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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

Most people

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

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
Valentin Sergeyevich Pavlov Валентин Сергеевич Павлов The last Soviet premier and an August coup participant Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–2003
Oleg Semyonovich Shenin Олег Семёнович Шенин The last Politburo member who tried to save the USSR and went to prison for it Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1937–2009
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
Nikolai Yakovlevich Petrakov Николай Яковлевич Петраков An economist who carried price theory into the transition to a market economy Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1937–2014
Galina Vladimirovna Semyonova Галина Владимировна Семёнова Architect of women's and family policy in the perestroika era, the fourth woman ever on the Politburo Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1937–2017
Vadim Viktorovich Bakatin Вадим Викторович Бакатин The last KGB chairman, appointed to dismantle it Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–2022
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–
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova Валентина Владимировна Терешкова The textile-worker 'Chaika,' first woman in space Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–
Viktor Vladimirovich Gerashchenko Виктор Владимирович Геращенко Central banker of the Soviet collapse and Russian transition Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–2022
Vladimir Makarovich Velichko Владимир Макарович Величко Technocrat who ran Soviet heavy machine-building in its late decades Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–
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–
Andrei Alekseevich Amalrik Андрей Алексеевич Амальрик Historian and playwright who foresaw the Soviet collapse by 1984 Literature and arts 1938–1980
Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky Владимир Семёнович Высоцкий The voice the state silenced, but a million tapes couldn't Literature and arts 1938–1980
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
Nina Alexandrovna Andreyeva Нина Александровна Андреева The Leningrad chemistry lecturer whose 'I Cannot Forsake My Principles' became the manifesto of anti-perestroika forces Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1938–2020
Oleg Antonovich Gordievsky Олег Антонович Гордиевский The highest-ranking KGB officer to defect, and the key source on the 1983 war scare Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1938–2025
Valery Mikhailovich Sablin Валерий Михайлович Саблин The naval officer who mutinied for Leninist principles against the Brezhnev regime Military command · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1939–1976
Alexander Filippovich Katusev Александр Филиппович Катусев The Deputy Prosecutor General whose TV broadcast lit the fuse of the Sumgait pogrom Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions 1939–2000
Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov Станислав Евграфович Петров Soviet Air Defence Forces lieutenant colonel who correctly dismissed the Oko false alarm and prevented nuclear war Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1939–2017
Mikhail Alekseyevich Moiseyev Михаил Алексеевич Моисеев The last Soviet Chief of General Staff, undone by the August coup Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1939–2022
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–
Andrei Serafimovich Grachev Андрей Серафимович Грачёв An insider witness to the collapse of reform Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1941–
Anatoly Mikhailovich Kornukov Анатолий Михайлович Корнуков The air-defense general who ordered KAL 007 shot down, later commander-in-chief of the Russian Air Force Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1942–2014
Yevgeny Ivanovich Shaposhnikov Евгений Иванович Шапошников The last Soviet defence minister and final Marshal of Aviation Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1942–2020
Nikolai Timofeyevich Antoshkin Николай Тимофеевич Антошкин The Soviet air force general who personally led 1,927 helicopter drops over the burning Chernobyl reactor Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1942–2021
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–
Boris Vsevolodovich Gromov Борис Всеволодович Громов The last Soviet soldier to leave Afghanistan, the face of the Soviet withdrawal Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1943–
Viktor Petrovich Dubynin Виктор Петрович Дубынин The 40th Army commander who halved Afghan losses, then Russia's first Chief of General Staff Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1943–1992
Gennady Nikolayevich Osipovich Геннадий Николаевич Осипович The Soviet air-defence interceptor pilot who shot down KAL 007 Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1944–2015
Gennady Eduardovich Burbulis Геннадий Эдуардович Бурбулис The philosopher who proposed the one sentence that declared the Soviet Union dead at Belovezh Government and administration · Russian Federation state institutions 1945–2022
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–
Vladislav Alekseyevich Achalov Владислав Алексеевич Ачалов Soviet airborne forces commander and deputy defence minister in the August 1991 coup Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1945–2011
Pavel Sergeyevich Grachev Павел Сергеевич Грачёв The airborne commander who held the coup's key and handed it to Yeltsin Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1948–2012
Viktor Vasilyevich Baklanov Виктор Васильевич Бакланов Full cavalier of the Order of Labour Glory, collective-farm mechanizer Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1949–2019
Vladimir Ivanovich Shcherbakov Владимир Иванович Щербаков The last Gosplan chairman who presided over the dissolution of Soviet planning Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1949–
Alexander Ivanovich Lebed Александр Иванович Лебедь The airborne deputy commander who, sent against the White House, switched sides and helped break the August coup Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1950–2002
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–
Aleksandr Fyodorovich Akimov Александр Фёдорович Акимов Soviet nuclear engineer and Unit 4 shift supervisor who directed the response and died of radiation exposure Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1953–1986
Vladimir Alexandrovich Usov Владимир Александрович Усов The 37-year-old economist killed by a stray bullet while coming to Komar's aid at the barricades Economy, finance and planning 1954–1991
Sergei Vladimirovich Yevdokimov Сергей Владимирович Евдокимов The Tamanskaya Division battalion chief of staff who turned ten tanks to defend the White House during the August coup Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1955–
Yegor Timurovich Gaidar Егор Тимурович Гайдар Architect of shock therapy, the economist who dismantled the planned economy and laid the first stones of Russian capitalism Economy, finance and planning · Russian Federation state institutions 1956–2009
Leonid Fedorovych Toptunov Леонид Фёдорович Топтунов The 25-year-old senior reactor control engineer who pressed the AZ-5 button at Chernobyl's Unit 4 Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1960–1986
Ilya Maratovich Krichevsky Илья Маратович Кричевский The architect and poet shot dead rushing a BMP as the troops pulled back, the last of the coup's three martyrs Literature and arts 1963–1991
Dmitry Alexeyevich Komar Дмитрий Алексеевич Комарь Afghan war veteran, the youngest and last Hero of the Soviet Union, killed confronting an armored vehicle during the August coup Military command 1968–1991
Boris Mikhailov Борис Михайлов The chief designer of the Volga inflatable airlock that made Leonov's spacewalk possible Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
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
Leonid Moiseyevich Sabsovich Леонид Моисеевич Сабсович The economist who blueprinted Stalin's accelerated industrialization, standard-bearer of the 'socialist city' Urbanists Scholarship and theory ?–1938
Genrikh Lyushkov Генрих Люшков Far East NKVD chief, the highest-ranking defector Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1900/1902–1945
Mikhail Kozlovsky Михаил Козловский KGB security officer who commanded border troops under Andropov Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions ?–?

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