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People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity

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

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Any Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 703 Soviet Union state institutions 692 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 94 Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 11 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 10 Left Opposition 8 Comintern 8 Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 8

All 34 affiliations

Germany

Nazi party and regime 1 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 1

International organizations

Comintern 8

Italy

Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 1

Position

Any Imperial establishment and White movement 8 Counter-revolutionary forces 1 Left critics of Bolshevism 27 Socialist-bloc reform leader 15 Dissident 6 Anarchists 4 Non-Bolshevik socialists 9 Narodniks 4 Marxism and communism 822 Liberalism and republicanism 1

Citizenship(set)

Any Soviet Union 951 Russia 177 United States 7 France 1 Germany 1 United Kingdom 1 Yugoslavia 1

Background(set)

Any Russia 951 Ukraine 100 Belarus 48 Georgia 35 Latvia 32 Poland 32 Armenia 28 Lithuania 17 Azerbaijan 14 Estonia 11 Germany 8 Uzbekistan 7 Moldova 6 Finland 5 Kyrgyzstan 5 Kazakhstan 4 Tajikistan 3 Turkey 3 Bulgaria 2 France 2 Korea 2 Turkmenistan 2 Czechia 1 Hungary 1

Era

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 15 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 179 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 324 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 301 The last generation1985–1991 119

People of the wider world

The age of the Internationals and empires1820–1917 3 The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 5 Scholars of this history1892–현재 5

Citizenship: Soviet Union Background: Russia Clear all

951 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

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
Yegor Vladimirovich Yakovlev Егор Владимирович Яковлев Editor of Moscow News who led the charge in breaking Soviet taboos during the glasnost era Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1930–2005
Leonid Ivanovich Abalkin Леонид Иванович Абалкин Chief economic theorist of late perestroika, architect of the 'regulated market' between radical reformers and conservative planners Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2011
Yuri Vladimirovich Dubinin Юрий Владимирович Дубинин Soviet ambassador who personified perestroika diplomacy in Washington during the Gorbachev era Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2013
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
Richard Ivanovich Kosolapov Ричард Иванович Косолапов Principal architect of the Brezhnev-era 'developed socialism' doctrine Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2020
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
Anatoly Stepanovich Dyatlov Анатолий Степанович Дятлов The deputy chief engineer who supervised the Chernobyl safety test and later argued the reactor's design was the real cause Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1931–1995
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
Alexander Vladimirovich Vlasov Александр Владимирович Власов Creator of OMON and the last communist prime minister of Russia, defeated by Yeltsin Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1932–2002
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
Arnold Vasilyevich Voylukov Арнольд Васильевич Войлуков The Soviet banker who testified about reform's hidden origins Economy, finance and planning · Russian Federation state institutions 1932–2016
Konstantin Alekseevich Kochetov Константин Алексеевич Кочетов The deputy defence minister who, at Tbilisi, pushed for force without waiting for the Politburo Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1932–
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
Alexander Alexandrovich Bessmertnykh Александр Александрович Бессмертных The last regular Soviet foreign minister Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1933–
Alexandr Viktorovich Nemtsov Александр Викентьевич Немцов Russia's foremost alcohol epidemiologist, whose estimate that the anti-alcohol campaign saved over a million lives anchors the scholarship Scholarship and theory 1933–
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–
Vladimir Vladimirovich Kosygin Владимир Владимирович Косыгин First professional Koryak writer and USSR People's Deputy Literature and arts 1933–2012
Vladislav Alexandrovich Kutuzov Владислав Александрович Кутузов The Soviet historian who laid the foundation of Leningrad Affair studies Scholarship and theory 1933–2016
Boris Nikolayevich Pastukhov Борис Николаевич Пастухов The last Komsomol heavyweight who ran the Soviet publishing empire Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1933–2021
Valentina Leonidovna Ponomaryova Валентина Леонидовна Пономарёва The most qualified female cosmonaut candidate, grounded by politics Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1933–2023
Alexander Sergeyevich Dzasokhov Александр Сергеевич Дзасохов A politician who linked internationalism with regional rule Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–
Grigori Grigoryevich Nelyubov Григорий Григорьевич Нелюбов Gagarin's second backup, the cosmonaut ranked third for the first flight who never reached orbit Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–1966
Nikolai Dmitrievich Tarakanov Николай Дмитриевич Тараканов The general who sent men onto the Chernobyl roof when the robots died Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–
Oleg Danilovich Kalugin Олег Данилович Калугин Youngest KGB general turned its highest-ranking defector-critic Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–
Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin Юрий Алексеевич Гагарин The first human smile to leave the Earth Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–1968
Stanislav Sergeyevich Shatalin Станислав Сергеевич Шаталин Architect of the 500 Days programme, radical reform economist who tried to convert the Soviet planned economy to the market in one leap Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1934–1997
Yuri Nikolayevich Afanasyev Юрий Николаевич Афанасьев The historian who called the conservative majority 'aggressively obedient' Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1934–2015
Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov Алексей Архипович Леонов First to open the door to the cosmos, and the first to draw it from inside Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–2019
Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky Валерий Фёдорович Быковский The cosmonaut who spent five days alone in orbit, setting a solo spaceflight record that still stands Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–2019
Vasily Georgievich Zakharov Василий Георгиевич Захаров Propaganda-trained culture minister who executed glasnost-era cultural liberalization Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–2023
Gherman Stepanovich Titov Герман Степанович Титов Second human to orbit Earth and builder of Soviet military space systems Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2000
Ivan Kuzmich Polozkov Иван Кузьмич Полозков The conservative apparatchik who founded the Russian republic's Communist Party Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1935–
Valery Ivanovich Boldin Валерий Иванович Болдин The party apparatus gatekeeper who managed Gorbachev's documents, then betrayed him Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1935–2006
Leonid Vladimirovich Shebarshin Леонид Владимирович Шебаршин Last chief of Soviet foreign intelligence Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2012
Sergei Nikitich Khrushchev Сергей Никитич Хрущёв Khrushchev's son and Chelomei's guidance-system engineer Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2020
Viktor Petrovich Bryukhanov Виктор Петрович Брюханов The first director of Chernobyl who built the plant and was held responsible for its catastrophe Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2021
Evgeny Pavlovich Velikhov Евгений Павлович Велихов Soviet physicist who linked fusion science, Chernobyl, and nuclear disarmament Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2024
Vladimir Nikolayevich Lobov Владимир Николаевич Лобов The last Chief of the Soviet General Staff, who refused to fire on civilians and twice drafted military reform Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–
Gavriil Kharitonovich Popov Гавриил Харитонович Попов Moscow's first elected mayor, who told the U.S. ambassador of the coming coup Government and administration · Russian Federation state institutions 1936–
Georgy Petrovich Razumovsky Георгий Петрович Разумовский Architect of perestroika cadres, last surviving Politburo member Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1936–
Valery Alekseyevich Legasov Валерий Алексеевич Легасов The Kurchatov chemist who led science at Chernobyl, then left the full truth on tapes before hanging himself Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1936–1988
Yuli Alexandrovich Kvitsinsky Юлий Александрович Квицинский Gromyko protégé and arms negotiator remembered for the "Walk in the Woods" Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1936–2010
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
Igor Nikolayevich Rodionov Игорь Николаевич Родионов The general who gave the operational order to clear Rustaveli Avenue Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1936–2014
Grigory Isaakovich Khanin Григорий Исаакович Ханин The economist who exposed Soviet growth statistics as an 84-fold exaggeration and recalculated the real record Scholarship and theory 1937–
Irina Bayanovna Solovyova Ирина Баяновна Соловьёва Tereshkova's backup cosmonaut, the physically strongest candidate Kamanin judged too reserved for the spotlight Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–
Nikolai Maximovich Fomin Николай Максимович Фомин The chief engineer who refused to believe the reactor was destroyed and kept pumping water into its ruins Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–

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