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People

People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity(set)

Any Political and party leadership 19 Government and administration 44 Legislature and state representation 15 Military command 230 Security, intelligence and policing 170 Diplomacy and international organization 54 Economy, finance and planning 108 Industry and production 101 Agriculture and land policy 23 Ideology and propaganda 60 Social movements and organizing 5 Scholarship and theory 9 Education 10 Science and technology 125 Literature and arts 12 Law and justice 28

Affiliation(set)

Soviet institution line

Any Central planning agencies 36 Economic management 58

Most people

Any Soviet Unionstate 108 Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 85 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 15 People’s Republic of Chinastate 4 East Germanystate 4 Hungarystate 3 Czechoslovakiastate 2 Polandstate 2

All 31 affiliations

Albania

Albaniastate 1 Party of Labour of Albania 1

Angola

Angolastate 1

Belarus

Belarus state institutionsstate 1

China

Kuomintang 1 People’s Republic of Chinastate 4

Cuba

Cubastate 1

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakiastate 2 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) 1

East Germany

Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 1 East Germanystate 4

Finland

Finland state institutionsstate 1 National Progressive Party (Finland) 1

France

French monarchystate 1

Germany

Germany state institutionsstate 1 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 1 Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) 1

Hungary

Hungarystate 3

Poland

Polandstate 2 Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 1 Polish Workers' Party (PPR) 1

Russia

Russian Empirestate 1 Russian Federation state institutionsstate 2 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 15

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 85 Soviet Unionstate 108

Ukraine

Ukrainian People's Republicstate 1

United Kingdom

United Kingdom state institutionsstate 2

United States

United States state institutionsstate 2 Democratic Party (United States) 2

Yugoslavia

Yugoslaviastate 1

Position

Any Left critics of Bolshevism 3 Socialist-bloc reform leader 2 Non-Bolshevik socialists 1 Marxism and communism 103

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 106 Moldova 1 Russia 1

Background

Any Russia 88 Ukraine 5 Armenia 3 Latvia 3 Germany 2 Azerbaijan 1 Belarus 1 Moldova 1 Poland 1 Tajikistan 1

Era

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The revolutionary generation1917–1940 29 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 24 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 38 The last generation1985–1991 17

Economy, finance and planning Soviet Union (state) Clear all

108 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Gennady Ivanovich Smirnov Геннадий Иванович Смирнов Gosplan chief who vanished into the Terror in eight months Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1903–1938
Nikolai Alexeyevich Voznesensky Николай Алексеевич Вознесенский Wartime planning prodigy killed in the Leningrad Affair Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1903–1950
Vasily Fyodorovich Popov Василий Фёдорович Попов The Gosbank chairman who executed postwar monetary reform over a decade Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1903–1964
Boris Pavlovich Beshchev Борис Павлович Бещев The longest-serving Soviet minister, who led the railways for 29 years Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1903–1981
Leonid Gatovsky Лев Маркович Гатовский The editor who built the political economy of socialism as a discipline Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1903–1997
Alexei Andreyevich Poskonov Алексей Андреевич Посконов The Bashkir-born financial technocrat who ran Gosbank through the Kosygin reform Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1904–1969
Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin Алексей Николаевич Косыгин The premier who tried to plant profit inside the plan Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1904–1980
Yakov Yermolayevich Chadayev Яков Ермолаевич Чадаев The Gosplan economist who co-signed wartime decrees with Stalin Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1904–1985
Pyotr Faddeyevich Lomako Пётр Фаддеевич Ломако Founder of Soviet non-ferrous metallurgy and Gosplan chairman Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1904–1990
Vladimir Nikonovich Starovsky Владимир Никонович Старовский The man who ran Soviet statistics for 35 years Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1905–1975
Alexander Akimovich Ishkov Александр Акимович Ишков Architect of the Soviet ocean-going fishing fleet, felled by the 'fish mafia' scandal Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1905–1988
Ivan Aleksandrovich Grishmanov Иван Александрович Гришманов Carpenter-turned-minister who led the Soviet building-materials industry for 14 years Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1906–1979
Yevgeni Fyodorovich Kozhevnikov Евгений Фёдорович Кожевников Founding head of Mintransstroy who led Soviet transport construction across the Khrushchev and Brezhnev eras Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1906–1979
Alexander Ivanovich Struyev Александр Иванович Струев The trade minister who ran Soviet domestic commerce for 18 years Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1906–1991
Dmitry Georgievich Zhimerin Дмитрий Георгиевич Жимерин Standard-bearer of Soviet electrification who became wartime power minister at 35 Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1906–1995
Vasily Mikhailovich Ryabikov Василий Михайлович Рябиков Nine Orders of Lenin: the organizer who sustained the Soviet military-industrial complex for 35 years, from wartime arms to Sputnik Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1907–1974
Pavel Vasilyevich Kovanov Павел Васильевич Кованов First chairman of People's Control, Shelepin's deputy who became Brezhnev's auditor Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1907–1986
Semen Andreevich Skachkov Семён Андреевич Скачков The industrial manager who ran Soviet foreign economic aid for a quarter-century Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1907–1996
Ivan Vasilyevich Arkhipov Иван Васильевич Архипов Face of Sino-Soviet economic cooperation, senior operational manager of the Soviet economy under four general secretaries Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1907–1998
Vladimir Nikolayevich Novikov Владимир Николаевич Новиков A defence-industry technocrat who rose from arms-plant floor to head of state planning Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1907–2000
Nikolai Semyonovich Patolichev Николай Семёнович Патоличев The man who ran Soviet foreign trade for 27 years, holder of eleven Orders of Lenin Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1908–1989
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 1909–1976
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 1909–1984
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 1910–1963
Pyotr Fyodorovich Krivonos Пётр Фёдорович Кривонос The locomotive driver who carried productivity innovation onto the railways Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1910–1980
Veniamin Emmanuilovich Dymshits Вениамин Эммануилович Дымшиц The Jewish construction technocrat who was Soviet deputy premier for 23 years Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1910–1993
Iosif Iosifovich Kuzmin Иосиф Иосифович Кузьмин The planner who executed Khrushchev's sovnarkhoz reform Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 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 1910–1998
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 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 1911–1985
Vasily Fyodorovich Garbuzov Василий Фёдорович Гарбузов The long-serving finance minister of stagnation Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1911–1985
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 1911–1989
Nikolai Konstantinovich Baibakov Николай Константинович Байбаков Long-serving Gosplan chairman of the stagnation era Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1911–2008
Nikolai Timofeevich Glushkov Николай Тимофеевич Глушков Brezhnev-era chief price administrator who oversaw every official price in the USSR for 11 years Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1918–1999
Timofey Borisovich Guzhenko Тимофей Борисович Гуженко The merchant marine minister who conquered the Arctic with a nuclear icebreaker fleet Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1918–2008
Viktor Vladimirovich Dementsev Виктор Владимирович Деменцев A fiscal realist who warned against abrupt prohibition Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1918–2010
Vladimir Sergeyevich Alkhimov Владимир Сергеевич Алхимов Long-serving head of Gosbank Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1919–1993
Boris Pavlovich Bugayev Борис Павлович Бугаев Brezhnev's personal pilot who became Chief Marshal and the head of Soviet civil aviation Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1923–2007
Boris Ivanovich Aristov Борис Иванович Аристов The last Minister of Foreign Trade, who inherited a 27-year incumbent's post only to see the ministry itself abolished on his watch Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1925–2018
Vasily Aleksandrovich Shamshin Василий Александрович Шамшин Engineer-turned-minister who led the modernization of Soviet communications infrastructure Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1926–2009
Nikolai Semyonovich Konarev Николай Семёнович Конарев The last chief of the Soviet railways Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1927–2007
Konstantin Fyodorovich Katushev Константин Фёдорович Катушев Late Soviet foreign-economic official Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1927–2010
Yuri Petrovich Batalin Юрий Петрович Баталин The perestroika-era construction chief who built the West Siberian oil and gas complex and the Chernobyl sarcophagus Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1927–2013
Boris Ivanovich Gostev Борис Иванович Гостев The last orthodox Soviet finance minister who rejected market reform during perestroika Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1927–2015
Vladimir Mikhailovich Kamentsev Владимир Михайлович Каменцев The technocrat who brought Soviet fisheries to global leadership Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1928–2003
Lev Alekseyevich Voronin Лев Алексеевич Воронин Guardian of state material supply in the Gorbachev era Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1928–2008
Nikolai Vladimirovich Talyzin Николай Владимирович Талызин Gosplan chairman of the perestroika era who built the world's first satellite TV broadcasting system Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1929–1991
Aleksandra Pavlovna Biryukova Александра Павловна Бирюкова Gorbachev's highest-ranking woman, the 'Russian Margaret Thatcher' tasked with solving Soviet consumer shortages Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1929–2008
Stepan Alekseyevich Shalaev Степан Алексеевич Шалаев The last leader of the Soviet trade-union system Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1929–2022
Stepan Aramaisovich Sitaryan Степан Арамаисович Ситарян The highest-ranking Armenian economist in the Soviet apparatus, who pushed the Law on Cooperatives through the Politburo Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1930–2009

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