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People

People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity(set)

Any Political and party leadership 193 Government and administration 42 Legislature and state representation 16 Military command 233 Security, intelligence and policing 169 Diplomacy and international organization 66 Economy, finance and planning 112 Industry and production 100 Agriculture and land policy 24 Ideology and propaganda 67 Social movements and organizing 205 Scholarship and theory 70 Education 9 Science and technology 133 Literature and arts 85 Religion 1 Law and justice 32

Affiliation

Most people

Any Soviet Union state institutions 100 Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 83 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 3 Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 1 United Russia 1

All 5 affiliations

Russia

Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 1 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 3 United Russia 1

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 83 Soviet Union state institutions 100

Position

Any Marxism and communism 100

Citizenship(set)

Any Soviet Union 100 Russia 3 East Germany 2 Finland 1 France 1 Germany 1 Poland 1 United Kingdom 1

Background

Any Russia 81 Ukraine 5 Belarus 4 Armenia 3 Azerbaijan 3 Bulgaria 1 Georgia 1 Germany 1 Poland 1

Era

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The revolutionary generation1917–1940 4 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 42 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 39 The last generation1985–1991 15

Industry and production Citizenship: Soviet Union Clear all

100 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Konstantin Nikolayevich Rudnev Константин Николаевич Руднев The defence-industry administrator who sent Gagarin into space Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1911–1980
Sergei Alekseyevich Zverev Сергей Алексеевич Зверев The Defense Industry Minister who ran Soviet conventional arms production for 13 years under Brezhnev Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1912–1978
Sabit Atayevich Orudzhev Сабит Атаевич Оруджев The Azeri engineer who built the Soviet gas industry into the world's largest Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1912–1981
Boris Fyodorovich Bratchenko Борис Фёдорович Братченко The coal minister who led the Soviet mining industry for twenty years across the Brezhnev era Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1912–2004
Leonid Arkadyevich Kostandov Леонид Аркадьевич Костандов Longest-serving chemical industry minister who led the Brezhnev-era chemicalization drive Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1915–1984
Viktor Nikolayevich Polyakov Виктор Николаевич Поляков The first general director of VAZ who built Soviet mass automobility on the banks of the Volga Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1915–2004
Valentin Dmitrievich Shashin Валентин Дмитриевич Шашин The minister who made the USSR #1 in oil, then warned against over-pumping Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1916–1977
Vasily Alexandrovich Kazakov Василий Александрович Казаков From factory technologist to aviation minister: a military-industrial administrator who rose through every rung Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1916–1981
Vladimir Vasilyevich Bakhirev Владимир Васильевич Бахирев The munitions administrator who commanded Soviet conventional-ammunition mass production for 19 years of the Cold War Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1916–1991
Leonid Vasilyevich Smirnov Леонид Васильевич Смирнов The VPK chairman who coordinated the Soviet military-industrial complex for 22 years Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1916–2001
Alexander Vasilyevich Sidorenko Александр Васильевич Сидоренко The institutional architect of Soviet geology who spanned desert and Precambrian Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–1982
Sergey Alexandrovich Afanasyev Сергей Александрович Афанасьев Long-serving minister of missile and space industry Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–2001
Ivan Pavlovich Kazanets Иван Павлович Казанец From Ukrainian premier to USSR steel minister: a Dnieper-born technocrat who ran Soviet ferrous metallurgy for twenty years Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–2013
Boris Yevdokimovich Shcherbina Борис Евдокимович Щербина The Chernobyl commander who built Siberia's oil empire Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1919–1990
Pavel Vasilyevich Finogenov Павел Васильевич Финогенов The defense industry minister who ran Soviet conventional arms production from late Brezhnev through perestroika Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1919–2004
Pyotr Stepanovich Pleshakov Пётр Степанович Плешаков Architect of Soviet radio-electronic warfare Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1922–1987
Lev Nikolayevich Zaikov Лев Николаевич Зайков The technocrat who rose from defense-plant apprentice to Politburo overseer of the military-industrial complex Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–2002
Vasily Aleksandrovich Dinkov Василий Александрович Динков The gas and oil minister who made the USSR the world's largest gas producer Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1924–2001
Vladimir Ivanovich Dolgikh Владимир Иванович Долгих The CC secretary who ran Soviet heavy industry and energy for 16 years under Brezhnev Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1924–2020
Vladislav Grigoryevich Kolesnikov Владислав Григорьевич Колесников The last Soviet Minister of Electronics, who led microelectronics through perestroika's final years Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1925–2015
Mikhail Ivanovich Shchadov Михаил Иванович Щадов The last Soviet coal minister, who drove open-pit mining and led the miners into the Chernobyl tunnel Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1927–2011
Nikolai Alexeyevich Maltsev Николай Алексеевич Мальцев The minister who led Soviet oil to its peak through the West Siberian fields Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1928–2001
Igor Sergeyevich Belousov Игорь Сергеевич Белоусов The shipbuilding minister who built the Soviet Navy's strategic parity Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1928–2005
Apollon Sergeyevich Systsov Аполлон Сергеевич Сысцов Last Soviet Minister of Aviation Industry: from the Buran shuttle to the privatisation of a military-industrial empire Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1929–2005
Anatoly Ivanovich Mayorets Анатолий Иванович Майорец The last Soviet energy minister sent into the Chernobyl disaster zone Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1929–2016
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kozlovsky Евгений Александрович Козловский Longest-serving geology minister who presided over the 'golden age' of Soviet mineral exploration Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1929–2022
Ivan Stepanovich Silayev Иван Степанович Силаев The last head of government of the Soviet Union: from aviation minister to liquidator of an empire Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2023
Mikhail Sergeyevich Shkabardnya Михаил Сергеевич Шкабардня The minister whose precision instruments controlled missiles and the Buran shuttle Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2025
Erlen Kirikovich Pervyshin Эрлен Кирикович Первышин Minister of Communications Equipment Industry who oversaw Soviet military C3 infrastructure Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1932–2004
Arkady Ivanovich Volsky Аркадий Иванович Вольский The operator who ran Soviet machine-building and organized post-Soviet capital Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1932–2006
Oleg Dmitriyevich Baklanov Олег Дмитриевич Бакланов Last surviving GKChP member who led the Soviet space industry Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1932–2021
Lev Dmitrievich Ryabev Лев Дмитриевич Рябев Nuclear industry minister who inherited Sredmash in the shadow of Chernobyl Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1933–
Nikolai Alexandrovich Panichev Николай Александрович Паничев The last minister who tried to preserve the Soviet machine-tool industry through perestroika Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–
Vladimir Makarovich Velichko Владимир Макарович Величко Technocrat who ran Soviet heavy machine-building in its late decades Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–
Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin Виктор Степанович Черномырдин Last Soviet gas minister who turned his ministry into Gazprom Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1938–2010

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