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People of the Revolution and the USSR
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Era
People of the Soviet Union
People of the wider world
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Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky Михаил Николаевич Тухачевский
“The Red Napoleon,” killed by the army he built
Military command · Soviet Union
1893–1937
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Sergei Georgiyevich Lazo Сергей Георгиевич Лазо
Moldovan nobleman turned Bolshevik revolutionary who established Soviet power in the Far East
Military command · Soviet Union
1894–1920
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Vladimir Kiriakovich Triandafillov Владимир Кириакович Триандафиллов
“Father of Soviet operational art”: architect of deep operations doctrine
Military command · Soviet Union
1894–1931
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Yan Borisovich Gamarnik Ян Борисович Гамарник
The Red Army's political chief who backed the purges, then shot himself as they closed in
Military command · Soviet Union
1894–1937
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Pavel Semyonovich Rybalko Павел Семёнович Рыбалко
Twice Hero who drove the 3rd Guards Tank Army from Stalingrad to Prague
Military command · Soviet Union
1894–1948
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Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin Фёдор Иванович Толбухин
The marshal who liberated the Balkans and prized soldiers' lives above glory
Military command · Soviet Union
1894–1949
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Maksim Alexeyevich Purkayev Максим Алексеевич Пуркаев
Mordvin carpenter's son who rose to Army General and led the Manchurian offensive
Military command · Soviet Union
1894–1953
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Semyon Ilyich Bogdanov Семён Ильич Богданов
The tank army commander who first entered Berlin, sidelined after Stalin's death
Military command · Soviet Union
1894–1960
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Alexander Ivanovich Todorsky Александр Иванович Тодорский
The Vesyegonsk chronicler of Soviet power whose book Lenin called 'remarkable'
Military command · Soviet Union
1894–1965
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Ivan Stepanovich Isakov Иван Степанович Исаков
The Soviet Navy's scholar-admiral who lost a leg at Tuapse and still fought two wars to the end
Military command · Soviet Union
1894–1967
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Anatoly Grigorievich Zheleznyakov Анатолий Григорьевич Железняков
The anarchist sailor who dissolved the Constituent Assembly with 'The guard is tired', an icon of the revolution who fell in battle at 24
Military command · Soviet Union
1895–1919
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Nikolai Alexandrovich Shchors Николай Александрович Щорс
Legendary Red Army division commander whom Stalin called the 'Ukrainian Chapayev'
Military command · Soviet Union
1895–1919
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Robert Petrovich Eideman Роберт Петрович Эйдеман
Latvian-born Civil War hero turned defendant in the Tukhachevsky trial
Military command · Soviet Union
1895–1937
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Semyon Petrovich Uritsky Семён Петрович Урицкий
GRU chief who expanded Soviet military intelligence, then fell to the Great Purge
Military command · Soviet Union
1895–1938
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Nikolai Pavlovich Pukhov Николай Павлович Пухов
The seminary-trained instructor who drove the 13th Army into the heart of Europe
Military command · Soviet Union
1895–1958
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Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko Семён Константинович Тимошенко
Marshal of the Soviet Union, People's Commissar for Defence 1940-1941
Military command · Soviet Union
1895–1970
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Ivan Stepanovich Yumashev Иван Степанович Юмашев
Pacific Fleet commander of Operation August Storm, the admiral Stalin dismissed as 'not a minister'
Military command · Soviet Union
1895–1972
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Mikhail Stepanovich Shumilov Михаил Степанович Шумилов
Commander of the 64th Army: Stalingrad's southern shield for six months
Military command · Soviet Union
1895–1975
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Aleksandr Mikhailovich Vasilevsky Александр Михайлович Василевский
The seminarian-turned-staff-officer who designed Uranus
Military command · Soviet Union
1895–1977
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Ieronim Petrovich Uborevich Иероним Петрович Уборевич
A prodigy who commanded an army at twenty-three, architect of the Red Army's mechanization
Military command · Soviet Union
1896–1937
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Iona Emmanuilovich Yakir Иона Эммануилович Якир
Civil War hero who turned the Kiev Military District into a laboratory for reform
Military command · Soviet Union
1896–1937
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Andrei Ivanovich Zelentsov Андрей Иванович Зеленцов
A division commander caught between encirclement and higher command
Military command · Soviet Union
1896–1941
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Fyodor Ivanovich Trukhin Фёдор Иванович Трухин
A staff general who turned from Soviet command to an anti-Soviet armed organisation
Military command · Soviet Union
1896–1946
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Yakov Nikolayevich Fedorenko Яков Николаевич Федоренко
First Marshal of Armored Troops who led the Red Army's tank forces through the entire war
Military command · Soviet Union
1896–1947
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Ivan Yefimovich Petrov Иван Ефимович Петров
The army general who held Odessa and Sevastopol, and returned to command every time Stalin sacked him
Military command · Soviet Union
1896–1958
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Aleksei Innokentievich Antonov Алексей Иннокентьевич Антонов
The architect of every major Soviet operation from 1943 onward: the only Order of Victory holder who was not a marshal
Military command · Soviet Union
1896–1962
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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
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Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov Георгий Константинович Жуков
Stalin's Marshal of Victory, twice demoted for his own fame
Military command · Soviet Union
1896–1974
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Mikhail Semyonovich Khozin Михаил Семёнович Хозин
Soviet Colonel General who led Leningrad through the first blockade winter, then lost the 2nd Shock Army and his command
Military command · Soviet Union
1896–1979
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Yakov Ivanovich Tryapitsyn Яков Иванович Тряпицын
Far Eastern partisan commander who took Nikolayevsk-on-Amur in 1920, then executed its prisoners and burned the town
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1920
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Vitaly Markovich Primakov Виталий Маркович Примаков
Commander of the Red Cossacks and the Soviet 'Red Lawrence' who led the covert 1929 intervention in Afghanistan
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1937
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Ivan Semyonovich Kutyakov Иван Семёнович Кутяков
Chapayev's successor and Civil War hero who outlived his usefulness to Stalin
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1938
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Yakov Ivanovich Alksnis Яков Иванович Алкснис
Built the world's largest bomber force, then died the death he had sentenced others to
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1938
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Ivan Fyodorovich Fedko Иван Фёдорович Федько
Four-time Red Banner hero of the Civil War, rose to First Deputy Defence Commissar: purged by the machine he served
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1939
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Dmitry Grigoryevich Pavlov Дмитрий Григорьевич Павлов
The general who built Soviet tank forces and became their first scapegoat
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1941
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Mikhail Gr. Grigoryevich Yefremov Михаил Григорьевич Ефремов
Commander of the 33rd Army at Moscow, encircled at Vyazma and shot himself when Stalin denied retreat
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1942
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Vasily Timofeyevich Volsky Василий Тимофеевич Вольский
Soviet tank army commander who wrote to Stalin warning Operation Uranus would fail
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1946
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Leonid Aleksandrovich Govorov Леонид Александрович Говоров
From Kolchak's White Army to Marshal of the USSR who broke the 900-day siege of Leningrad
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1955
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Georgy Fedorovich Zakharov Георгий Фёдорович Захаров
Peasant-born Army General who led the 2nd Belorussian Front and was demoted after Bagration
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1957
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Vladimir Viktorovich Kryukov Владимир Викторович Крюков
Hero of the Guards cavalry corps, brought down by the Trophy Case, rehabilitated in the Thaw
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1959
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Miron Semyonovich Vovsi Мирон Семёнович Вовси
Red Army chief internist who built Soviet wartime field therapy, and the lead defendant in the Doctors' Plot
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1960
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Kirill Afanasyevich Meretskov Кирилл Афанасьевич Мерецков
The marshal who survived NKVD torture to break the Leningrad blockade
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1968
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Vasily Danilovich Sokolovsky Василий Данилович Соколовский
A peasant's son from the Grodno lands who framed Soviet nuclear-age strategy
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1968
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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
1897–1970
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Ivan Stepanovich Konev Иван Степанович Конев
The marshal who made encirclement an art, and became a political soldier in peacetime
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1973
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Kuzma Nikitovich Galitsky Кузьма Никитович Галицкий
Army general who survived the Purge and took Königsberg
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1973
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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
1897–1973
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Ivan Khristoforovich Bagramyan Иван Христофорович Баграмян
The first non-Slavic front commander, from Bagration to the Baltic
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1982
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Pavel Ivanovich Batov Павел Иванович Батов
Master of river crossings who led the 65th Army from Stalingrad to the capture of Stettin
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1985
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Aleksei Pavlovich Panfilov Алексей Павлович Панфилов
The GRU chief whose chemical-warfare intelligence moved Churchill, and the tank lieutenant-general who drove to Berlin
Military command · Soviet Union
1898–1966