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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

Semyon Grigoryevich Gendin Семён Григорьевич Гендин Cheka-bred intelligence officer who led the GRU during the Great Purge and saved Sorge's Tokyo station Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1939
Alexander Ivanovich Uspensky Александр Иванович Успенский The Ukrainian NKVD chief who faked his suicide and ran Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1940
Yakov Vladimirovich Smushkevich Яков Владимирович Смушкевич A victorious air-force builder destroyed by the purges Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1941
Konstantin Aleksandrovich Umansky Константин Александрович Уманский From TASS correspondent to youngest ambassador in Washington. The sharp, combative face of Stalin's wartime diplomacy Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1945
Viktor Pavlovich Zhuravlev Виктор Павлович Журавлёв Author of the letter that brought Yezhov down Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1946
Vasily Vasilyevich Vakhrushev Василий Васильевич Вахрушев The commissar who turned coal into a weapon Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1947
Nikita Alekseyevich Izotov Никита Алексеевич Изотов Pioneer of the Izotov movement (1932): mass on-the-job mentoring that became the template for Stakhanovism Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1951
Ivan Isidorovich Nosenko Иван Исидорович Носенко From shipyard messenger boy to master of Soviet shipbuilding Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1956
Vyacheslav Alexandrovich Malyshev Вячеслав Александрович Малышев Production boss from tanks to atomic industry Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1957
Mitrofan Ivanovich Nedelin Митрофан Иванович Неделин Chief Marshal of Artillery who created the Strategic Rocket Forces and drove the R-7 that launched Sputnik: killed at his own pad Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1960
Markian Mikhailovich Popov Маркиан Михайлович Попов The most gifted front commander who never became a marshal Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1969
Nikolai Ilyich Kamov Николай Ильич Камов The coaxial-rotor pioneer who gave Soviet naval aviation its wings Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1973
Sergei Alekseyevich Lebedev Сергей Алексеевич Лебедев Creator of the MESM and BESM, founder of Soviet computing Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1974
Mikhail Alexeyevich Menshikov Михаил Алексеевич Меньшиков Trade-and-diplomacy official sacked by Stalin over bananas, then returned as a Cold War ambassador under Khrushchev Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1976
Pyotr Nikolayevich Goremykin Пётр Николаевич Горемыкин From ammunition to space: first head of the rocket ministry behind a deliberately vague name Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1976
Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev Владимир Михайлович Мясищев The designer who delivered the intercontinental jet bomber Tupolev said was impossible: in 22 months Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1978
Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov Михаил Андреевич Суслов The Kremlin's Grey Cardinal Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1982
Ivan Alexandrovich Benediktov Иван Александрович Бенедиктов Long-serving agriculture administrator of late Stalinism and reconstruction Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1983
Valerian Aleksandrovich Zorin Валериан Александрович Зорин The Soviet Cold War diplomat who denied the Cuban missiles at the UN Security Council Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1986
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
Gennady Ivanovich Smirnov Геннадий Иванович Смирнов Gosplan chief who vanished into the Terror in eight months Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1938
Nikolai Alexeyevich Voznesensky Николай Алексеевич Вознесенский Wartime planning prodigy killed in the Leningrad Affair Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1950
Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov Игорь Васильевич Курчатов Scientific head of the Soviet atomic bomb Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1960
Arkady Alexandrovich Sobolev Аркадий Александрович Соболев Soviet diplomat who co-drafted the UN Charter, the Soviet face at the UN through the early Cold War Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1964
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
Semyon Ariyevich Kosberg Семён Ариевич Косберг The OKB-154 Chief Designer whose third-stage engines pushed Luna and Gagarin into space Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1965
Nikolai Ivanovich Krylov Николай Иванович Крылов From Stalingrad to the Strategic Rocket Forces: the marshal who built the nuclear triad's third leg Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1972
Andrei Antonovich Grechko Андрей Антонович Гречко Brezhnev-era defence minister Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1976
Issa Alexandrovich Pliyev Исса Александрович Плиев The only cavalryman twice Hero of the Soviet Union, who went to the brink of nuclear war in Cuba Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1979
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
Yuri Yevgenyevich Maksarev Юрий Евгеньевич Максарёв The industrial architect who mass-produced the T-34 and shaped Soviet tank power Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1982
Bonifaty Mikhailovich Kedrov Бонифатий Михайлович Кедров Philosopher of science who systematized dialectical materialism for natural science and created the Kedrov Triangle Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1985
Andrey Nikolayevich Kolmogorov Андрей Николаевич Колмогоров The mathematician who axiomatized modern probability theory Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1987
Nikolai Vasilyevich Novikov Николай Васильевич Новиков Soviet diplomat whose Novikov Telegram answered Kennan's Long Telegram, framing US policy as imperialist expansion Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1989
Anatoly Petrovich Alexandrov Анатолий Петрович Александров Physicist who pioneered the Soviet nuclear navy and nuclear power, brought down by Chernobyl Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1994
Zinaida Vasilyevna Yershova Зинаида Васильевна Ершова A radiochemist who helped build the Soviet atomic project Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1995
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
Anatoly Antonovich Volin Анатолий Антонович Волин The Supreme Court chairman who purged judges and was removed for rehabilitation measures Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–2007
Valery Pavlovich Chkalov Валерий Павлович Чкалов Stalin's falcon who flew nonstop over the North Pole to America, and fell on his final test flight Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1904–1938
Kuzma Nikolayevich Derevyanko Кузьма Николаевич Деревянко The Soviet general who signed Japan's surrender, ending World War II Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1904–1954
Nikolai Leonidovich Dukhov Николай Леонидович Духов From KV and IS heavy tanks to nuclear warheads: the designer who anchored both pillars of the Soviet military-industrial complex Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1904–1964
Vasily Alekseevich Makhnev Василий Алексеевич Махнёв An organiser of the secret atomic administration Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1904–1965
Sergei Romanovich Savchenko Сергей Романович Савченко The state security chief who dismantled the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church by force, then ran Soviet foreign intelligence in late Stalinism Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1904–1966
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
Grigory Nikolayevich Safonov Григорий Николаевич Сафонов USSR Prosecutor General who served at Nuremberg and was removed for refusing to sanction Beria's arrest Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions 1904–1972
Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov Николай Герасимович Кузнецов Architect of the Soviet Navy who ordered combat readiness hours before Barbarossa, twice demoted and posthumously restored Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1904–1974
Aleksei Ivanovich Shakhurin Алексей Иванович Шахурин The commissar who directed wartime aviation and out-produced the Luftwaffe Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1904–1975
Alexander Yevgeniyevich Golovanov Александр Евгеньевич Голованов Red Army's youngest marshal: Stalin's personal commander of strategic bomber aviation Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1904–1975
Ivan Terentyevich Peresypkin Иван Терентьевич Пересыпкин The architect of communications at Stalingrad and Kursk: first Marshal of the Signal Troops Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1904–1978
Mikhail Georgievich Pervukhin Михаил Георгиевич Первухин State commission chair for the first atomic bomb test, demoted in 1957 for opposing Khrushchev Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1904–1978

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