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193 people

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Konstantin Fyodorovich Katushev Константин Фёдорович Катушев Late Soviet foreign-economic official Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1927–2010
Fyodor Mikhailovich Burlatsky Фёдор Михайлович Бурлацкий Architect of Khrushchev's reforms and pioneer of Soviet political science Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1927–2014
Mykolas Martinovich Burokevičius Mykolas Burokevičius The only Lithuanian to sit in the CPSU Politburo and the last pro-Moscow party leader, imprisoned for the January Events Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1927–2016
Viktor Petrovich Nikonov Виктор Петрович Никонов Gorbachev's agriculture successor who became his last internal critic Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1929–1993
Ivan Timofeyevich Frolov Иван Тимофеевич Фролов The philosopher who gave perestroika its humanist foundations: from defending genetics to founding the science of Man Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1929–1999
Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov Евгений Максимович Примаков The Arabist premier who turned his plane around over the Atlantic Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1929–2015
Vadim Andreyevich Medvedev Вадим Андреевич Медведев The last ideology secretary who dismantled ideology opened the spetskhran and abolished party orthodoxy Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1929–2025
Alexander Yevgenyevich Bovin Александр Евгеньевич Бовин Brezhnev's foreign-affairs speechwriter who put détente into prose, then became its sharpest television commentator Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1930–2004
Anatoly Ivanovich Lukyanov Анатолий Иванович Лукьянов Gorbachev's classmate turned critic: the last speaker of the Soviet parliament Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2019
Abdurrahman Khalil oglu Vezirov Əbdürrəhman Xəlil oğlu Vəzirov Gorbachev's man for the Karabakh crisis who fled Baku as Black January consumed Soviet Azerbaijan Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1930–2022
Genrikh Andreyevich Poghosyan Հենրիկ Անդրեյի Պողոսյան The last party first secretary who tilted Nagorno-Karabakh toward Armenia Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1931–2000
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin Борис Николаевич Ельцин The man who climbed onto the tank Government and administration · Russian Federation state institutions 1931–2007
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev Михаил Сергеевич Горбачёв He set out to repair the system, and ended it Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1931–2022
Boris Sarkisovich Kevorkov Բորիս Սարգսի Կևորկով The Armenian party functionary who enforced Baku's control over Nagorno-Karabakh Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1932–1998
Karen Serobovich Demirchyan Карен Серобович Демирчян Modernized Soviet Armenia over 14 years, sacked for siding with Karabakh, returned and assassinated in parliament Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1932–1999
Stepan Karapetovich Pogosyan Ստեփան Կարապետի Պողոսյան The last leader of Armenia's Communist Party before the Soviet collapse Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1932–2012
Qahhor Makhkamovich Mahkamov Қаҳҳор Маҳкамович Маҳкамов The last Communist leader of Tajikistan in the Soviet era Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1932–2016
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
Kamran Mammad oglu Baghirov Kamran Məmməd oğlu Bağırov Heydar Aliyev's successor who crumbled before the Karabakh crisis Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1933–2000
Absamat Masaliyevich Masaliyev Абсамат Масалы уулу Масалиев Party leader of late Soviet Kyrgyzstan Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1933–2004
Vladimir Migranovich Movsisyan Վլադիմիր Միգրանովիչ Մովսիսյան The last Communist Party first secretary of Soviet Armenia Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1933–2014
Anatoly Aleksandrovich Malofeyev Анатолий Александрович Малофеев A Belarusian party organizer who sought continuity as the Union dissolved Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1933–2022
Alexander Sergeyevich Dzasokhov Александр Сергеевич Дзасохов A politician who linked internationalism with regional rule Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–
Stanislav Ivanovich Gurenko Станислав Иванович Гуренко Last First Secretary of the Ukrainian Communist Party on the eve of the Soviet dissolution Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1936–2013
Boris Karlovich Pugo Борис Карлович Пуго From Latvian KGB chief to USSR interior minister, a guardian of order shattered in the coup he backed Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–1991
Valentin Alexandrovich Kuptsov Валентин Александрович Купцов The last-generation secretary who rebuilt the Russian Communist Party Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1937–
Viktor Petrovich Polyanichko Виктор Петрович Поляничко A field enforcer of the Soviet Union's final crisis Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1937–1993
Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev Геннадий Иванович Янаев First and only Vice President of the USSR and the face of the August 1991 coup Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–2010
Yegor Semyonovich Stroev Егор Семёнович Строев Gorbachev's last agriculture Politburo member: operational chief of perestroika farm policy Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–
Yuri Dmitrievich Maslyukov Юрий Дмитриевич Маслюков The last Gosplan generation Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–2010
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
Jumber Ilyich Patiashvili ჯუმბერ ილიას ძე პატიაშვილი The Georgian First Secretary who asked Moscow for troops, then resigned after 21 died Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1939–
Yuri Anatolyevich Prokofyev Юрий Анатольевич Прокофьев A Moscow party organizer at the Soviet Union's end Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1939–
Nikolai Nikolayevich Gubenko Николай Николаевич Губенко The last Soviet culture minister Literature and arts · Soviet Union state institutions 1941–2020
Alexander Mitrofanovich Obolensky Александр Митрофанович Оболенский The engineer who became the first person in Soviet history to run against a sitting General Secretary Political and party leadership 1943–
Enn-Arno Augustovich Sillari Enn-Arno Augustovich Sillari The last Soviet-aligned communist leader of Estonia amid a party split Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1944–
Givi Grigorievich Gumbaridze Гиви Григорьевич Гумбаридзе A Georgian party official at the edge of Soviet collapse Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1945–
Jahangir Movsum oglu Muslimzade Cahangir Mövsüm oğlu Müslümzadə The Sumgait party boss handed a flag and photographed at the head of the mob Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1945–
Mikhail Semyonovich Surkov Михаил Семёнович Сурков A party cadre who moved from army organization to the late Soviet Politburo Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1945–
Dzhumgalbek Beksultan uulu Amanbayev Жумгалбек Бексултан уулу Аманбаев A Kyrgyz party leader at the Soviet Union's end Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1946–2005
Viktor Imantovich Alksnis Виктор Имантович Алкснис Leader of the Soyuz faction who nearly turned a parliamentary session into a constitutional coup Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1950–2025
Grigory Alekseyevich Yavlinsky Григорий Алексеевич Явлинский Architect of the 500 Days Program: perestroika economist who drafted a rapid transition from planned economy to market Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1952–
Leonid Petrovich Serebryakov Леонид Петрович Серебряков The Left Opposition secretary whom Lenin called a 'brilliant worker' Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1888/1890–1937

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