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People

People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity(set)

Any Political and party leadership 106 Government and administration 20 Legislature and state representation 5 Military command 177 Security, intelligence and policing 102 Diplomacy and international organization 42 Economy, finance and planning 93 Industry and production 81 Agriculture and land policy 16 Ideology and propaganda 52 Social movements and organizing 149 Scholarship and theory 55 Education 8 Science and technology 104 Literature and arts 64 Religion 1 Law and justice 23

Affiliation

Most people

Any Soviet Union state institutions 171 Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 126 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 9 Russian Empire state institutions 5 Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 2 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 2 Ukrainian People's Republic state institutions 1 Russian White movement 1

All 12 affiliations

Germany

Nazi party and regime 1

International organizations

Comintern 1

Russia

Russian Empire state institutions 5 Russian White movement 1 Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 2 Union of 17 October (Octobrists) 1 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 9 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 2 United Russia 1

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 126 Soviet Union state institutions 171

Ukraine

Ukrainian People's Republic state institutions 1

Position

Any Imperial establishment and White movement 5 Counter-revolutionary forces 1 Left critics of Bolshevism 6 Marxism and communism 163

Citizenship(set)

Any Soviet Union 177 Russia 34

Background(set)

Any Russia 177 Ukraine 29 Belarus 5 Latvia 4 Moldova 4 Armenia 3 Finland 2 Poland 2 Estonia 1 Georgia 1 Lithuania 1 Turkey 1

Era

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 2 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 29 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 81 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 39 The last generation1985–1991 26

Military command Citizenship: Soviet Union Background: Russia Clear all

177 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Alexander Nikolaevich Kozlovsky Александр Николаевич Козловский Tsarist artillery general at Kronstadt whom the Bolsheviks falsely named as ringleader of the 1921 rebellion Military command · Russian Empire state institutions 1864–1940
Andrei Yevgenyevich Snesarev Андрей Евгеньевич Снесарев Tsarist general turned Red Army theorist who clashed with Stalin at Tsaritsyn Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1865–1937
Mikhail Dmitrievich Bonch-Bruyevich Михаил Дмитриевич Бонч-Бруевич The first Imperial general to join the Bolsheviks: military director who led the founding of the Red Army Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1870–1956
Pavel Pavlovich Lebedev Павел Павлович Лебедев From tsarist major general to first Chief of the Red Army Staff, operational architect of Civil War victory Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1872–1933
Sergei Ivanovich Gusev Сергей Иванович Гусев Architect of the Red Army's political apparatus, Old Bolshevik who opposed Trotsky's military line Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1874–1933
Nikolai Ivanovich Muralov Николай Иванович Муралов The revolutionary soldier who founded Post No. 1 at Lenin's Mausoleum Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1877–1937
Boris Aleksandrovich Engelhardt Борис Александрович Энгельгардт Headed the Duma Military Commission whose order sending the garrison back to barracks triggered Order No. 1 Military command · Russian Empire state institutions 1877–1962
Leon Davidovich Trotsky Лев Давидович Троцкий The orator who built the Red Army, felled by an ice axe Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1879–1940
Mikhail Artemyevich Muravyov Михаил Артемьевич Муравьёв Tsarist officer turned Red commander who took Kyiv, battled in Bessarabia, and rebelled against Brest-Litovsk Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1880–1918
Dmitry Mikhailovich Karbyshev Дмитрий Михайлович Карбышев The Soviet Union's greatest fortification scientist, who chose martyrdom at Mauthausen over collaboration with the Nazis Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1880–1945
Semyon Ivanovich Aralov Семён Иванович Аралов Institutional founder of Soviet military intelligence Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1880–1969
Sergey Sergeyevich Kamenev Сергей Сергеевич Каменев Commander-in-Chief who led the Red Army to victory in the Civil War Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1881–1936
Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov Климент Ефремович Ворошилов Stalin’s marshal, sustained by loyalty more than command Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1881–1969
Boris Mikhailovich Shaposhnikov Борис Михайлович Шапошников The only officer Stalin addressed by name and patronymic, author of The Brain of the Army Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1882–1945
Nikolai Kakurin Николай Какурин Red Army commander who was chief of staff of the Tambov suppression and became a historian of the Civil War Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1883–1936
Nikolai Nikolayevich Kuzmin Николай Николаевич Кузьмин The Baltic Fleet political commissar whose 'explosion' warning foreshadowed the Kronstadt revolt Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1883–1938
Alexander Ilyich Yegorov Александр Ильич Егоров The Southern Front commander who broke Denikin: the last of the first five marshals whose name was erased Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1883–1939
Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny Семён Михайлович Будённый The Civil War's mounted legend: a marshal who survived into the age of mechanized war Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1883–1973
Pyotr Yefimovich Shchetinkin Пётр Ефимович Щетинкин Siberian partisan commander who led the partisan army of Yeniseysk Province and took custody of Ungern in Mongolia in 1921 Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1884–1927
Mikhail Mikhailovich Lashevich Михаил Михайлович Лашевич Bolshevik military leader of 1917 and the Civil War Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1884–1928
Nikolai Vasilyevich Krylenko Николай Васильевич Крыленко Architect of revolutionary legal consciousness, consumed by the Great Terror Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions 1885–1938
Vasily Ivanovich Chapayev Василий Иванович Чапаев Legendary Civil War commander who became a Soviet folk hero through film and folklore Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1887–1919
Georgy Vasilievich Zinoviev Георгий Васильевич Зиновьев A Red Army commander shaped by the air war Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1887–1934
Sergei Vitalyevich Mrachkovsky Сергей Витальевич Мрачковский The Red commander of the Urals Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1888–1936
Konstantin Aleksandrovich Mekhonoshin Константин Александрович Мехоношин The quiet architect of the Red Army who confronted Stalin at Tsaritsyn as Trotsky's man Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1889–1938
Lev Zakharovich Mekhlis Лев Захарович Мехлис From Stalin's personal secretary to the Red Army's purge enforcer, nicknamed 'the Inquisitor of the Red Army' Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1889–1953
Grigory Isaakovich Chudnovsky Григорий Исаакович Чудновский MRC commissar who twice entered the Winter Palace to parley and talked its defenders into walking away Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1890–1918
Boris Mironovich Feldman Борис Миронович Фельдман One of the eight Tukhachevsky-trial defendants; his confession under torture started the chain reaction that consumed the Red Army Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1890–1937
Vasily Konstantinovich Blyukher Василий Константинович Блюхер “Order of the Red Banner No. 1”: Civil War hero and one of the first five marshals, extinguished in Lefortovo Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1890–1938
Pavel Yevgenyevich Lazimir Павел Евгеньевич Лазимир The Left SR figurehead chairman of the MRC, lending a non-Bolshevik face to the Bolshevik insurrection while Trotsky directed operations Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1891–1920
Anatoly Nikolayevich Pepelyayev Анатолий Николаевич Пепеляев The 27-year-old White general whose Yakut expedition closed the Civil War Military command · Russian White movement 1891–1938
Alexander Vasilyevich Gorbatov Александр Васильевич Горбатов The army general who survived Kolyma, took Berlin, and testified to Stalin-era repression Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1891–1973
Andrei Klyushnikov Андрей Клюшников Comintern agent known as Nenin who built revolutionary committees in southern Bessarabia and led the Tatarbunary Uprising Social movements and organizing · Comintern 1892–1924
Ephraim Markovich Sklyansky Эфраим Маркович Склянский Trotsky's Carnot: the Red Army's administrative brain, erased by Stalinism Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1892–1925
Pyotr Ionovich Baranov Пётр Ионович Баранов Principal architect of the Soviet Air Force and aviation industry Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1892–1933
Andrei Vasilyevich Khrulev Андрей Васильевич Хрулёв The invisible commander who moved the war, the only supply general Stalin toasted as architect of victory Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1892–1962
Ivan Vladimirovich Tyulenev Иван Владимирович Тюленев The cavalry general who bolted the Caucasus gate, witness to three wars Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1892–1978
Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky Михаил Николаевич Тухачевский “The Red Napoleon,” killed by the army he built Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1893–1937
Yan Borisovich Gamarnik Ян Борисович Гамарник The Red Army's political chief who backed the purges, then shot himself as they closed in Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1937
Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin Фёдор Иванович Толбухин The marshal who liberated the Balkans and prized soldiers' lives above glory Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1949
Maksim Alexeyevich Purkayev Максим Алексеевич Пуркаев Mordvin carpenter's son who rose to Army General and led the Manchurian offensive Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1953
Semyon Ilyich Bogdanov Семён Ильич Богданов The tank army commander who first entered Berlin, sidelined after Stalin's death Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1960
Alexander Ivanovich Todorsky Александр Иванович Тодорский The Vesyegonsk chronicler of Soviet power whose book Lenin called 'remarkable' Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1965
Nikolai Alexandrovich Shchors Николай Александрович Щорс Legendary Red Army division commander whom Stalin called the 'Ukrainian Chapayev' Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1919
Semyon Petrovich Uritsky Семён Петрович Урицкий GRU chief who expanded Soviet military intelligence, then fell to the Great Purge Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1938
Viktor Ivanovich Maltsev Виктор Иванович Мальцев Soviet Air Force colonel turned ROA Air Force commander, builder of the Vlasov movement's air arm Military command 1895–1946
Nikolai Pavlovich Pukhov Николай Павлович Пухов The seminary-trained instructor who drove the 13th Army into the heart of Europe Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1958
Ivan Stepanovich Yumashev Иван Степанович Юмашев Pacific Fleet commander of Operation August Storm, the admiral Stalin dismissed as 'not a minister' Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1972
Mikhail Stepanovich Shumilov Михаил Степанович Шумилов Commander of the 64th Army: Stalingrad's southern shield for six months Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1975
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Vasilevsky Александр Михайлович Василевский The seminarian-turned-staff-officer who designed Uranus Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1977

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