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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 Communist Party and Bolsheviks 161 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 34 Soviet Union state institutions 16 Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 5 Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 4 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 4 Mensheviks (RSDLP) 3 Constitutional Democratic Party (Kadets) 3

All 27 affiliations

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) 1 Workers' Party of North Korea 1

Finland

Social Democratic Party of Finland 1 Communist Party of Finland (SKP) 3

Germany

Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 1

International organizations

Comintern 1

Italy

Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 1

Mongolia

Mongolia state institutions 1

Ukraine

↳ Soviet Ukraine state institutions 2

Position

Any Imperial establishment and White movement 3 Left critics of Bolshevism 21 Socialist-bloc reform leader 3 Non-Bolshevik socialists 5 Marxism and communism 160 Liberalism and republicanism 1 Nationalism 1

Citizenship(set)

Any Soviet Union 193 China 40 Germany 39 France 38 Russia 38 Hungary 32 Poland 24 East Germany 15 Czechoslovakia 13 United Kingdom 12 Italy 11 United States 11 Romania 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 9 Spain 8 Bulgaria 7 Cambodia 7 Estonia 7 Mongolia 6 Yugoslavia 6 Angola 5 Vietnam 5 Yemen 5 Afghanistan 4 Azerbaijan 4 Cuba 4 Finland 4 Georgia 4 Turkey 4 Albania 3 Congo - Brazzaville 3 Czechia 3 Japan 3 Laos 3 Latvia 3 Lithuania 3 Austria 2 Belarus 2 Ethiopia 2 Greece 2 India 2 Indonesia 2 Korea 2 Madagascar 2 Moldova 2 Mozambique 2 Portugal 2 South Africa 2 Ukraine 2 Argentina 1 Belgium 1 Brazil 1 Chile 1 DR Congo 1 Egypt 1 Ghana 1 Grenada 1 Iran 1 Kazakhstan 1 Kyrgyzstan 1 Netherlands 1 Peru 1 Tanzania 1 Turkmenistan 1 Uzbekistan 1

Background

Any Russia 106 Ukraine 11 Latvia 10 Armenia 8 Georgia 8 Belarus 7 Azerbaijan 5 Estonia 5 Poland 5 Lithuania 4 Finland 3 Kazakhstan 3 Kyrgyzstan 3 Tajikistan 3 Uzbekistan 3 Moldova 2 Turkmenistan 2 Bulgaria 1 France 1 Korea 1 Turkey 1

Era

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 1 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 54 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 33 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 45 The last generation1985–1991 46

People of the wider world

The age of the Internationals and empires1820–1917 3 The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 10 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 1

Political and party leadership Citizenship: Soviet Union Clear all

193 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Boris Davidovich Kamkov Борис Давидович Камков Co-founder and chief theoretician of the Left SR Party: from coalition with the Bolsheviks to the July 1918 uprising Political and party leadership · Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 1885–1938
Alexander Fyodorovich Myasnikov Александр Фёдорович Мясников Lenin's periphery-builder who brought Soviet power to Belarus and Armenia Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1886–1925
Grigory Konstantinovich Ordzhonikidze Григорий Константинович (Серго) Орджоникидзе Commander of the industrial front: he pulled the trigger himself Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1886–1937
Yevgeni Alexeyevich Preobrazhensky Евгений Алексеевич Преображенский The theorist of primitive socialist accumulation Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1886–1937
Timofei Vladimirovich Sapronov Тимофей Владимирович Сапронов Leader of the 'Democratic Centralists' who demanded inner-party workers' democracy Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1887–1937
Vladimir Mikhailovich Smirnov Владимир Михайлович Смирнов From Moscow uprising artillery commander to Left Communist and Democratic Centralist Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1887–1937
Jānis Ernestovich Rudzutaks Ян Эрнестович Рудзутак Latvian Bolshevik who denounced NKVD case fabrication in court Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1887–1938
Yakov Moiseevich Fishman Яков Моисеевич Фишман Revolutionary who went from Left SR leader to architect of Soviet chemical warfare Political and party leadership · Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 1887–1961
Veli Ibraimov Вели Ибраимов Crimean Tatar national communist who pressed Crimean Tatar interests as head of the Crimean ASSR and was executed Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1888–1928
Valerian Vladimirovich Kuibyshev Валериан Владимирович Куйбышев Planning official of the first Five-Year Plans Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1888–1935
Elbegdorj Rinchinovich Rinchino Элбек-Доржи Ринчинович Ринчино Buryat revolutionary, drafter of Mongolia's 1924 constitution, victim of the Great Terror Political and party leadership · Mongolia state institutions 1888–1938
Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin Николай Иванович Бухарин The “favourite of the whole party,” killed in its name Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern 1888–1938
Grigory Yakovlevich Sokolnikov Григорий Яковлевич Сокольников The finance commissar of NEP stabilization Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1888–1939
Isaac Zakharyevich Steinberg Исаак Захарович Штейнберг First People's Commissar of Justice under Lenin: the Left SR who defended revolutionary legality against the Cheka Political and party leadership · Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 1888–1957
Nikolai Mikhailovich Shvernik Николай Михайлович Шверник Formal head of state in late Stalinism Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union state institutions 1888–1970
Akaki Vissarionovich Kabakhidze Акакий Виссарионович Кабахидзе An Old Bolshevik of the Georgian Affair Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1889–1937
Gavriil Ilyich Myasnikov Гавриил Ильич Мясников Worker-Bolshevik who demanded press freedom from Lenin, sparking the 'myasnikovshchina' polemic Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1889–1945
Georgy Leonidovich Pyatakov Георгий Леонидович Пятаков The Bolshevik between revolution and the industrial plan Political and party leadership · Soviet Ukraine state institutions 1890–1937
Yakov Naumovich Drobnis Яков Наумович Дробнис Founder of Ukrainian Bolshevism, signatory of the Declaration of the 46 Political and party leadership · Soviet Ukraine state institutions 1890–1937
Vilgelm Georgiyevich Knorin Вильгельм Георгиевич Кнорин Architect of Comintern propaganda and party history compiler Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern 1890–1938
Robert Indrikovich Eikhe Роберт Индрикович Эйхе Architect of terror in Siberia, recanted his confession under torture Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1890–1940
Oleksandr Yakovlevich Shumsky Александр Яковлевич Шумский Pioneer of Ukrainian national communism, the original 'Shumskyism' Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1890–1946
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov Вячеслав Михайлович Молотов “Stone-arse”: the man who never changed his mind Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1890–1986
Vlas Yakovlevich Chubar Влас Яковлевич Чубарь The economic administrator who led Ukraine's government for 11 years, caught between Stalin's demands and the famine Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1891–1939
Ivar Tenisovich Smilga Ivars Smilga The young oppositionist of the Revolutionary Military Council Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1892–1937
Mirsaid Khaydargalievich Sultan-Galiev Мирсаид Хайдаргалиевич Султан-Галиев The architect of Islamic socialism and national communism who became Stalin's first ideological purge victim Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1892–1940
Stepan Maximovich Petrichenko Степан Максимович Петриченко The sailor who led the Kronstadt rebellion, became a Soviet spy, and died in a camp Political and party leadership · Kronstadt Provisional Revolutionary Committee 1892–1947
Sergei Ivanovich Syrtsov Сергей Иванович Сырцов The RSFSR premier who turned against Stalin from Siberia Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1893–1937
Nikolai Matveyevich Goloded Николай Матвеевич Голодед The decade-long head of Byelorussia's government who signed the Academy purge, then stood in the same dock Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1937
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev Никита Сергеевич Хрущёв He opened the coffin lid, and became the first leader to die in bed Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1894–1971
Grigory Naumovich Kaminsky Григорий Наумович Каминский First USSR People's Commissar for Health, a founder of Soviet preventive medicine Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1938
Nikolai Ivanovich Yezhov Николай Иванович Ежов The Bloody Dwarf, an executor of the Great Terror shaped by the party personnel apparatus Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1940
Mir Jafar Abbasovich Bagirov Мир Аббасович Джафар Багиров Stalin-era party boss who ruled Azerbaijan for two decades Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1956
Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin Николай Александрович Булганин The uniformed premier pushed aside by Khrushchev Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1975
Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan Анастас Иванович Микоян The man who built the Soviet table, and the negotiator “from Ilyich to Ilyich” Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1978
Andrei Alexandrovich Zhdanov Андрей Александрович Жданов The ideology manager whose name marked Stalinist culture Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1948
Vissarion Vissarionovich Lominadze Виссарион Виссарионович Ломинадзе Comintern architect of the Canton uprising who led the first party-apparatus challenge to Stalin's collectivization Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern 1897–1935
Nikolai Fyodorovich Gikalo Николай Фёдорович Гикало Civil War hero who commanded the Grozny defence, then drove industrialization and collectivization as First Secretary of three republics Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1897–1938
Anna Mikhailovna Pankratova Анна Михайловна Панкратова Leading historian of the working class who drove destalinization in scholarship: first woman full academician in Soviet historical studies Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1897–1957
Akmal Ikramovich Ikramov Акмаль Икрамович Икрамов First ethnic Uzbek to head the CP of Uzbekistan, who drove collectivization and cotton monoculture before the Great Purge destroyed him Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1898–1938
Pyotr Nikolayevich Pospelov Пётр Николаевич Поспелов The historian who wrote Stalin's biography, then dismantled his myth Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1898–1979
Alexei Vladimirovich Snegov Алексей Владимирович Снегов An Old Bolshevik survivor who pressed the Soviet leadership toward de-Stalinization Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1898–1989
Jan Ernestovich Sten Ян Эрнестович Стэн Marxist philosopher who went from Stalin's Hegel tutor to Right Opposition conspirator Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1899–1937
Grigory Artemyevich Arutinov Григорий Артемьевич Арутинов 'Grigory the Builder': led Soviet Armenia for 16 years under Stalin, driving industrialization and a national cultural revival Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1900–1957
Andrey Andreyevich Vlasov Андрей Андреевич Власов Hero of the Battle of Moscow who defected to lead the Nazi-backed Russian Liberation Army Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1946
Nikolai Grigoryevich Ignatov Николай Григорьевич Игнатов The man who saved Khrushchev and then helped destroy him Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1901–1966
Nikolai Karotamm Nikolai Karotamm First Secretary of the Estonian Communist Party in 1944–1950, removed in 1950 for allegedly shielding “bourgeois nationalists” Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1901–1969
Nikolai Nikolayevich Organov Николай Николаевич Органов RSFSR formal head of state who once sat on an NKVD execution troika Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1901–1982
Olga Grigoryevna Shatunovskaya Ольга Григорьевна Шатуновская Khrushchev's chief investigator who traced Stalin's crimes to the end Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1901–1990
Vyacheslav Alexandrovich Malyshev Вячеслав Александрович Малышев Production boss from tanks to atomic industry Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1957

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