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People

People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity

Any Political and party leadership 4 Government and administration 20 Legislature and state representation 5 Military command 174 Security, intelligence and policing 103 Diplomacy and international organization 38 Economy, finance and planning 88 Industry and production 82 Agriculture and land policy 14 Ideology and propaganda 47 Social movements and organizing 2 Scholarship and theory 4 Education 8 Science and technology 95 Literature and arts 9 Law and justice 21

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 Union state institutions 706 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 107 Russian Empire state institutions 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

Yugoslavia state institutions 1

Position

Any Imperial establishment and White movement 1 Counter-revolutionary forces 1 Left critics of Bolshevism 13 Socialist-bloc reform leader 6 Dissident 2 Anarchists 1 Marxism and communism 681

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 692 Russia 14

Background(set)

Any Russia 706 Ukraine 83 Belarus 40 Armenia 24 Poland 23 Latvia 21 Georgia 20 Azerbaijan 12 Germany 10 Lithuania 10 Estonia 6 Moldova 6 Uzbekistan 5 Finland 4 Bulgaria 2 France 2 Kyrgyzstan 2 Turkey 2 Czechia 1 Hungary 1 Kazakhstan 1 Korea 1 Tajikistan 1 Turkmenistan 1 United States 1

Era

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 2 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 109 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 264 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 240 The last generation1985–1991 91

Soviet Union state institutions Background: Russia Clear all

706 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Alexander Sergeyevich Dzasokhov Александр Сергеевич Дзасохов A politician who linked internationalism with regional rule Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–
Grigori Grigoryevich Nelyubov Григорий Григорьевич Нелюбов Gagarin's second backup, the cosmonaut ranked third for the first flight who never reached orbit Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–1966
Oleg Danilovich Kalugin Олег Данилович Калугин Youngest KGB general turned its highest-ranking defector-critic Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–
Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin Юрий Алексеевич Гагарин The first human smile to leave the Earth Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–1968
Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov Алексей Архипович Леонов First to open the door to the cosmos, and the first to draw it from inside Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–2019
Nikolai Dmitrievich Tarakanov Николай Дмитриевич Тараканов The general who sent men onto the Chernobyl roof when the robots died Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–
Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky Валерий Фёдорович Быковский The cosmonaut who spent five days alone in orbit, setting a solo spaceflight record that still stands Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–2019
Vasily Georgievich Zakharov Василий Георгиевич Захаров Propaganda-trained culture minister who executed glasnost-era cultural liberalization Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–2023
Gherman Stepanovich Titov Герман Степанович Титов Second human to orbit Earth and builder of Soviet military space systems Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2000
Leonid Vladimirovich Shebarshin Леонид Владимирович Шебаршин Last chief of Soviet foreign intelligence Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2012
Sergei Nikitich Khrushchev Сергей Никитич Хрущёв Khrushchev's son and Chelomei's guidance-system engineer Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2020
Viktor Petrovich Bryukhanov Виктор Петрович Брюханов The first director of Chernobyl who built the plant and was held responsible for its catastrophe Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2021
Evgeny Pavlovich Velikhov Евгений Павлович Велихов Soviet physicist who linked fusion science, Chernobyl, and nuclear disarmament Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2024
Vladimir Nikolayevich Lobov Владимир Николаевич Лобов The last Chief of the Soviet General Staff, who refused to fire on civilians and twice drafted military reform Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–
Valery Alekseyevich Legasov Валерий Алексеевич Легасов The Kurchatov chemist who led science at Chernobyl, then left the full truth on tapes before hanging himself Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1936–1988
Yuli Alexandrovich Kvitsinsky Юлий Александрович Квицинский Gromyko protégé and arms negotiator remembered for the "Walk in the Woods" Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1936–2010
Igor Nikolayevich Rodionov Игорь Николаевич Родионов The general who gave the operational order to clear Rustaveli Avenue Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1936–2014
Valentin Sergeyevich Pavlov Валентин Сергеевич Павлов The last Soviet premier and an August coup participant Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–2003
Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev Геннадий Иванович Янаев First and only Vice President of the USSR and the face of the August 1991 coup Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–2010
Irina Bayanovna Solovyova Ирина Баяновна Соловьёва Tereshkova's backup cosmonaut, the physically strongest candidate Kamanin judged too reserved for the spotlight Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–
Nikolai Maximovich Fomin Николай Максимович Фомин The chief engineer who refused to believe the reactor was destroyed and kept pumping water into its ruins Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–
Vadim Viktorovich Bakatin Вадим Викторович Бакатин The last KGB chairman, appointed to dismantle it Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–2022
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova Валентина Владимировна Терешкова The textile-worker 'Chaika,' first woman in space Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–
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
Vladimir Makarovich Velichko Владимир Макарович Величко Technocrat who ran Soviet heavy machine-building in its late decades Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–
Yegor Semyonovich Stroev Егор Семёнович Строев Gorbachev's last agriculture Politburo member: operational chief of perestroika farm policy Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–
Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin Виктор Степанович Черномырдин Last Soviet gas minister who turned his ministry into Gazprom Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1938–2010
Oleg Antonovich Gordievsky Олег Антонович Гордиевский The highest-ranking KGB officer to defect, and the key source on the 1983 war scare Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1938–2025
Valery Mikhailovich Sablin Валерий Михайлович Саблин The naval officer who mutinied for Leninist principles against the Brezhnev regime Military command · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1939–1976
Alexander Filippovich Katusev Александр Филиппович Катусев The Deputy Prosecutor General whose TV broadcast lit the fuse of the Sumgait pogrom Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions 1939–2000
Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov Станислав Евграфович Петров Soviet Air Defence Forces lieutenant colonel who correctly dismissed the Oko false alarm and prevented nuclear war Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1939–2017
Mikhail Alekseyevich Moiseyev Михаил Алексеевич Моисеев The last Soviet Chief of General Staff, undone by the August coup Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1939–2022
Andrei Serafimovich Grachev Андрей Серафимович Грачёв An insider witness to the collapse of reform Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1941–
Anatoly Mikhailovich Kornukov Анатолий Михайлович Корнуков The air-defense general who ordered KAL 007 shot down, later commander-in-chief of the Russian Air Force Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1942–2014
Yevgeny Ivanovich Shaposhnikov Евгений Иванович Шапошников The last Soviet defence minister and final Marshal of Aviation Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1942–2020
Nikolai Timofeyevich Antoshkin Николай Тимофеевич Антошкин The Soviet air force general who personally led 1,927 helicopter drops over the burning Chernobyl reactor Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1942–2021
Alexander Mitrofanovich Obolensky Александр Митрофанович Оболенский The engineer who became the first person in Soviet history to run against a sitting General Secretary Political and party leadership 1943–
Boris Vsevolodovich Gromov Борис Всеволодович Громов The last Soviet soldier to leave Afghanistan, the face of the Soviet withdrawal Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1943–
Viktor Petrovich Dubynin Виктор Петрович Дубынин The 40th Army commander who halved Afghan losses, then Russia's first Chief of General Staff Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1943–1992
Gennady Nikolayevich Osipovich Геннадий Николаевич Осипович The Soviet air-defence interceptor pilot who shot down KAL 007 Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1944–2015
Mikhail Semyonovich Surkov Михаил Семёнович Сурков A party cadre who moved from army organization to the late Soviet Politburo Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1945–
Vladislav Alekseyevich Achalov Владислав Алексеевич Ачалов Soviet airborne forces commander and deputy defence minister in the August 1991 coup Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1945–2011
Alexander Vladimirovich Rutskoy Александр Владимирович Руцкой Russia's only vice president: stood with Yeltsin against the coup, then fell to Yeltsin's tanks Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1947–
Pavel Sergeyevich Grachev Павел Сергеевич Грачёв The airborne commander who held the coup's key and handed it to Yeltsin Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1948–2012
Pavel Ruslanovich Palazhchenko Павел Русланович Палажченко The interpreter who mediated summit diplomacy Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1949–
Viktor Vasilyevich Baklanov Виктор Васильевич Бакланов Full cavalier of the Order of Labour Glory, collective-farm mechanizer Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1949–2019
Vladimir Ivanovich Shcherbakov Владимир Иванович Щербаков The last Gosplan chairman who presided over the dissolution of Soviet planning Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1949–
Alexander Ivanovich Lebed Александр Иванович Лебедь The airborne deputy commander who, sent against the White House, switched sides and helped break the August coup Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1950–2002
Aleksandr Fyodorovich Akimov Александр Фёдорович Акимов Soviet nuclear engineer and Unit 4 shift supervisor who directed the response and died of radiation exposure Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1953–1986
Sergei Vladimirovich Yevdokimov Сергей Владимирович Евдокимов The Tamanskaya Division battalion chief of staff who turned ten tanks to defend the White House during the August coup Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1955–

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