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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 State security agencies 164

Most people

Any Soviet Unionstate 170 Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 124 Hungarystate 10 Nazi party and regime 9 United States state institutionsstate 6 Russian Empirestate 6 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 6 East Germanystate 6

All 37 affiliations

Albania

Albaniastate 1

China

Communist Party of China 1 People’s Republic of Chinastate 3

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakiastate 3 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) 2

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) 1 Democratic People’s Republic of Koreastate 1

East Germany

Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 1 East Germanystate 6

France

France state institutionsstate 4 French First Republic state institutionsstate 1

Germany

Germany state institutionsstate 3 Nazi party and regime 9 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 5 Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) 2

Greece

Greece state institutionsstate 1

Hungary

Hungarystate 10 Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 3

Latvia

Latvia state institutionsstate 1

Lithuania

Lithuania state institutionsstate 1

Madagascar

Madagascarstate 1

Poland

Polandstate 2 Communist Party of Poland (KPP) 1 Polish Workers' Party (PPR) 1 Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania (SDKPiL) 1

Romania

Romaniastate 1

Russia

Russian Empirestate 6 Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 1 General Jewish Labour Bund 2 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 6

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 124 Soviet Unionstate 170

United Kingdom

United Kingdom state institutionsstate 1

United States

United States state institutionsstate 6 Republican Party (United States) 3

Yugoslavia

Yugoslaviastate 1 Communist Party / League of Communists of Yugoslavia (KPJ/SKJ) 1

Position

Any Left critics of Bolshevism 2 Marxism and communism 168

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 168 East Germany 1 Russia 1

Background

Any Russia 103 Ukraine 19 Georgia 11 Belarus 10 Poland 9 Latvia 5 Lithuania 3 Armenia 2 Germany 2 Estonia 1 France 1 Korea 1 Turkey 1 Uzbekistan 1

Era

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The revolutionary generation1917–1940 24 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 110 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 26 The last generation1985–1991 9

People of the wider world

The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 1

Security, intelligence and policing Soviet Union (state) Clear all

170 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Vasily Mikhailovich Blokhin Василий Михайлович Блохин The executioner who served twenty-seven years under three chiefs Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1895–1955
Alexander Mikhailovich Orlov Александр Михайлович Орлов The NKVD chief in Spain who shipped the Republic's gold to Moscow and broke the POUM, then fled Stalin Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1895–1973
Georgy Ivanovich Blagonravov Георгий Иванович Благонравов Bolshevik commissar of the Peter and Paul Fortress Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1896–1938
Israel Moiseyevich Leplevsky Израиль Моисеевич Леплевский The man who drove the Ukrainian mass operations to their peak Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1896–1938
Semyon Borisovich Zhukovsky Семён Борисович Жуковский The trade official who became a deputy commissar Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1896–1940
Vasily Fyodorovich Dementiev Василий Фёдорович Дементьев A 'North Caucasian' Chekist moved from Chechnya to Primorye Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1896–1940
Voldemar Avgustovich Ulmer Вольдемар Августович Ульмер Operational secretary of the GUGB whose 'certified' signature closes the Great Terror's operational orders Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1896–1945
Vasily Vasilyevich Chernyshev Василий Васильевич Чернышёв The only Yezhov deputy to survive, who ran the GULAG as Deputy People's Commissar of Internal Affairs Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1896–1952
Nikolai Sidorovich Vlasik Николай Сидорович Власик Stalin's shadow for 25 years as head of personal security Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1896–1967
Georgy Andreyevich Molchanov Георгий Андреевич Молчанов Yagoda's chief of the Secret Political Department Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1897–1937
Ignaty Ignatyevich Sosnovsky Игнатий Игнатьевич Сосновский A Polish intelligence agent turned Cheka counter-intelligence officer Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1897–1937
Vladimir Mikhailovich Kursky Владимир Михайлович Курский The 'North Caucasian' deputy commissar who shot himself at the peak of his career Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1897–1937
Nikolai Kuzmich Kruchinkin Николай Кузьмич Кручинкин Divisional commander who headed the NKVD border and internal troops and was shot Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1897–1938
Aleksey Alekseyevich Nasedkin Алексей Алексеевич Наседкин Smolensk NKVD chief who fabricated the 'Latvian National Centre' case and launched the Latvian operation Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1897–1940
Nikolai Galaktionovich Nikolayev-Zhurid Николай Галактионович Николаев-Журид Yezhov's counterintelligence chief who ran the army purge and the national operations Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1897–1940
Sergei Mikhailovich Shpigelglas Сергей Михайлович Шпигельглас Architect of NKVD foreign operations during the Great Terror Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1897–1940
Semyon Grigoryevich Firin Семён Григорьевич Фирин The Dmitlag chief who staged the "reforging" propaganda Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1898–1937
Abram Aronovich Slutsky Абрам Аронович Слуцкий The last of Yagoda's department heads, and chief of foreign intelligence Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1898–1938
Pyotr Fyodorovich Bulakh Пётр Фёдорович Булах The Ordzhonikidze NKVD chief who opened fire ahead of schedule Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1898–1938
Yakov Abramovich Deych Яков Абрамович Дейч Yezhov's head of secretariat who went on to sit on the Rostov troika Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1898–1938
Grigory Fyodorovich Gorbach Григорий Фёдорович Горбач The 'North Caucasian' Chekist who carried quota increases from Omsk to Khabarovsk Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1898–1939
Matvei Davydovich Berman Матвей Давыдович Берман The longest-serving chief who built up the Gulag Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1898–1939
Ivan Aleksandrovich Maltsev Иван Александрович Мальцев A state-security administrator who commanded regional apparatuses Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1898–1940
Ivan Petrovich Popashenko Иван Петрович Попашенко A 'North Caucasian' Chekist who sat on the mass-operation troika in Kuibyshev Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1898–1940
Mikhail Petrovich Frinovsky Михаил Петрович Фриновский Yezhov’s iron deputy Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1898–1940
Vladimir Georgiyevich Dekanozov Владимир Георгиевич Деканозов He staged Lithuania's annexation and took the declaration of war in Berlin Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1898–1953
Ignace Stanislavovich Reiss Игнатий Станиславович Рейсс Soviet illegal who broke publicly with Stalin and was murdered by the NKVD Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1899–1937
Walter Germanovich Krivitsky Вальтер Германович Кривицкий The defector who first told the West how Stalin's secret service worked Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1899–1941
Boris Arkadyevich Yartsev Борис Аркадьевич Рыбкин Risky diplomacy conducted behind an intelligence officer’s cover Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1899–1947
Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria Лаврентий Павлович Берия The secret-police chief who arrived carrying reforms Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1899–1953
Avksenty Narikievich Rapava Авксентий Нарикиевич Рапава He ran the Georgian police apparatus for a decade Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1899–1955
Solomon Rafailovich Milshtein Соломон Рафаилович Мильштейн The transport chief who assembled the deportation trains Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1899–1955
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 1899–1981
Yakov Grigorievich Blumkin Яков Григорьевич Блюмкин Left SR assassin of Mirbach turned OGPU illegal resident, executed for meeting Trotsky Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1900–1929
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 1900–1938
Ivan Yakovlevich Lavrushin Иван Яковлевич Лаврушин NKVD chief who chaired the Gorky oblast troika Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1900–1940
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 1900–1954
Lavrentiy Fomich Tsanava Лаврентий Фомич Цанава "Second Lavrentiy"; Beria's man who ran the Mikhoels killing Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1900–1955
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 1900–1963
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 1900–1976
Boris Davydovich Berman Борис Давыдович Берман The intelligence officer who directed the Great Purge in Belorussia Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1901–1939
Dmitry Matveyevich Dmitriev Дмитрий Матвеевич Дмитриев The Sverdlovsk NKVD chief whose testimony first unspooled the 'NKVD conspiracy' Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1901–1939
Sergo Arsenievich Goglidze Сергей Арсеньевич Гоглидзе From running the terror in Georgia to overlord of the Far East Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1901–1953
Nikolai Nikolayevich Selivanovsky Николай Николаевич Селивановский The counterintelligence officer who bypassed the chain of command and telegraphed Stalin to replace Stalingrad's commander Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1901–1997
Semyon Grigoryevich Gendin Семён Григорьевич Гендин Cheka-bred intelligence officer who led the GRU during the Great Purge and saved Sorge's Tokyo station Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1902–1939
Alexander Ivanovich Uspensky Александр Иванович Успенский The Ukrainian NKVD chief who faked his suicide and ran Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1902–1940
Viktor Pavlovich Zhuravlev Виктор Павлович Журавлёв Author of the letter that brought Yezhov down Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1902–1946
Grigory Teofilovich Karanadze Григорий Теофилович Каранадзе The Georgian interior minister who survived the purge Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1902–1970
Stepan Solomonovich Mamulov Степан Соломонович Мамулов The gatekeeper who held the NKVD secretariat Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1902–1976
Mikhail Pavlovich Shreyder Михаил Павлович Шрейдер Insider chronicler of the NKVD during the Great Terror Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1902–1978

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