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Nikolai Ilyich Podvoisky Николай Ильич Подвойский The operational commander of October, sidelined by the revolution he led Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1880–1948
Yefim Afanasievich Shchadenko Ефим Афанасьевич Щаденко From 1st Cavalry Army commissar to the purge's personnel executioner Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1885–1951
Alexander Yakovlevich Parkhomenko Александр Яковлевич Пархоменко Civil War commander who helped defend Tsaritsyn and establish Soviet power in Ukraine Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1886–1921
Pavel Yefimovich Dybenko Павел Ефимович Дыбенко The first People's Commissar for Naval Affairs, whose Baltic sailors tipped the scales in October 1917 Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1889–1938
Grigory Ivanovich Kulik Григорий Иванович Кулик Stalin's artillery chief from Tsaritsyn: Marshal who blocked the T-34, KV-1 and Katyusha Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1890–1950
Mikhail Petrovich Kirponos Михаил Петрович Кирпонос Southwestern Front commander who fell in the Kiev encirclement Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1892–1941
Andrei Ivanovich Yeryomenko Андрей Иванович Ерёменко The cavalryman who closed Stalingrad's southern pincer Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1892–1970
Pavel Semyonovich Rybalko Павел Семёнович Рыбалко Twice Hero who drove the 3rd Guards Tank Army from Stalingrad to Prague Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1948
Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko Семён Константинович Тимошенко Marshal of the Soviet Union, People's Commissar for Defence 1940-1941 Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1970
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 state institutions 1897–1937
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 state institutions 1897–1939
Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky Родион Яковлевич Малиновский Marshal and Defence Minister, 1957–1967 Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1898–1967
Andrei Grigorievich Kravchenko Андрей Григорьевич Кравченко The tank army commander who led the Red Army's elite armor from Stalingrad to Manchuria Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1899–1963
Dmitry Danilovich Lelyushenko Дмитрий Данилович Лелюшенко 'General Forward' who halted Guderian at the gates of Moscow and drove the 4th Guards Tank Army to Prague Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1987
Kirill Semyonovich Moskalenko Кирилл Семёнович Москаленко The marshal who led Beria's arrest and called his subordinates 'enemies of the people' Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1985
Pyotr Kirillovich Koshevoy Пётр Кириллович Кошевой Twice Hero of the Soviet Union who took Mount Sapun and stormed Königsberg Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1904–1976
Sergei Ignatevich Rudenko Сергей Игнатьевич Руденко Marshal of Aviation who commanded the 16th Air Army from Stalingrad to Berlin Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1904–1990
Ivan Iosifovich Proskurov Иван Иосифович Проскуров The GRU chief who warned Stalin of the German invasion, and was shot for it Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1907–1941
Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky Иван Данилович Черняховский The youngest front commander in Red Army history: twice Hero of the Soviet Union, killed in East Prussia weeks before victory Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1907–1945
Petro Grigoryevich Grigorenko Пётр Григорьевич Григоренко Soviet major general who turned dissident to defend human rights and deported nations Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1907–1987
Ivan Grigoryevich Pavlovsky Иван Григорьевич Павловский The ground forces commander who invaded Czechoslovakia and opposed Afghanistan Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1909–1999
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
Vladimir Fyodorovich Tolubko Владимир Фёдорович Толубко The SRF commander who brought Soviet missile forces to strategic parity with the United States Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1914–1989
Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub Иван Никитович Кожедуб Top Allied fighter ace who scored 64 victories and was never downed by an enemy Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1920–1991
Ivan Moiseevich Tretyak Иван Моисеевич Третьяк Soviet air defence chief who ordered the KAL 007 shootdown Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–2007
Konstantin Ivanovich Kobets Константин Иванович Кобец The highest-ranking general who sided with Yeltsin during the August coup, commanding the White House defense Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1939–2012