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People

People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity

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 Party Secretariat and cadres 2 Heads of government 5 Military and defence 49 State security agencies 26 Ideology and propaganda 19 Culture and literary control 11 Foreign affairs 16 Nationalities and federal management 2 Central planning agencies 10 Economic management 25 Heavy industry and military industry 38 Agriculture 7 Science, nuclear and space development 68

Most people

Any Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 310 Soviet Union state institutions 305 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 3 United Russia 2 Comintern 1 Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 1

All 6 affiliations

International organizations

Comintern 1

Poland

Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 1

Russia

Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 3 United Russia 2

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 310 Soviet Union state institutions 305

Position

Any Left critics of Bolshevism 1 Socialist-bloc reform leader 3 Dissident 3 Marxism and communism 298

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 303 Russia 2

Background

Any Russia 240 Ukraine 29 Belarus 9 Armenia 6 Georgia 4 Latvia 4 Azerbaijan 3 Poland 3 Uzbekistan 2 Finland 1 Germany 1 Kyrgyzstan 1 Lithuania 1 Turkmenistan 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 People of the thaw and the stagnation 1953–1985 Clear all

305 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Boris Vasilyevich Petrovsky Борис Васильевич Петровский Cardiovascular pioneer who ran Soviet healthcare for 15 years under Brezhnev Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1908–2004
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kotelnikov Владимир Александрович Котельников The scientist–head of state who discovered the sampling theorem and led the first radar probe of Venus Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1908–2005
Georgy Maksimovich Pushkin Георгий Максимович Пушкин The Soviet diplomat who warned Khrushchev about Berlin Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1909–1963
Vladimir Alekseyevich Kucherenko Владимир Алексеевич Кучеренко A technocrat who ran Soviet construction from post-war rebuilding to Gosstroy Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1909–1963
Mikhail Leontyevich Mil Михаил Леонтьевич Миль From Mi-1 to Mi-24: founder of the Mil Design Bureau that rewrote helicopter history Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1909–1970
Alexander Konstantinovich Korovushkin Александр Константинович Коровушкин The Gosbank chairman who carried out the 1961 redenomination and, witnesses say, threw his hat at Khrushchev Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1909–1976
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Sakharovsky Александр Михайлович Сахаровский State-security officer who led Soviet foreign intelligence for 15 years Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1909–1983
Mikhail Avksentyevich Lesechko Михаил Авксентьевич Лесечко The deputy premier who directed Soviet economic integration with the Eastern Bloc for 18 years Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1909–1984
Mikhail Sergeyevich Ryazansky Михаил Сергеевич Рязанский The 'radio man' of Soviet rocketry: Chief Designer of guidance and telemetry for every Soviet rocket and spacecraft Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1909–1987
Alexander Ivanovich Shokin Александр Иванович Шокин Architect of Soviet military electronics who built the industry from scratch and led it for 20 years Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1909–1988
Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko Андрей Андреевич Громыко “Mister Nyet,” whose last move was to nominate the reformer Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1909–1989
Nikolai Nikolayevich Bogolyubov Николай Николаевич Боголюбов The institutional titan of theoretical physics who led the Eastern Bloc's largest international research institute Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1909–1992
Vladimir Pavlovich Barmin Владимир Павлович Бармин From Katyusha to Buran: the engineer who designed the ground beneath every Soviet rocket Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1909–1993
Vladimir Vladimirovich Matskevich Владимир Владимирович Мацкевич Agriculture minister after the virgin-lands drive Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1909–1998
Ivan Grigoryevich Pavlovsky Иван Григорьевич Павловский The ground forces commander who invaded Czechoslovakia and opposed Afghanistan Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1909–1999
Pyotr Ivanovich Ivashutin Пётр Иванович Ивашутин The KGB man who led the GRU for 24 years: Soviet military intelligence's longest-serving chief Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1909–2002
Mikhail Sergeyevich Smirtyukov Михаил Сергеевич Смиртюков The non-Politburo power who was the institutional memory of the Soviet government for 25 years Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1909–2004
Alexander Fedorovich Zasyadko Александр Фёдорович Засядько The miner's son who climbed from the Donbas pits to the summit of Kremlin economic planning Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1910–1963
Sergei Vladimirovich Kurashov Сергей Владимирович Курашов Khrushchev-era health minister who presided over the World Health Assembly Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1910–1965
Yekaterina Alexeyevna Furtseva Екатерина Алексеевна Фурцева Long-serving culture minister between thaw and control Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1910–1974
Ivan Dmitrievich Serbin Иван Дмитриевич Сербин The party's 'Ivan the Terrible' who oversaw the entire Soviet military-industrial complex for 23 years Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1910–1981
Viktor Yakovlevich Litvinov Виктор Яковлевич Литвинов The factory director who led Soviet aircraft and rocket mass production for 33 years Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1910–1983
Nikolai Anisimovich Shchelokov Николай Анисимович Щёлоков Brezhnev's 16-year police chief who rebuilt the MVD into a modern force Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1910–1984
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
Veniamin Emmanuilovich Dymshits Вениамин Эммануилович Дымшиц The Jewish construction technocrat who was Soviet deputy premier for 23 years Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1910–1993
Gennady Ivanovich Voronov Геннадий Иванович Воронов The RSFSR premier who never stopped speaking bluntly to Brezhnev Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1910–1994
Iosif Iosifovich Kuzmin Иосиф Иосифович Кузьмин The planner who executed Khrushchev's sovnarkhoz reform Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1910–1996
Nikolai Vasilyevich Martynov Николай Васильевич Мартынов From munitions to material supply, the technocrat who managed the arteries of the planned economy Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1910–1998
Mikhail Alekseyevich Prokofyev Михаил Алексеевич Прокофьев The scientist-minister who led Soviet education for 18 years Education · Soviet Union state institutions 1910–1999
Pyotr Stepanovich Neporozhny Пётр Степанович Непорожний The longest-serving energy minister who built the Unified Energy System Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1910–1999
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
Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel Михаил Кузьмич Янгель Designer whose storable-propellant rockets became the backbone of the Strategic Rocket Forces Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1911–1971
Alexander Mikhailovich Tarasov Александр Михайлович Тарасов The man who opened the Soviet mass-automobile era: father of the Lada Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1911–1975
Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh Мстислав Всеволодович Келдыш Academy president who coordinated space science Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1911–1978
Konstantin Nikolayevich Rudnev Константин Николаевич Руднев The defence-industry administrator who sent Gagarin into space Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1911–1980
Mefody Naumovich Sveshnikov Мефодий Наумович Свешников A career banker of peasant stock who rose to the summit of the Soviet monobank Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1911–1981
Nikolai Timofeyevich Grishin Иван Тимофеевич Гришин Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade for 26 years who steered industrial import deals across the Brezhnev era Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1911–1985
Vasily Fyodorovich Garbuzov Василий Фёдорович Гарбузов The long-serving finance minister of stagnation Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1911–1985
Lev Nikolayevich Smirnov Лев Николаевич Смирнов From Nuremberg assistant prosecutor to chief justice of the USSR, the Supreme Court chairman who presided over political trials Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions 1911–1986
Grigory Sergeyevich Zolotukhin Григорий Сергеевич Золотухин A Brezhnev-era agricultural functionary who ran Tambov and Krasnodar, then oversaw Soviet grain procurement for 14 years Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1911–1988
Lev Markovich Volodarsky Лев Маркович Володарский Keeper of Soviet state statistics who managed the planned economy's numbers as the younger brother of a revolutionary martyr Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1911–1989
Georgy Mokeevich Markov Георгий Мокеевич Марков The Brezhnev-era literary gatekeeper who celebrated Siberia while enforcing official aesthetics as head of the Writers' Union for 15 years Literature and arts · Soviet Union state institutions 1911–1991
Vladimir Semyonovich Semyonov Владимир Семёнович Семёнов Four-decade architect of Soviet German policy Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1911–1992
Nikolai D. Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov Николай Дмитриевич Кузнецов From the NK-12 to the NK-33: the chief engine designer who powered Soviet skies and space Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1911–1995
Nikolai Konstantinovich Baibakov Николай Константинович Байбаков Long-serving Gosplan chairman of the stagnation era Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1911–2008
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
Sergei Alekseyevich Zverev Сергей Алексеевич Зверев The Defense Industry Minister who ran Soviet conventional arms production for 13 years under Brezhnev Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1912–1978
Sabit Atayevich Orudzhev Сабит Атаевич Оруджев The Azeri engineer who built the Soviet gas industry into the world's largest Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1912–1981

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