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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

Filipp Sergeyevich Oktyabrsky Филипп Сергеевич Октябрьский Admiral who led the Black Sea Fleet in the defence of Odessa and Sevastopol, and remains at the centre of the evacuation controversy Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1899–1969
Semyon Moiseevich Krivoshein Семён Моисеевич Кривошеин The Soviet tank general who reviewed the Brest parade with Guderian and held Oboyan at Kursk Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1899–1978
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Nesmeyanov Александр Николаевич Несмеянов Academy president who founded organoelement chemistry Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1899–1980
Alexei Alexandrovich Surkov Алексей Александрович Сурков Poet of "Zemlyanka" and the Writers' Union enforcer who led the campaign against Pasternak Literature and arts · Soviet Union state institutions 1899–1983
Mikhail Mikhailovich Gromov Михаил Михайлович Громов Record-setting aviator who flew Moscow to California via the North Pole, then commanded air armies on the Eastern Front Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1899–1985
Alexander Grigoryevich Barmine Александр Григорьевич Бармин The Soviet GRU brigadier general who fled Stalin's purges and became one of the few defectors the hunters never caught Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1899–1987
Yakov Grigorievich Blumkin Яков Григорьевич Блюмкин Left SR assassin of Mirbach turned OGPU illegal resident, executed for meeting Trotsky Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1929
Vasily Abramovich Karutsky Василий Абрамович Каруцкий NKVD chief who sat on a mass-operation troika and killed himself before his arrest Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1938
Ivan Yakovlevich Lavrushin Иван Яковлевич Лаврушин NKVD chief who chaired the Gorky oblast troika Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1940
Grigory Mikhailovich Shtern Григорий Михайлович Штерн Victor of Lake Khasan and Khalkhin Gol, purged Far Eastern Front commander Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1941
Ivan Ivanovich Maslennikov Иван Иванович Масленников From NKVD Deputy Commissar to General of the Army: the rare commander who held senior rank in both the security apparatus and the Red Army Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1954
Georgy Nikolayevich Zarubin Георгий Николаевич Зарубин The Soviet diplomat who represented Moscow in all three major Western Allied capitals during the early Cold War Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1958
Dmitri Vasilyevich Yefremov Дмитрий Васильевич Ефремов The electrical engineer under NKVD investigation who became minister and delivered isotope separation for the atomic bomb Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1960
Semyon Alekseyevich Lavochkin Семён Алексеевич Лавочкин Fighter designer who secured Soviet air supremacy with the La-5 and La-7 Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1960
Pavel Fyodorovich Zhigarev Павел Фёдорович Жигарев Twice Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Force: led the VVS through Barbarossa and rebuilt it in the post-Stalin era Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1963
Pyotr Vasilyevich Fedotov Пётр Васильевич Федотов 38-year Chekist who commanded both counterintelligence and foreign intelligence from Cheka to KGB Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1963
Arseny Grigoryevich Zverev Арсений Григорьевич Зверев Long-serving finance minister through war and reconstruction Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1969
Konstantin Andreyevich Vershinin Константин Андреевич Вершинин Two-time Soviet Air Force commander who led its transformation into the jet and nuclear age Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1973
Mikhail Klavdievich Tikhonravov Михаил Клавдиевич Тихонравов The theoretical pioneer who opened the path to space with packet rockets Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1974
Alexander Alexandrovich Novikov Александр Александрович Новиков The VVS commander who rebuilt a shattered force into the air armada that swept the Luftwaffe from the sky Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1976
Mikhail Yefimovich Katukov Михаил Ефимович Катуков Marshal of Armoured Troops who stopped Guderian and led the 1st Guards Tank Army Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1976
Sergei Ivanovich Ogoltsov Сергей Иванович Огольцов An operative who spanned every iteration of Soviet state security across 35 years Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1976
Ivan Ivanovich Fedyuninsky Иван Иванович Федюнинский Hero of Khalkhin Gol who commanded the army that broke the siege of Leningrad Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1977
Maksim Zakharovich Saburov Максим Захарович Сабуров Planner of the late Stalin and Malenkov years Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1977
Vladimir Filippovich Tributs Владимир Филиппович Трибуц Longest-serving wartime fleet commander, from the Tallinn breakout to Königsberg Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1977
Filipp Ivanovich Golikov Филипп Иванович Голиков The GRU chief who held the intelligence yet missed the invasion, and fought his way back to marshal Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1980
Mikhail Alekseyevich Lavrentiev Михаил Алексеевич Лаврентьев Mathematician who built Akademgorodok and pioneered explosive applications Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1980
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
Vasily Gavrilovich Grabin Василий Гаврилович Грабин Master of Soviet field artillery, creator of the speed-design method Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1980
Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov Василий Иванович Чуйков “There is no land for us beyond the Volga” Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1982
Pavel Alekseyevich Kurochkin Павел Алексеевич Курочкин From Civil War cavalryman to the commander whose army liberated Auschwitz, the last surviving wartime Front commander Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1989
Ilya Grigoryevich Starinov Илья Григорьевич Старинов The 'grandfather of Soviet special forces,' a sabotage engineer who designed the radio-controlled mine and the partisan rail war Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–2000
Nadezhda Sergeyevna Alliluyeva Надежда Сергеевна Аллилуева A Bolshevik woman who worked in Lenin's secretariat, married Stalin, and pursued her own political independence Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1932
Boris Davydovich Berman Борис Давыдович Берман The intelligence officer who directed the Great Purge in Belorussia Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1939
Dmitry Matveyevich Dmitriev Дмитрий Матвеевич Дмитриев The Sverdlovsk NKVD chief whose testimony first unspooled the 'NKVD conspiracy' Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1939
Konstantin Dmitriyevich Pamfilov Константин Дмитриевич Памфилов Wartime RSFSR acting premier who oversaw civilian evacuation amid the Moscow panic Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1943
Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin Николай Фёдорович Ватутин Strategic architect of Stalingrad and Kursk, the army general who fell at the front Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1944
Andrey Andreyevich Vlasov Андрей Андреевич Власов Hero of the Battle of Moscow who defected to lead the Nazi-backed Russian Liberation Army Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1946
Nikolai Vladimirovich Feklenko Николай Владимирович Фекленко An armoured commander tested by shifting fronts Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1951
Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeyev Александр Александрович Фадеев Writers’ Union manager who killed himself at the thaw Literature and arts · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1956
Avraami Pavlovich Zavenyagin Авраамий Павлович Завенягин Industrial organizer of the Stalin era, from Magnitogorsk and Norilsk to the atomic bomb Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1956
Mikhail Vasilyevich Khrunichev Михаил Васильевич Хруничев The aviation minister who persuaded Stalin to buy British jet engines and opened the MiG-15 era Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1961
Aleksei Semyonovich Zhadov Алексей Семёнович Жадов The commander Stalin made change his name, who led the 5th Guards Army from Stalingrad to Prague Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1977
Pavel Alekseyevich Rotmistrov Павел Алексеевич Ротмистров The Marshal of Armour who commanded history's largest tank battle at Prokhorovka Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1982
Mark Borisovich Mitin Марк Борисович Митин Stalin-era chief philosophical authority who installed dialectical materialism as state doctrine Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1987
Vasily Sergeyevich Yemelyanov Василий Сергеевич Емельянов Nuclear administrator who spanned wartime tank armor to peaceful atomic diplomacy Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1988
Vasily Vasilyevich Kuznetsov Василий Васильевич Кузнецов Three-time interim head of state and Gromyko's First Deputy for 22 years Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1990
Fyodor Vasilyevich Konstantinov Фёдор Васильевич Константинов Chief editor of the 5-volume Philosophical Encyclopedia and architect of the standard Soviet Marxist-Leninist philosophy textbook Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1991
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
Nikolai Nikolayevich Selivanovsky Николай Николаевич Селивановский The counterintelligence officer who bypassed the chain of command and telegraphed Stalin to replace Stalingrad's commander Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1997

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