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Era
People of the Soviet Union
People of the wider world
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Andranik Melkonovich Petrosyants Андраник Мелконович Петросьянц
Civilian face of the nuclear program who chaired the State Atomic Energy Committee for 24 years
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1906–2005
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Ivan Iosifovich Proskurov Иван Иосифович Проскуров
The GRU chief who warned Stalin of the German invasion, and was shot for it
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1941
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Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky Иван Данилович Черняховский
The youngest front commander in Red Army history: twice Hero of the Soviet Union, killed in East Prussia weeks before victory
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1945
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Lev Leonidovich (Aronovich) Shvartsman Лев Леонидович (Аронович) Шварцман
MGB's most brutal interrogator, killer of Blyukher, Babel, and Meyerhold
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1955
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Lev Ilyich Rusinov Лев Ильич Русинов
An experimental physicist who explored fission and nuclear isomerism
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1960
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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 state institutions
1907–1964
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Sergei Pavlovich Korolev Сергей Павлович Королёв
From the Gulag to space. The designer whose name was a state secret
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1966
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Vladimir Nikolaevich Sukhodolsky Владимир Николаевич Суходольский
NKVD major-general who led Tula's wartime defence and fell from grace
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1966
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Pavel Mikhailovich Fitin Павел Михайлович Фитин
The man who rebuilt foreign intelligence from the wreckage of the Yezhovshchina and stole the atomic bomb
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1971
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Alexei Kirillovich Kortunov Алексей Кириллович Кортунов
Hero of the Soviet Union who built the Unified Gas Supply System
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1973
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Vasily Mikhailovich Ryabikov Василий Михайлович Рябиков
Nine Orders of Lenin: the organizer who sustained the Soviet military-industrial complex for 35 years, from wartime arms to Sputnik
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1974
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Boris Yevstafyevich Butoma Борис Евстафьевич Бутома
Architect of the nuclear submarine fleet who led Soviet shipbuilding for 19 years
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1976
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Sergei Matveyevich Shtemenko Сергей Матвеевич Штеменко
The staff officer who designed Stalin's war plans and fell twice
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1976
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Pyotr Vasilyevich Dementiev Пётр Васильевич Дементьев
The Chuvash 'Peter the Great' who led Soviet aviation for 24 years
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1977
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Sergey Nikiforovich Kruglov Сергей Никифорович Круглов
The last NKVD People's Commissar, the longest-serving MVD minister, killed by a train
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1977
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Konstantin Petrovich Gorshenin Константин Петрович Горшенин
The USSR's first Prosecutor General who organized war crimes trials and handed Khrushchev the statistics of the Great Terror
Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1978
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Konstantin Fyodorovich Lunev Константин Фёдорович Лунёв
A party cadre elevated into the security apparatus
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1980
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Roman Andreyevich Rudenko Роман Андреевич Руденко
Chief Soviet prosecutor at Nuremberg, the longest-serving head of the Soviet procuracy
Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1981
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Alexander Kharitonovich Busygin Александр Харитонович Бусыгин
A Gorky auto-plant blacksmith who became a symbol of industrial productivity
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1985
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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
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Alexander Ivanovich Langfang Александр Иванович Лангфанг
An interrogator convicted of falsifying cases and torturing prisoners
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1990
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Vladimir Fyodorovich Zhigalin Владимир Фёдорович Жигалин
The minister who ran Soviet military heavy industry for 18 years under Brezhnev
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1990
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Ignati Trofimovich Novikov Игнатий Трофимович Новиков
Brezhnev's classmate who ran Soviet construction for 21 years as the energy technocrat
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1993
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Vyacheslav Petrovich Yelyutin Вячеслав Петрович Елютин
Longest-serving Soviet minister, shaped higher education for 31 years
Education · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1993
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Georgy Filippovich Baydukov Георгий Филиппович Байдуков
Chkalov's co-pilot across the North Pole who became the procurement chief that built Soviet air defence weaponry
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1994
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Georgy Karpovich Tsinev Георгий Карпович Цинёв
Brezhnev's other pair of eyes inside the KGB
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1996
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Pavel Anatolyevich Sudoplatov Павел Анатольевич Судоплатов
Stalin’s spymaster who eliminated Trotsky, then spent fifteen years in Stalin’s prisons
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1996
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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
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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
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Konstantin Antonovich Petrzhak Константин Антонович Петржак
Co-discoverer of spontaneous fission, a pillar of the Soviet atomic project
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–1998
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Mikhail Vasilyevich Yegorov Михаил Васильевич Егоров
Shipbuilding minister who built the Soviet nuclear submarine fleet and ocean-going navy
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–2000
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Vladimir Nikolayevich Novikov Владимир Николаевич Новиков
A defence-industry technocrat who rose from arms-plant floor to head of state planning
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1907–2000
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Viktor Semyonovich Abakumov Виктор Семёнович Абакумов
Stalin's security chief who commanded SMERSH and ruled the MGB
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1954
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Georgy Fyodorovich Alexandrov Георгий Фёдорович Александров
Stalin's chief ideological supervisor, broken by a philosophy debate
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1961
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Yevgeny Dmitriyevich Kiselyov Евгений Дмитриевич Киселёв
The Soviet envoy in Budapest who distrusted Rákosi
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1963
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Lev Davidovich Landau Лев Давидович Ландау
Soviet theoretical physics titan who founded the 'Landau school' and pioneered quantum fluid dynamics
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1968
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Aleksei Mikhailovich Isaev Алексей Михайлович Исаев
The engine designer who powered Soviet spacecraft: inventor of the closed-cycle rocket engine
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1971
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Valery Dmitrievich Kalmykov Валерий Дмитриевич Калмыков
Founded and led Soviet radio-electronics for 20 years, building the electronic backbone of spaceflight and ABM
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1974
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Boris Nikolayevich Chernousov Борис Николаевич Черноусов
The RSFSR premier who rose in the Leningrad Affair's wake and fell at the 19th Party Congress
Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1978
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Zhozef Yakovlevich Kotin Жозеф Яковлевич Котин
Chief designer of the KV and IS heavy tanks, builder of Tankograd
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1979
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Nikolai Alekseyevich Pilyugin Николай Алексеевич Пилюгин
From Sputnik to Buran: the Chief Designer who built the brains of the Soviet space age
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1982
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Nikolai Petrovich Kamanin Николай Петрович Каманин
From Chelyuskin ice to Gagarin's flight: the general who built the cosmonaut corps
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1982
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Arkhip Mikhailovich Lyulka Архип Михайлович Люлька
The designer who opened the Soviet jet age without copying a single German engine
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1984
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Dmitry Fyodorovich Ustinov Дмитрий Фёдорович Устинов
The defence-industry man who became defence minister
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1984
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Isaak Konstantinovich Kikoin Исаак Константинович Кикоин
Scientific director of uranium isotope separation for the Soviet atomic bomb
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1984
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Alexei Alexeyevich Yepishev Алексей Алексеевич Епишев
The longest-serving chief who kept the Soviet military under party control for 23 years
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1985
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Mikhail Aleksandrovich Olshanski Михаил Александрович Ольшанский
The Lysenkoist agronomist who led Soviet agricultural science administration
Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1988
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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
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Valentin Petrovich Glushko Валентин Петрович Глушко
Founder of Soviet liquid rocketry: his engines carried Sputnik, Gagarin, and Buran
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1989
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Pyotr Nikolayevich Fedoseyev Пётр Николаевич Федосеев
The philosophical administrator of the Soviet ideological apparatus
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1990