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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

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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

Mikhail Alekseyevich Lavrentiev Михаил Алексеевич Лаврентьев Mathematician who built Akademgorodok and pioneered explosive applications Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1980
Nikolai Demyanovich Psurtsev Николай Демьянович Псурцев Longest-serving Minister of Communications who ran front-line signals at the Battle of Moscow and built Soviet telecom for 27 years Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1980
Vasily Gavrilovich Grabin Василий Гаврилович Грабин Master of Soviet field artillery, creator of the speed-design method Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1980
Boris Georgiyevich Bazhanov Борис Георгиевич Бажанов The only defector from Stalin's Secretariat, chronicler of Politburo secrets Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1900–1982
Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov Василий Иванович Чуйков “There is no land for us beyond the Volga” Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1982
Pavel Alekseyevich Kurochkin Павел Алексеевич Курочкин From Civil War cavalryman to the commander whose army liberated Auschwitz, the last surviving wartime Front commander Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1989
Ilya Grigoryevich Starinov Илья Григорьевич Старинов The 'grandfather of Soviet special forces,' a sabotage engineer who designed the radio-controlled mine and the partisan rail war Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–2000
Nadezhda Sergeyevna Alliluyeva Надежда Сергеевна Аллилуева A Bolshevik woman who worked in Lenin's secretariat, married Stalin, and pursued her own political independence Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1932
Pavel Aleksandrovich Mif Павел Александрович Миф Comintern China specialist who cultivated the 28 Bolsheviks Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern 1901–1938
Boris Davydovich Berman Борис Давыдович Берман The intelligence officer who directed the Great Purge in Belorussia Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1939
Dmitry Matveyevich Dmitriev Дмитрий Матвеевич Дмитриев The Sverdlovsk NKVD chief whose testimony first unspooled the 'NKVD conspiracy' Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1939
Konstantin Dmitriyevich Pamfilov Константин Дмитриевич Памфилов Wartime RSFSR acting premier who oversaw civilian evacuation amid the Moscow panic Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1943
Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin Николай Фёдорович Ватутин Strategic architect of Stalingrad and Kursk, the army general who fell at the front Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1944
Alexander Sergeyevich Shcherbakov Александр Сергеевич Щербаков Stalin's wartime propaganda chief and Moscow party boss, whose death became a spark for the Doctors' Plot Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1901–1945
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 Vladimirovich Feklenko Николай Владимирович Фекленко An armoured commander tested by shifting fronts Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1951
Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeyev Александр Александрович Фадеев Writers’ Union manager who killed himself at the thaw Literature and arts · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1956
Avraami Pavlovich Zavenyagin Авраамий Павлович Завенягин Industrial organizer of the Stalin era, from Magnitogorsk and Norilsk to the atomic bomb Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1956
Mikhail Vasilyevich Khrunichev Михаил Васильевич Хруничев The aviation minister who persuaded Stalin to buy British jet engines and opened the MiG-15 era Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1961
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
Mikhail Ilyich Romm Михаил Ильич Ромм The director who built Lenin's screen myth for Stalin, then dissected fascism under the Thaw Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1901–1971
Aleksei Semyonovich Zhadov Алексей Семёнович Жадов The commander Stalin made change his name, who led the 5th Guards Army from Stalingrad to Prague Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1977
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
Pavel Alekseyevich Rotmistrov Павел Алексеевич Ротмистров The Marshal of Armour who commanded history's largest tank battle at Prokhorovka Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1982
Mark Borisovich Mitin Марк Борисович Митин Stalin-era chief philosophical authority who installed dialectical materialism as state doctrine Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1987
Georgy Maximilianovich Malenkov Георгий Максимилианович Маленков The first loser of the age when losers stopped dying Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1901–1988
Vasily Sergeyevich Yemelyanov Василий Сергеевич Емельянов Nuclear administrator who spanned wartime tank armor to peaceful atomic diplomacy Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1988
Vasily Vasilyevich Kuznetsov Василий Васильевич Кузнецов Three-time interim head of state and Gromyko's First Deputy for 22 years Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1990
Fyodor Vasilyevich Konstantinov Фёдор Васильевич Константинов Chief editor of the 5-volume Philosophical Encyclopedia and architect of the standard Soviet Marxist-Leninist philosophy textbook Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1991
Ivan Vladimirovich Kovalev Иван Владимирович Ковалёв The railway general who moved armies in secret, and fell over a pair of earrings Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1993
Nikolai Nikolayevich Selivanovsky Николай Николаевич Селивановский The counterintelligence officer who bypassed the chain of command and telegraphed Stalin to replace Stalingrad's commander Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1997
Nikolai Pavlovich Chaplin Николай Павлович Чаплин The boy commissar who built the Komsomol into the party's youth-training apparatus Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1902–1938
Semyon Grigoryevich Gendin Семён Григорьевич Гендин Cheka-bred intelligence officer who led the GRU during the Great Purge and saved Sorge's Tokyo station Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1939
Alexander Ivanovich Uspensky Александр Иванович Успенский The Ukrainian NKVD chief who faked his suicide and ran Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1940
Yakov Vladimirovich Smushkevich Яков Владимирович Смушкевич A victorious air-force builder destroyed by the purges Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1941
Yevgeny Petrovich Petrov Евгений Петрович Петров Co-author with Ilf of The Twelve Chairs, satirist who captured NEP-era Soviet life and later edited Ogonyok magazine Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1902–1942
Konstantin Aleksandrovich Umansky Константин Александрович Уманский From TASS correspondent to youngest ambassador in Washington. The sharp, combative face of Stalin's wartime diplomacy Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1945
Viktor Pavlovich Zhuravlev Виктор Павлович Журавлёв Author of the letter that brought Yezhov down Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1946
Vasily Vasilyevich Vakhrushev Василий Васильевич Вахрушев The commissar who turned coal into a weapon Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1947
Nikita Alekseyevich Izotov Никита Алексеевич Изотов Pioneer of the Izotov movement (1932): mass on-the-job mentoring that became the template for Stakhanovism Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1951
Ivan Isidorovich Nosenko Иван Исидорович Носенко From shipyard messenger boy to master of Soviet shipbuilding Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1956
Vyacheslav Alexandrovich Malyshev Вячеслав Александрович Малышев Production boss from tanks to atomic industry Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1957
Mitrofan Ivanovich Nedelin Митрофан Иванович Неделин Chief Marshal of Artillery who created the Strategic Rocket Forces and drove the R-7 that launched Sputnik: killed at his own pad Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1960
Markian Mikhailovich Popov Маркиан Михайлович Попов The most gifted front commander who never became a marshal Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1969
Nikolai Ilyich Kamov Николай Ильич Камов The coaxial-rotor pioneer who gave Soviet naval aviation its wings Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1973
Sergei Alekseyevich Lebedev Сергей Алексеевич Лебедев Creator of the MESM and BESM, founder of Soviet computing Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1974
Filipp Yegorovich Mikheyev Филипп Егорович Михеев An administrator swept into the Leningrad purge Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1902–1975
Mikhail Alexeyevich Menshikov Михаил Алексеевич Меньшиков Trade-and-diplomacy official sacked by Stalin over bananas, then returned as a Cold War ambassador under Khrushchev Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1976
Pyotr Nikolayevich Goremykin Пётр Николаевич Горемыкин From ammunition to space: first head of the rocket ministry behind a deliberately vague name Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1976
Alexander Romanovich Luria Александр Романович Лурия Founder of neuropsychology, practitioner of 'romantic science' who bridged Vygotsky's theory with clinical neuroscience Science and technology 1902–1977

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