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Panteleimon Nikolayevich Lepeshinsky Пантелеймон Николаевич Лепешинский Co-founder of Istpart, who laid the institutional foundations of Party historiography Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union 1868–1944
Pyotr Germogenovich Smidovich Пётр Гермогенович Смидович Iskra agent across three revolutions, KOMZET chairman who shaped Soviet nationality policy and the Birobidzhan Jewish experiment Government and administration · Soviet Union 1874–1935
Jan Sierada Ян Серада Veterinarian who chaired the First All-Belarusian Congress and, as chairman of the Rada, presided over the declaration of independence Legislature and state representation · Belarus state institutions 1879–1943 이후
Abram Yakovlevich Belenky Абрам Яковлевич Беленький Cheka founding member who guarded Lenin personally Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1882–1941
Vaclau Lastouski Вацлаў Ластоўскі Historian who headed the government of the Belarusian People’s Republic in exile, moved to Soviet Byelorussia and was executed Government and administration · Belarus state institutions 1883–1938
Zmicier Zhylunovich Зміцер Жылуновіч Worker-poet known as Tsishka Hartny who headed the first Soviet government of Byelorussia Government and administration · Soviet Union 1887–1937
Arkady Pavlovich Rozengolts Аркадий Павлович Розенгольц Bolshevik who built the Soviet Air Force and ran foreign trade Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1889–1938
Lev Nikolayevich Belsky Лев Николаевич Бельский The deputy commissar who ran the Soviet police Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1889–1941
Alexander Grigoryevich Chervyakov Александр Григорьевич Червяков Architect of Byelorussian Soviet statehood who turned the gun on himself Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union 1892–1937
Yakov Isaakovich Serebryansky Яков Исаакович Серебрянский Builder of Soviet covert ops who kidnapped a White general in Paris, then tortured by his own service Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1892–1956
Yakov Saulovich Agranov Яков Саулович Агранов The Cheka’s architect of political investigations Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1893–1938
Nikolai Matveyevich Goloded Николай Матвеевич Голодед The decade-long head of Byelorussia's government who signed the Academy purge, then stood in the same dock Government and administration · Soviet Union 1894–1937
Isaak Ilyich Shapiro Исаак Ильич Шапиро Yezhov's chief of secretariat, keeper of the Great Terror's papers and figures Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1895–1940
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
Pavel Osipovich Sukhoi Павел Осипович Сухой Founder of the Sukhoi Design Bureau, the man behind the Su-7, Su-24, and Su-27 Industry and production · Soviet Union 1895–1975
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
Yakov Arkadyevich Yakovlev Яков Аркадьевич Яковлев Agriculture commissar of collectivization Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union 1896–1938
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
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
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
Vladimir Efimovich Gorev Владимир Ефимович Горев An internationalist soldier who helped organize Madrid’s defense Military command · Soviet Union 1900–1938
Terentii Fomich Shtykov Терентий Фомич Штыков Soviet occupation chief in North Korea and first ambassador; he conveyed Kim Il Sung's unification plan to Stalin, brokered approval for war Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1907–1964
Vasily Filippovich Margelov Василий Филиппович Маргелов Father of the modern VDV, who turned airborne troops into a heavily armored strike force Military command · Soviet Union 1908–1990
Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko Андрей Андреевич Громыко “Mister Nyet,” whose last move was to nominate the reformer Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1909–1989
Ivan Ignatyevich Yakubovsky Иван Игнатьевич Якубовский Belarusian-born marshal who commanded the Warsaw Pact forces for nine years Military command · Soviet Union 1912–1976
Pyotr Andreyevich Abrassimov Пётр Андреевич Абрасимов The Soviet 'governing ambassador' who managed Cold War Berlin Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1912–2009
Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich Яков Борисович Зельдович Three-time Hero of Socialist Labor, a self-taught physicist who became the theorist of Soviet nuclear weapons and a giant of cosmology Science and technology · Soviet Union 1914–1987
Kirill Trofimovich Mazurov Кирилл Трофимович Мазуров Belarusian partisan leader who rose to Brezhnev's Politburo and served as USSR First Deputy Premier for thirteen years Government and administration · Soviet Union 1914–1989
Tikhon Yakovlevich Kiselyov Тихон Яковлевич Киселёв Belarus's premier for nearly 20 years who rose to First Secretary and candidate Politburo member, then died of cancer two years later Government and administration · Soviet Union 1917–1983
Yevgeny Filippovich Ivanovsky Евгений Филиппович Ивановский Longest-serving GSFG commander who led the Soviet front-line force facing NATO for eight years Military command · Soviet Union 1918–1991
Yuri Ivanovich Drozdov Юрий Иванович Дроздов Legendary Soviet spymaster who headed KGB illegal intelligence for 12 years Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1925–2017
Yefrem Yevseyevich Sokolov Яфрэм Евсеевич Сакалоў A Belarusian party leader who combined agricultural development with late-Soviet reform Political and party leadership · Soviet Union 1926–2022
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kozlovsky Евгений Александрович Козловский Longest-serving geology minister who presided over the 'golden age' of Soviet mineral exploration Industry and production · Soviet Union 1929–2022
Nikolai Ivanovich Dementey Николай Иванович Дементей A chairman caught between preserving the Union and Belarusian sovereignty Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union 1930–2018
Zhores Ivanovich Alferov Жорес Иванович Алфёров Communist physicist whose semiconductor heterostructures opened the IT era Science and technology · Soviet Union 1930–2019
Arkady Ivanovich Volsky Аркадий Иванович Вольский The operator who ran Soviet machine-building and organized post-Soviet capital Industry and production · Soviet Union 1932–2006
Anatoly Aleksandrovich Malofeyev Анатолий Александрович Малофеев A Belarusian party organizer who sought continuity as the Union dissolved Political and party leadership · Soviet Union 1933–2022
Nikolai Alexandrovich Panichev Николай Александрович Паничев The last minister who tried to preserve the Soviet machine-tool industry through perestroika Industry and production · Soviet Union 1934–
Kondrat Zigmundovich Terekh Кондрат Зигмундович Терех The last Soviet trade minister, formed in consumer cooperatives Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1935–
Vyacheslav Frantsevich Kebich Вячаслаў Францавіч Кебіч Belarus's first prime minister; co-signed the Belovezh Accords and later testified the Russian delegation alone arrived with a plan Government and administration · Soviet Union 1936–2020