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People of the Revolution and the USSR
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Era
People of the Soviet Union
People of the wider world
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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 state institutions
1908–1990
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Vasily Vasilyevich Boytsov Василий Васильевич Бойцов
Standardization chief who built the GOST system and laid the groundwork for ISO 9000
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1997
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Alexei Vladimirovich Romanov Алексей Владимирович Романов
The Goskino chairman who harvested Politburo phone calls every Monday and enforced cuts he didn't always believe in
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–1998
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Boris Vasilyevich Petrovsky Борис Васильевич Петровский
Cardiovascular pioneer who ran Soviet healthcare for 15 years under Brezhnev
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–2004
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Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kotelnikov Владимир Александрович Котельников
The scientist–head of state who discovered the sampling theorem and led the first radar probe of Venus
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1908–2005
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Georgy Maksimovich Pushkin Георгий Максимович Пушкин
The Soviet diplomat who warned Khrushchev about Berlin
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions
1909–1963
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Vladimir Alekseyevich Kucherenko Владимир Алексеевич Кучеренко
A technocrat who ran Soviet construction from post-war rebuilding to Gosstroy
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1909–1963
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Mikhail Leontyevich Mil Михаил Леонтьевич Миль
From Mi-1 to Mi-24: founder of the Mil Design Bureau that rewrote helicopter history
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1909–1970
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Alexander Konstantinovich Korovushkin Александр Константинович Коровушкин
The Gosbank chairman who carried out the 1961 redenomination and, witnesses say, threw his hat at Khrushchev
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1909–1976
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Aleksandr Mikhailovich Sakharovsky Александр Михайлович Сахаровский
State-security officer who led Soviet foreign intelligence for 15 years
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1909–1983
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Mikhail Avksentyevich Lesechko Михаил Авксентьевич Лесечко
The deputy premier who directed Soviet economic integration with the Eastern Bloc for 18 years
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1909–1984
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Mikhail Sergeyevich Ryazansky Михаил Сергеевич Рязанский
The 'radio man' of Soviet rocketry: Chief Designer of guidance and telemetry for every Soviet rocket and spacecraft
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1909–1987
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Alexander Ivanovich Shokin Александр Иванович Шокин
Architect of Soviet military electronics who built the industry from scratch and led it for 20 years
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1909–1988
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Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko Андрей Андреевич Громыко
“Mister Nyet,” whose last move was to nominate the reformer
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions
1909–1989
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Nikolai Nikolayevich Bogolyubov Николай Николаевич Боголюбов
The institutional titan of theoretical physics who led the Eastern Bloc's largest international research institute
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1909–1992
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Vladimir Pavlovich Barmin Владимир Павлович Бармин
From Katyusha to Buran: the engineer who designed the ground beneath every Soviet rocket
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1909–1993
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Matskevich Владимир Владимирович Мацкевич
Agriculture minister after the virgin-lands drive
Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions
1909–1998
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Ivan Grigoryevich Pavlovsky Иван Григорьевич Павловский
The ground forces commander who invaded Czechoslovakia and opposed Afghanistan
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1909–1999
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Pyotr Ivanovich Ivashutin Пётр Иванович Ивашутин
The KGB man who led the GRU for 24 years: Soviet military intelligence's longest-serving chief
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1909–2002
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Mikhail Sergeyevich Smirtyukov Михаил Сергеевич Смиртюков
The non-Politburo power who was the institutional memory of the Soviet government for 25 years
Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions
1909–2004
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Pavel Yakovlevich Meshik Павел Яковлевич Мешик
Beria's inner circle and an organiser of the Great Terror
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1953
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Alexander Fedorovich Zasyadko Александр Фёдорович Засядько
The miner's son who climbed from the Donbas pits to the summit of Kremlin economic planning
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1963
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Sergei Vladimirovich Kurashov Сергей Владимирович Курашов
Khrushchev-era health minister who presided over the World Health Assembly
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1965
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Yekaterina Alexeyevna Furtseva Екатерина Алексеевна Фурцева
Long-serving culture minister between thaw and control
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1974
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Pyotr Fyodorovich Krivonos Пётр Фёдорович Кривонос
The locomotive driver who carried productivity innovation onto the railways
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1980
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Ivan Dmitrievich Serbin Иван Дмитриевич Сербин
The party's 'Ivan the Terrible' who oversaw the entire Soviet military-industrial complex for 23 years
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1981
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Viktor Yakovlevich Litvinov Виктор Яковлевич Литвинов
The factory director who led Soviet aircraft and rocket mass production for 33 years
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1983
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Nikolai Anisimovich Shchelokov Николай Анисимович Щёлоков
Brezhnev's 16-year police chief who rebuilt the MVD into a modern force
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1984
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Pavel Fyodorovich Batitsky Павел Фёдорович Батицкий
The marshal who built Soviet air defence and personally executed Beria
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1984
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Sergei Georgievich Gorshkov Сергей Георгиевич Горшков
The 29-year C-in-C who built the Soviet ocean-going navy, author of 'The Sea Power of the State'
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1988
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Vladimir Afanasyevich Kasatonov Владимир Афанасьевич Касатонов
Fleet Admiral who commanded the Baltic, Black Sea, and Northern Fleets: a builder of the Soviet ocean-going navy
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1989
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Veniamin Emmanuilovich Dymshits Вениамин Эммануилович Дымшиц
The Jewish construction technocrat who was Soviet deputy premier for 23 years
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1993
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Gennady Ivanovich Voronov Геннадий Иванович Воронов
The RSFSR premier who never stopped speaking bluntly to Brezhnev
Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1994
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Iosif Iosifovich Kuzmin Иосиф Иосифович Кузьмин
The planner who executed Khrushchev's sovnarkhoz reform
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1996
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Nikolai Vasilyevich Martynov Николай Васильевич Мартынов
From munitions to material supply, the technocrat who managed the arteries of the planned economy
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1998
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Vasily Stepanovich Fursov Василий Степанович Фурсов
A physicist who linked reactor theory to scientific education
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1998
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Mikhail Alekseyevich Prokofyev Михаил Алексеевич Прокофьев
The scientist-minister who led Soviet education for 18 years
Education · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1999
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Pyotr Stepanovich Neporozhny Пётр Степанович Непорожний
The longest-serving energy minister who built the Unified Energy System
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1999
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Nikolai Konstantinovich Beloborodov Николай Константинович Белобородов
First deputy chief of the 12th GUMO who commanded Soviet nuclear warheads in Cuba and, three decades later, wrote the definitive report
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–2003
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Pavel Vasilyevich Rychagov Павел Васильевич Рычагов
The ace who told Stalin Soviet planes were flying coffins
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1941
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Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov Николай Иванович Кузнецов
Soviet spy who posed as a German officer in Nazi-occupied Ukraine and personally eliminated high-ranking officials
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1944
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Kirill Ivanovich Shchelkin Кирилл Иванович Щёлкин
The physicist who personally armed the first Soviet atomic bomb and built the second nuclear weapons center as its first scientific director
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1968
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Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel Михаил Кузьмич Янгель
Designer whose storable-propellant rockets became the backbone of the Strategic Rocket Forces
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1971
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Alexander Mikhailovich Tarasov Александр Михайлович Тарасов
The man who opened the Soviet mass-automobile era: father of the Lada
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1975
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Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh Мстислав Всеволодович Келдыш
Academy president who coordinated space science
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1978
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Konstantin Nikolayevich Rudnev Константин Николаевич Руднев
The defence-industry administrator who sent Gagarin into space
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1980
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Mefody Naumovich Sveshnikov Мефодий Наумович Свешников
A career banker of peasant stock who rose to the summit of the Soviet monobank
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1981
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Nikolai Timofeyevich Grishin Иван Тимофеевич Гришин
Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade for 26 years who steered industrial import deals across the Brezhnev era
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1985
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Vasily Fyodorovich Garbuzov Василий Фёдорович Гарбузов
The long-serving finance minister of stagnation
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1985
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Lev Nikolayevich Smirnov Лев Николаевич Смирнов
From Nuremberg assistant prosecutor to chief justice of the USSR, the Supreme Court chairman who presided over political trials
Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1986