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People of the Revolution and the USSR
Activity(set)
Affiliation
Position
Citizenship(set)
Background(set)
Era
People of the Soviet Union
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Vyacheslav Rudolfovich Menzhinsky Вячеслав Рудольфович Менжинский
Dzerzhinsky’s successor who ran OGPU from a sickbed
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1874–1934
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Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky Feliks Dzierżyński
“Iron Felix”: the ascetic who forged the revolution’s sword
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1877–1926
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Iosif Stanislavovich Unshlikht Иосиф Станиславович Уншлихт
From Cheka deputy to civil aviation: the revolution's all-weather organizer
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1879–1938
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Artur Karlovich Stashevsky Артур Карлович Сташевский
The Soviet trade representative who sent Republican Spain's gold to Moscow
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1890–1937
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Stanislav Adamovich Messing Станислав Адамович Мессинг
Dzerzhinsky's Polish comrade, a Cheka founding pillar who defied Yagoda's fabrications
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1890–1937
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Stanislav Frantsevich Redens Станислав Францевич Реденс
Stalin's brother-in-law who chaired the Moscow troika
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1892–1940
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Ignaty Ignatyevich Sosnovsky Игнатий Игнатьевич Сосновский
A Polish intelligence agent turned Cheka counter-intelligence officer
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1897–1937
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Ignace Stanislavovich Reiss Игнатий Станиславович Рейсс
Soviet illegal who broke publicly with Stalin and was murdered by the NKVD
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1899–1937
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Walter Germanovich Krivitsky Вальтер Германович Кривицкий
The defector who first told the West how Stalin's secret service worked
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1899–1941