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People of the Revolution and the USSR
Activity
Affiliation
Position
Citizenship(set)
Background
Era
People of the Soviet Union
People of the wider world
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Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak Александр Васильевич Колчак
From the Arctic to the execution wall: Imperial Russia's last armed defender turned Supreme Ruler
Military command · Russian Empire
1874–1920
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Mikhail Konstantinovich Diterikhs Михаил Константинович Дитерихс
Kolchak's chief of staff, Romanov murder investigator, and last ruler of White Priamurye
Military command · Russian Empire
1874–1937
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Alexander Alekseevich Vannovsky Александр Алексеевич Ванновский
A revolutionary who turned to Japanese literature and philosophy
Social movements and organizing · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP)
1874–1967
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Alexander Ivanovich Konovalov Александр Иванович Коновалов
The capitalist who gave his workers a nine-hour day and built the Progressive Bloc to challenge the autocracy
Industry and production · Constitutional Democratic Party (Kadets)
1875–1949
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Roman Vatslavovich Malinovsky Роман Вацлавович Малиновский
Bolshevik Central Committee member and Duma leader who was the Okhrana's best-paid spy
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1876–1918
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Konkordia Nikolayevna Samoilova Конкордия Николаевна Самойлова
Founder of Rabotnitsa and organizer of Russia's first International Women's Day
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1876–1921
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Grigory Nikitich Vakulinchuk Григорий Никитич Вакуленчук
The Tsentralka sailor whose killing ignited the Potemkin mutiny; his Odessa funeral became a mass revolutionary demonstration
Social movements and organizing
1877–1905
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Ivan Platonovich Kalyaev Иван Платонович Каляев
The poet-bomber who stayed his hand seeing the Grand Duchess and children: the 'ethical terrorist' behind Camus' Les Justes
Social movements and organizing · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR)
1877–1905
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Georgy Stepanovich Khrustalev-Nosar Георгий Степанович Носарь
A non-party workers' lawyer elected the first chairman of the Petersburg Soviet in 1905
Social movements and organizing · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP)
1877–1919
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Pavel Bermondt-Avalov Павел Бермондт-Авалов
Commander of the West Russian Volunteer Army who led German Freikorps against Riga
Military command · Russian White movement
1877–1973
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Bogdan Mirzadzhanovich Knunyants Богдан Мирзаджанович Кнунянц
Iskra majority delegate at the 2nd Congress, a pioneer Caucasus Bolshevik who died in prison at 32
Social movements and organizing
1878–1911
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Mikhail Alexandrovich Romanov Михаил Александрович Романов
The last Romanov who could have been tsar, and who deferred the crown to a Constituent Assembly
Military command · Russian Empire
1878–1918
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Stepan Georgiyevich Shaumyan Степан Георгиевич Шаумян
The 'Caucasian Lenin', Marxist theorist of the national question and leader of the Baku Commune
Government and administration · Soviet Union
1878–1918
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Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel Пётр Николаевич Врангель
The "Black Baron": handed a lost war, he tried to break through with reforms as the White Army's last commander-in-chief
Military command · Russian White movement
1878–1928
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Nikolai Dmitriyevich Avksentiev Николай Дмитриевич Авксентьев
SR Party founder who chaired the last unified anti-Bolshevik government, overthrown by Kolchak
Political and party leadership · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR)
1878–1943
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Sadri Maksudi Садри Максуди
Tatar lawyer and Duma deputy who headed the national administration of Idel-Ural
Political and party leadership
1878–1957
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Vasily Vitalyevich Shulgin Василий Витальевич Шульгин
The Duma monarchist who took the tsar's abdication and became an ideologue of the White movement
Political and party leadership · Russian Empire
1878–1976
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Afanasi Nikolayevich Matushenko Афанасий Николаевич Матюшенко
The torpedo quartermaster who headed the Potemkin mutiny, then was hanged in Sevastopol in 1907
Social movements and organizing
1879–1907
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Alexander Ilyich Dutov Александр Ильич Дутов
Orenburg Cossack ataman who severed Soviet Russia from Turkestan, opening a front between the Volga and the Urals
Military command · Russian White movement
1879–1921
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Zinovy Yakovlevich Litvin-Sedoy Зиновий Яковлевич Литвин-Седой
Organizer of Presnya’s workers’ fighting squads
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1879–1947
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Grigory Alekseyevich Alexinsky Григорий Алексеевич Алексинский
A polemicist who turned from revolutionary internationalism to wartime patriotism
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1879–1967
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Alexander Alexandrovich Blok Александр Александрович Блок
Russia's foremost Symbolist poet who embraced the October Revolution
Literature and arts
1880–1921
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Mikhail Isaakovich Liber Михаил Исаакович Либер
A Menshevik who defended the revolution against its Bolshevik direction
Political and party leadership · General Jewish Labour Bund
1880–1937
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Vladimir Mikhailovich Zenzinov Владимир Михайлович Зензинов
A Socialist Revolutionary who defended democratic socialism through exile and testimony
Literature and arts · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR)
1880–1953
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Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky Александр Фёдорович Керенский
The orator ground away between revolution and counter-revolution
Government and administration · Russian Empire
1881–1970
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Mazurin Владимир Владимирович Мазурин
Combat commander of the Moscow uprising and founding leader of the Maximalist SRs
Political and party leadership · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR)
1882–1906
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Abram Rafailovich Gots Абрам Рафаилович Гоц
SR Combat Organization veteran who chaired the first-convocation VTsIK in 1917
Political and party leadership · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR)
1882–1940
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Nikolai Pavlovich Shmit Николай Павлович Шмит
The young furniture-factory heir whose plant became the heart of the Presnya uprising
Industry and production · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP)
1883–1907
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Vladimir Oskarovich Kappel Владимир Оскарович Каппель
The White movement's greatest 'soldier-general': conqueror of Kazan who vanished into the ice
Military command · Russian White movement
1883–1920
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Fyodor Andreyevich Sergeyev Фёдор Андреевич Сергеев
Founder and head of the Donetsk-Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic, close friend of Stalin and Kirov
Government and administration · Soviet Union
1883–1921
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Alexei N. Nikolaevich Tolstoy Алексей Николаевич Толстой
The Red Count: from émigré to pillar of Stalinist letters
Literature and arts
1883–1945
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Ivan Alexandrovich Ilyin Иван Александрович Ильин
Hegelian legal philosopher who deemed October a 'national catastrophe' and became a White émigré ideologue
Law and justice
1883–1954
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Alexandra Petrovna Kim Александра Петровна Ким
The first Korean communist, who gave her life bridging the Russian Revolution and Korean liberation
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1885–1918
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Mullanur Vakhitov Мулланур Вахитов
Tatar revolutionary who led the Kazan Muslim Socialist Committee and became the first head of the Soviet Muslim Commissariat
Government and administration · Soviet Union
1885–1918
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Noman Çelebicihan Номан Челебиджихан
First head of the Crimean People’s Republic, the first elected mufti of Crimea and the poet of the Crimean Tatar anthem
Government and administration
1885–1918
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Viktor Nikolayevich Pepelyaev Виктор Николаевич Пепеляев
The Kadet politician who engineered Kolchak's dictatorship and stood with him to the end
Government and administration · Russian White movement
1885–1920
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Yakov Aleksandrovich Slashchov Яков Александрович Слащёв
White general who held the Perekop gateway
Military command · Russian White movement
1885–1929
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Matvey Ivanovich Skobelev Матвей Иванович Скобелев
The Menshevik Labour Minister sent to calm the crowds during the April Crisis
Political and party leadership · Mensheviks (RSDLP)
1885–1938
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Maxim Maximilianovich Filonenko Максимилиан Максимилианович Филоненко
The Socialist Revolutionary official who pressed the revolutionary government toward coercive order
Law and justice · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR)
1885–1960
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Vladimir Savelyevich Voitinsky Владимир Савельевич Войтинский
A social democrat who changed course between revolution and economics
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1885–1960
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Nikolai Stepanovich Gumilyov Николай Степанович Гумилёв
Silver Age poet who founded Acmeism and fell to the Cheka's guns
Literature and arts
1886–1921
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Roman Fyodorovich von Ungern-Sternberg Роман Фёдорович фон Унгерн-Штернберг
The White Army warlord who liberated Mongolia and dreamed of reviving the empire of Genghis Khan
Military command · Russian White movement
1886–1921
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Alexander Stepanovich Antonov Александр Степанович Антонов
The man whose name became the rebellion: SR leader of the Tambov 'Antonovshchina,' the largest peasant uprising against Bolshevik rule
Social movements and organizing · Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries
1889–1922
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Ivan Pavlovich Kalmykov Иван Павлович Калмыков
Ataman of the Ussuri Cossacks who took Khabarovsk in 1918 and became notorious for shootings without trial and plunder
Military command · Russian White movement
1890–1920
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Mustafa Shokay Мустафа Шокай
Kazakh nationalist who led the Kokand Autonomy and dreamed of an independent Turkestan
Political and party leadership
1890–1941
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Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov Григорий Михайлович Семёнов
The White ataman who ruled Transbaikal under Japanese protection and defied Kolchak
Military command · Russian White movement
1890–1946
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Ahmet-Zaki Validi Әхмәтзәки Вәлиди
Leader of the Bashkir national movement who proclaimed Bashkir autonomy, commanded the Bashkir Army and took it over to the Soviet side
Military command · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1890–1970
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V. Markovich Volodarsky В. Маркович Володарский
Petrograd's press commissar whose assassination helped trigger the Red Terror
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union
1891–1918
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Arkadi Maslow Аркадий Маслов
The pianist-turned-revolutionary who drove the KPD's ultra-left turn, and became the anti-Stalinist left's perpetual dissident
Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Germany (KPD)
1891–1941
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Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov Николай Николаевич Поликарпов
The 'King of Fighters' who dominated Soviet fighter aviation for a decade
Industry and production · Soviet Union
1892–1944