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Leonid Borisovich Krasin Леонид Борисович Красин From revolutionary engineer to Soviet diplomatic architect, the only Bolshevik who could do business with Western capital Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1870–1926
Moissei Ilyich Frumkin Моисей Ильич Фрумкин 'The countryside is against us': the deputy finance commissar who said it to the Politburo Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1878–1938
Nikolai Pavlovich Bryukhanov Николай Павлович Брюханов The commissar who steered from famine's shadow to NEP finance, then fell under industrialization's demands Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1878–1938
Mikhail Pavlovich Tomsky Михаил Павлович Томский Chief of the Soviet trade unions, third man of the Right Opposition Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1880–1936
Alexander Mikhailovich Krasnoshchyokov Александр Михайлович Краснощёков The pragmatic Bolshevik who designed and led the Far Eastern Republic Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1880–1937
Pyotr Alekseevich Bogdanov Пётр Алексеевич Богданов Architect of NEP industrialization who championed trusts against Glavkist centralization Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1882–1938
Varvara Nikolayevna Yakovleva Варвара Николаевна Яковлева The finance commissar who passed from Cheka to the Left Opposition Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1884–1941
Aron Lvovich Sheinman Арон Львович Шейнман Architect of the chervonets who tamed NEP inflation, then broke with Stalin as the first high-ranking Soviet financial defector Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1885–1944
Valerian Valerianovich Obolensky Валериан Валерианович Оболенский First chairman of VSNKh; theorist of the Left Communists and of Democratic Centralism Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1887–1938
Moisei Iosifovich Kalmanovich Моисей Иосифович Калманович Revolutionary-turned-banker who led Gosbank through collectivization Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1888–1937
Semyon Semyonovich Lobov Семён Семёнович Лобов Bolshevik industrial administrator who rose from the Cheka to chair VSNKh RSFSR Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1888–1937
Grigory Yakovlevich Sokolnikov Григорий Яковлевич Сокольников The finance commissar of NEP stabilization Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1888–1939
Nikolai Alexandrovich Milyutin Николай Александрович Милютин RSFSR Finance Commissar who commissioned the Narkomfin Building and authored the Sotsgorod linear-city concept Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1889–1942
Lev Yefimovich Maryasin Лев Ефимович Марьясин The Gosbank chairman Stalin called 'our Red banker' and removed a week later Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1938
Yakov Ilyich Golev Яков Ильич Голев The finance technocrat who led Gosbank through the post-war reconstruction years Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1960
Polina Semyonovna Zhemchuzhina Полина Семёновна Жемчужина The first woman to head a Soviet industrial ministry, Molotov's wife, caught between Kremlin power and Jewish identity Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1970
Ivan Grigoryevich Kabanov Иван Григорьевич Кабанов The wartime electrical industry chief who delivered lithium-6 for the hydrogen bomb, and Stalin's last foreign trade minister Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1898–1972
Arseny Grigoryevich Zverev Арсений Григорьевич Зверев Long-serving finance minister through war and reconstruction Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1969
Nikolai Demyanovich Psurtsev Николай Демьянович Псурцев Longest-serving Minister of Communications who ran front-line signals at the Battle of Moscow and built Soviet telecom for 27 years Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1980
Ivan Vladimirovich Kovalev Иван Владимирович Ковалёв The railway general who moved armies in secret, and fell over a pair of earrings Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1993
Viktor Georgiyevich Bakayev Виктор Георгиевич Бакаев 16-year minister who built the Soviet merchant fleet into a global maritime power Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1987
Vasily Fyodorovich Popov Василий Фёдорович Попов The Gosbank chairman who executed postwar monetary reform over a decade Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 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 state institutions 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 state institutions 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 state institutions 1904–1969
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 state institutions 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 state institutions 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 state institutions 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 state institutions 1906–1991
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 state institutions 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 state institutions 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 state institutions 1907–1998
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 state institutions 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 state institutions 1909–1976
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 state institutions 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 state institutions 1911–1985
Vasily Fyodorovich Garbuzov Василий Фёдорович Гарбузов The long-serving finance minister of stagnation Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1911–1985
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 state institutions 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 state institutions 1918–2008
Vladimir Sergeyevich Alkhimov Владимир Сергеевич Алхимов Long-serving head of Gosbank Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1919–1993
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 state institutions 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 state institutions 1926–2009
Nikolai Semyonovich Konarev Николай Семёнович Конарев The last chief of the Soviet railways Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1927–2007
Konstantin Fyodorovich Katushev Константин Фёдорович Катушев Late Soviet foreign-economic official Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1927–2010
Boris Ivanovich Gostev Борис Иванович Гостев The last orthodox Soviet finance minister who rejected market reform during perestroika Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1927–2015
Vladimir Mikhailovich Kamentsev Владимир Михайлович Каменцев The technocrat who brought Soviet fisheries to global leadership Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1928–2003
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 state institutions 1929–2008
Stepan Alekseyevich Shalaev Степан Алексеевич Шалаев The last leader of the Soviet trade-union system Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1929–2022
Viktor Vladimirovich Gerashchenko Виктор Владимирович Геращенко Central banker of the Soviet collapse and Russian transition Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–2022