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People of the Revolution and the USSR
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Affiliation
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Background
Era
People of the Soviet Union
People of the wider world
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Marina Mikhaylovna Raskova Марина Михайловна Раскова
Record-breaking aviator who created the women's combat air regiments
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–1943
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Ivan Ignatyevich Yakubovsky Иван Игнатьевич Якубовский
Belarusian-born marshal who commanded the Warsaw Pact forces for nine years
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–1976
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Sergei Alekseyevich Zverev Сергей Алексеевич Зверев
The Defense Industry Minister who ran Soviet conventional arms production for 13 years under Brezhnev
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–1978
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Sabit Atayevich Orudzhev Сабит Атаевич Оруджев
The Azeri engineer who built the Soviet gas industry into the world's largest
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–1981
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Mikhail Porfiryevich Georgadze Михаил Порфирьевич Георгадзе
The institutional anchor who co-signed every Soviet decree across four heads of state for 25 years
Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–1982
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Sergei Pavlovich Trapeznikov Сергей Павлович Трапезников
The gatekeeper of academic orthodoxy in the Brezhnev era
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–1984
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Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko Константин Устинович Черненко
The last General Secretary of the Brezhnev order
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1912–1985
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Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich Леонид Витальевич Канторович
The Nobel laureate who tried to optimize central planning with mathematics
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–1986
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Vladimir Ilyich Stepakov Владимир Ильич Степаков
Brezhnev-era Agitprop chief removed over a misattributed Lenin quote
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–1987
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Sergey Georgiyevich Lapin Сергей Георгиевич Лапин
Brezhnev's broadcasting czar who ran all Soviet TV and radio for 15 years
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–1990
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Aleksei Pavlovich Shitikov Алексей Павлович Шитиков
From Khabarovsk party boss to Chairman of the Soviet of the Union: the institutional face of federal legislation in the Brezhnev era
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1912–1993
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Dinmukhamed Akhmetuly Kunaev Дінмұхамед Ахметұлы Қонаев
The republic-builder who led Kazakhstan for 24 years as Brezhnev's partner, whose dismissal sparked the Zheltoksan uprising
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1912–1993
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Boris Fyodorovich Bratchenko Борис Фёдорович Братченко
The coal minister who led the Soviet mining industry for twenty years across the Brezhnev era
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–2004
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Leonid Nikolayevich Yefremov Леонид Николаевич Ефремов
The party man who handed Stavropol to Gorbachev, then called him a renegade
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1912–2007
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Vasily Filimonovich Shauro Василий Филимонович Шауро
The 'Great Mute' who presided as the party's gatekeeper of Soviet culture for 21 years
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1912–2007
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Pyotr Andreyevich Abrassimov Пётр Андреевич Абрасимов
The Soviet 'governing ambassador' who managed Cold War Berlin
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–2009
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Boris Yevseyevich Chertok Борис Евсеевич Черток
Korolev's deputy who designed the brains of Sputnik and then wrote the history of the Soviet space program
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–2011
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Vasily Mikhailovich Vinevitin Василий Михайлович Виневитин
The NKVD sniper lieutenant who shot the Japanese gendarme on Frinovsky's order
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–1938
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Mikhail Dmitrievich Ryumin Михаил Дмитриевич Рюмин
Engineer of the Doctors' Plot, NKVD bookkeeper turned deputy minister
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–1954
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Nikita Arkadyevich Krimyan Никита Аркадьевич Кримян
The investigator who became Armenia's security minister at thirty-one
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–1955
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Nikolai Romanovich Mironov Николай Романович Миронов
The party's overseer of the power ministries who organized Khrushchev's removal
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1913–1964
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Mikhail Dmitrievich Millionshchikov Михаил Дмитриевич Миллионщиков
The scientist-statesman who built nuclear weapons and called for their abolition
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–1973
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Jabbor Rasulovich Rasulov Джабар Расулович Расулов
Agronomist who led Tajikistan for 21 years, a communist of ascetic modesty and incorruptibility
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1913–1982
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Alexander Ivanovich Pokryshkin Александр Иванович Покрышкин
The ace who rewrote Soviet fighter tactics, the only soldier awarded Hero of the Soviet Union three times during wartime
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–1985
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Georgy Nikolayevich Flyorov Георгий Николаевич Флёров
One letter that woke Stalin, one element that bears his name
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–1990
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Sergei Mitrofanovich Kovalev Сергей Митрофанович Ковалёв
Soviet ideologue who codified the Brezhnev Doctrine in the pages of Pravda
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–1990
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Viktor Ivanovich Kuznetsov Виктор Иванович Кузнецов
The tallest and most silent of the Great Six, the father of Soviet gyroscopic guidance, from Sputnik to Buran
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–1991
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Nikolai Ivanovich Savinkin Николай Иванович Савинкин
The personnel gatekeeper of the Soviet power ministries for 19 years under Brezhnev
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1913–1993
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Vladimir Alekseyevich Kirillin Владимир Алексеевич Кириллин
Architect of Soviet civilian R&D policy in the age of the scientific-technical revolution
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–1999
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Alexander Ivanovich Alexeyev Александр Иванович Алексеев
KGB officer turned first Soviet ambassador to Cuba who won Castro's trust and warned Khrushchev against the missile deployment
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–2001
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Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov Тихон Николаевич Хренников
Gatekeeper of Soviet music for 43 years
Literature and arts · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–2007
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Mikhail Sergeyevich Solomentsev Михаил Сергеевич Соломенцев
Brezhnev-era industrial technocrat who ran the Russian republic for 12 years
Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–2008
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Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov Сергей Владимирович Михалков
The poet who wrote the anthem for Stalin, Brezhnev, and Putin
Literature and arts · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–2009
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Georgy Nikolayevich Babakin Георгий Николаевич Бабакин
Chief Designer behind Luna 9 and Lunokhod, the man whose robots reached the Moon and Venus first
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1914–1971
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Viktor Aleksandrovich Davidenko Виктор Александрович Давиденко
A pioneer of two-stage thermonuclear design
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1914–1983
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Pavel Stepanovich Kutakhov Павел Степанович Кутахов
Longest-serving Soviet Air Force chief, the fighter ace who led Soviet air power to its Cold War zenith
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1914–1984
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Vladimir Nikolayevich Chelomey Владимир Николаевич Челомей
The missile designer who overtook Korolev under Khrushchev's patronage, then faded when his patron fell
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1914–1984
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Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov Юрий Владимирович Андропов
The paradox: a reformer’s patron inside the KGB
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1914–1984
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Aleksandr Davidovich Nadiradze Александр Давидович Надирадзе
The Georgian-born secret father of the Soviet mobile ICBM force
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1914–1987
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Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich Яков Борисович Зельдович
Three-time Hero of Socialist Labor, a self-taught physicist who became the theorist of Soviet nuclear weapons and a giant of cosmology
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1914–1987
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Kirill Trofimovich Mazurov Кирилл Трофимович Мазуров
Belarusian partisan leader who rose to Brezhnev's Politburo and served as USSR First Deputy Premier for thirteen years
Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions
1914–1989
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Vladimir Fyodorovich Tolubko Владимир Фёдорович Толубко
The SRF commander who brought Soviet missile forces to strategic parity with the United States
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1914–1989
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Georgy Aleksandrovich Tyulin Георгий Александрович Тюлин
The man who said 'go' for Tereshkova, Leonov, and Lunokhod
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1914–1990
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Vitālijs Petrovich Rubenis Виталий Петрович Рубен
The Latvian who chaired the Soviet of Nationalities for a decade under Brezhnev
Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union state institutions
1914–1994
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Mikhail Vasilyevich Zimyanin Михаил Васильевич Зимянин
Brezhnev's 'number two party ideologist' after Suslov
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1914–1995
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Aleksei Mikhailovich Shkolnikov Алексей Михайлович Школьников
The apparatchik who ran three oblasts under Khrushchev and rose to People's Control
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1914–2003
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Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov Константин Михайлович Симонов
The poet of 'Wait for Me': six-time Stalin Prize-winning war correspondent and literary bureaucrat
Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1915–1979
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Leonid Arkadyevich Kostandov Леонид Аркадьевич Костандов
Longest-serving chemical industry minister who led the Brezhnev-era chemicalization drive
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1915–1984
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Georgy Ageevich Lobov Георгий Агеевич Лобов
The Soviet fighter commander who led the battle over MiG Alley
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1915–1994
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Yevgeny Petrovich Pitovranov Евгений Петрович Питовранов
A survivor who transformed from Stalin's counter-intelligence chief to Brezhnev's trade diplomat
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1915–1999