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People

People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity

Any Military command 161

Affiliation(set)

Soviet institution line

Any Party Secretariat and cadres 2 Heads of government 15 Military and defence 161 State security agencies 100 Ideology and propaganda 34 Culture and literary control 18 Formal heads of state 1 Foreign affairs 35 Central planning agencies 30 Economic management 49 Heavy industry and military industry 80 Agriculture 12 Science, nuclear and space development 92

Most people

Any Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 723 Soviet Unionstate 706 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 107 Russian Empirestate 49 Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 29 Russian White movement 17 Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 11 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 10

All 41 affiliations

France

French Communist Party (PCF) 1 French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 1

Germany

Nazi party and regime 2 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 3 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 1

International organizations

Comintern 8 International Workingmen's Association (First International) 1

Italy

Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 1

United States

Socialist Workers Party (United States) 1

Yugoslavia

Yugoslaviastate 1

Position

Any Left critics of Bolshevism 1 Marxism and communism 160

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 161

Background(set)

Any Russia 161 Ukraine 26 Belarus 5 Armenia 3 Latvia 3 Moldova 3 Poland 2 Estonia 1 Lithuania 1 Turkey 1

Era

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The revolutionary generation1917–1940 20 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 78 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 38 The last generation1985–1991 25

Soviet Union (state) Military and defence Background: Russia Clear all

161 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Andrei Yevgenyevich Snesarev Андрей Евгеньевич Снесарев Tsarist general turned Red Army theorist who clashed with Stalin at Tsaritsyn Military command · Soviet Union 1865–1937
Mikhail Dmitrievich Bonch-Bruyevich Михаил Дмитриевич Бонч-Бруевич The first Imperial general to join the Bolsheviks: military director who led the founding of the Red Army Military command · Soviet Union 1870–1956
Pavel Pavlovich Lebedev Павел Павлович Лебедев From tsarist major general to first Chief of the Red Army Staff, operational architect of Civil War victory Military command · Soviet Union 1872–1933
Sergei Ivanovich Gusev Сергей Иванович Гусев Architect of the Red Army's political apparatus, Old Bolshevik who opposed Trotsky's military line Military command · Soviet Union 1874–1933
Leon Davidovich Trotsky Лев Давидович Троцкий The orator who built the Red Army, felled by an ice axe Military command · Soviet Union 1879–1940
Dmitry Mikhailovich Karbyshev Дмитрий Михайлович Карбышев The Soviet Union's greatest fortification scientist, who chose martyrdom at Mauthausen over collaboration with the Nazis Military command · Soviet Union 1880–1945
Semyon Ivanovich Aralov Семён Иванович Аралов Institutional founder of Soviet military intelligence Military command · Soviet Union 1880–1969
Sergey Sergeyevich Kamenev Сергей Сергеевич Каменев Commander-in-Chief who led the Red Army to victory in the Civil War Military command · Soviet Union 1881–1936
Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov Климент Ефремович Ворошилов Stalin’s marshal, sustained by loyalty more than command Military command · Soviet Union 1881–1969
Boris Mikhailovich Shaposhnikov Борис Михайлович Шапошников The only officer Stalin addressed by name and patronymic, author of The Brain of the Army Military command · Soviet Union 1882–1945
Nikolai Nikolayevich Kuzmin Николай Николаевич Кузьмин The Baltic Fleet political commissar whose 'explosion' warning foreshadowed the Kronstadt revolt Military command · Soviet Union 1883–1938
Alexander Ilyich Yegorov Александр Ильич Егоров The Southern Front commander who broke Denikin: the last of the first five marshals whose name was erased Military command · Soviet Union 1883–1939
Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny Семён Михайлович Будённый The Civil War's mounted legend: a marshal who survived into the age of mechanized war Military command · Soviet Union 1883–1973
Nikolai Vasilyevich Krylenko Николай Васильевич Крыленко Architect of revolutionary legal consciousness, consumed by the Great Terror Law and justice · Soviet Union 1885–1938
Vasily Ivanovich Chapayev Василий Иванович Чапаев Legendary Civil War commander who became a Soviet folk hero through film and folklore Military command · Soviet Union 1887–1919
Georgy Vasilievich Zinoviev Георгий Васильевич Зиновьев A Red Army commander shaped by the air war Military command · Soviet Union 1887–1934
Konstantin Aleksandrovich Mekhonoshin Константин Александрович Мехоношин The quiet architect of the Red Army who confronted Stalin at Tsaritsyn as Trotsky's man Military command · Soviet Union 1889–1938
Lev Zakharovich Mekhlis Лев Захарович Мехлис From Stalin's personal secretary to the Red Army's purge enforcer, nicknamed 'the Inquisitor of the Red Army' Military command · Soviet Union 1889–1953
Grigory Isaakovich Chudnovsky Григорий Исаакович Чудновский MRC commissar who twice entered the Winter Palace to parley and talked its defenders into walking away Military command · Soviet Union 1890–1918
Boris Mironovich Feldman Борис Миронович Фельдман One of the eight Tukhachevsky-trial defendants; his confession under torture started the chain reaction that consumed the Red Army Military command · Soviet Union 1890–1937
Vasily Konstantinovich Blyukher Василий Константинович Блюхер “Order of the Red Banner No. 1”: Civil War hero and one of the first five marshals, extinguished in Lefortovo Military command · Soviet Union 1890–1938
Pavel Yevgenyevich Lazimir Павел Евгеньевич Лазимир The Left SR figurehead chairman of the MRC, lending a non-Bolshevik face to the Bolshevik insurrection while Trotsky directed operations Military command · Soviet Union 1891–1920
Alexander Vasilyevich Gorbatov Александр Васильевич Горбатов The army general who survived Kolyma, took Berlin, and testified to Stalin-era repression Military command · Soviet Union 1891–1973
Ephraim Markovich Sklyansky Эфраим Маркович Склянский Trotsky's Carnot: the Red Army's administrative brain, erased by Stalinism Military command · Soviet Union 1892–1925
Pyotr Ionovich Baranov Пётр Ионович Баранов Principal architect of the Soviet Air Force and aviation industry Military command · Soviet Union 1892–1933
Andrei Vasilyevich Khrulev Андрей Васильевич Хрулёв The invisible commander who moved the war, the only supply general Stalin toasted as architect of victory Military command · Soviet Union 1892–1962
Ivan Vladimirovich Tyulenev Иван Владимирович Тюленев The cavalry general who bolted the Caucasus gate, witness to three wars Military command · Soviet Union 1892–1978
Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky Михаил Николаевич Тухачевский “The Red Napoleon,” killed by the army he built Military command · Soviet Union 1893–1937
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
Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin Фёдор Иванович Толбухин The marshal who liberated the Balkans and prized soldiers' lives above glory Military command · Soviet Union 1894–1949
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
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
Alexander Ivanovich Todorsky Александр Иванович Тодорский The Vesyegonsk chronicler of Soviet power whose book Lenin called 'remarkable' Military command · Soviet Union 1894–1965
Nikolai Alexandrovich Shchors Николай Александрович Щорс Legendary Red Army division commander whom Stalin called the 'Ukrainian Chapayev' Military command · Soviet Union 1895–1919
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
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
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
Mikhail Stepanovich Shumilov Михаил Степанович Шумилов Commander of the 64th Army: Stalingrad's southern shield for six months Military command · Soviet Union 1895–1975
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Vasilevsky Александр Михайлович Василевский The seminarian-turned-staff-officer who designed Uranus Military command · Soviet Union 1895–1977
Andrei Ivanovich Zelentsov Андрей Иванович Зеленцов A division commander caught between encirclement and higher command Military command · Soviet Union 1896–1941
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
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
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
Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov Георгий Константинович Жуков Stalin's Marshal of Victory, twice demoted for his own fame Military command · Soviet Union 1896–1974
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
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
Dmitry Grigoryevich Pavlov Дмитрий Григорьевич Павлов The general who built Soviet tank forces and became their first scapegoat Military command · Soviet Union 1897–1941
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
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
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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