity with the United States Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1914–1989
Semyon Konstantinovich Kurkotkin Семён Константинович Куркоткин One of the last Marshals, who ran the Soviet rear for 16 years Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–1990
Nikolai Vasilyevich Ogarkov Николай Васильевич Огарков The Chief of Staff who foresaw a revolution in military affairs and opposed the Afghan invasion Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–1994
Vasily Ivanovich Petrov Василий Иванович Петров Commander-in-Chief of Ground Forces who led the Soviet operation in the Ogaden War, the last marshal forged in combat Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–2014
Igor Demyanovich Statsenko Игорь Демьянович Стаценко Commander of the 51st Missile Division that deployed R-12 missiles to Cuba Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–1987
Yevgeny Filippovich Ivanovsky Евгений Филиппович Ивановский Longest-serving GSFG commander who led the Soviet front-line force facing NATO for eight years Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–1991
Yevgeny Georgievich Pepelyayev Евгений Георгиевич Пепеляев A Soviet ace of MiG Alley Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–2013
Yuri Vsyevolodovich Votintsev Юрий Всеволодович Вотинцев A missile-defence builder who disclosed a Cold War false alarm Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1919–2005
Anatoly Ivanovich Gribkov Анатолий Иванович Грибков Secret planner of the Cuban Missile Crisis deployment and last Chief of Staff of the Warsaw Pact Joint Armed Forces Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1919–2008
Viktor Georgiyevich Kulikov Виктор Георгиевич Куликов Longest-serving Warsaw Pact supreme commander, who led its forces for twelve years Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1921–2013
Georgi Nikitovich Bolshakov Георгий Никитович Большаков The GRU officer who ran the secret backchannel between Khrushchev and the Kennedys Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1922–1989
Alexander Ivanovich Koldunov Александр Иванович Колдунов The top Yak ace of the war who rose to command the Air Defence Forces, and fell after a teenager landed on Red Square Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–1992
Mikhail Mitrofanovich Zaitsev Михаил Митрофанович Зайцев GSFG Commander-in-Chief and Army General who oversaw Soviet operations in Afghanistan Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–2009
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Yefimov Александр Николаевич Ефимов Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Il-2 assault ace who rose to command the Soviet Air Force at its zenith Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–2012
Vladimir Leonidovich Govorov Владимир Леонидович Говоров Son of a marshal who led the Chernobyl response and turned Soviet civil defence toward peacetime emergencies Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1924–2006
Vasily Aleksandrovich Arkhipov Василий Александрович Архипов Soviet submarine officer who refused to launch a nuclear torpedo and prevented nuclear war Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1926–1998
Gherman Stepanovich Titov Герман Степанович Титов Second human to orbit Earth and builder of Soviet military space systems Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2000
Valery Mikhailovich Sablin Валерий Михайлович Саблин The naval officer who mutinied for Leninist principles against the Brezhnev regime Military command · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1939–1976
Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov Станислав Евграфович Петров Soviet Air Defence Forces lieutenant colonel who correctly dismissed the Oko false alarm and prevented nuclear war Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1939–2017
Anatoly Mikhailovich Kornukov Анатолий Михайлович Корнуков The air-defense general who ordered KAL 007 shot down, later commander-in-chief of the Russian Air Force Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1942–2014
Gennady Nikolayevich Osipovich Геннадий Николаевич Осипович The Soviet air-defence interceptor pilot who shot down KAL 007 Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1944–2015
Sergei Semyonovich Biryuzov Сергей Семёнович Бирюзов Marshal who helped plan the liberation of the Balkans, then commanded the Strategic Rocket Forces Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1904/1905–1964