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People

People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity

Any Political and party leadership 160 Government and administration 35 Legislature and state representation 16 Military command 216 Security, intelligence and policing 167 Diplomacy and international organization 64 Economy, finance and planning 102 Industry and production 100 Agriculture and land policy 22 Ideology and propaganda 65 Social movements and organizing 169 Scholarship and theory 31 Education 9 Science and technology 121 Literature and arts 46 Law and justice 27

Affiliation

Most people

Any Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 950 Soviet Union state institutions 933 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 119 Comintern 14 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 11 Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 8 Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 6 Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania (SDKPiL) 5

All 34 affiliations

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) 2 Workers' Party of North Korea 1 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea state institutions 1

Estonia

Estonia state institutions 1

Finland

Social Democratic Party of Finland 2 Communist Party of Finland (SKP) 3

France

French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 1

Germany

Nazi party and regime 1 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 2 Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) 1

International organizations

Comintern 14

Italy

Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 1

Latvia

Latvia state institutions 1

Lithuania

Lithuania state institutions 1

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 950 Soviet Union state institutions 933

Ukraine

Ukrainian People's Republic state institutions 2 Ukrainian State (Hetmanate) state institutions 1 ↳ Soviet Ukraine state institutions 1

Position(set)

Any Imperial establishment and White movement 8 Counter-revolutionary forces 1 Left critics of Bolshevism 41 Socialist-bloc reform leader 20 Dissident 11 Anarchists 5 Non-Bolshevik socialists 11 Narodniks 4 Marxism and communism 1158 Liberalism and republicanism 1 Nationalism 1

Citizenship(set)

Any Soviet Union 1158 China 54 Russia 30 Hungary 26 Germany 22 East Germany 19 Poland 15 Czechoslovakia 14 Yugoslavia 12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 11 Vietnam 11 Angola 10 France 10 United States 10 Romania 8 Yemen 7 Mongolia 6 Albania 5 Bulgaria 5 Cambodia 5 Cuba 5 Italy 5 Spain 5 United Kingdom 5 Afghanistan 4 Ethiopia 4 Japan 4 Congo - Brazzaville 3 Czechia 3 Estonia 3 Laos 3 Moldova 3 Somalia 3 Azerbaijan 2 Brazil 2 Greece 2 Indonesia 2 Latvia 2 Mozambique 2 South Africa 2 Trinidad and Tobago 2 Argentina 1 Belarus 1 Benin 1 Burkina Faso 1 Chile 1 Finland 1 Grenada 1 Guyana 1 India 1 Kazakhstan 1 Korea 1 Madagascar 1 Netherlands 1 Portugal 1 Switzerland 1 Turkey 1 Turkmenistan 1 Ukraine 1 Uzbekistan 1

Background

Any Russia 822 Ukraine 92 Belarus 45 Georgia 30 Latvia 27 Poland 27 Armenia 25 Lithuania 16 Azerbaijan 14 Estonia 9 Germany 7 Uzbekistan 7 Finland 5 Kyrgyzstan 5 Moldova 5 Kazakhstan 3 Tajikistan 3 France 2 Korea 2 Turkey 2 Turkmenistan 2 Bulgaria 1 Czechia 1 Hungary 1

Era

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 1 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 203 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 428 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 366 The last generation1985–1991 146

People of the wider world

The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 12 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 1 Scholars of this history1892–현재 1

Marxism and communism Citizenship: Soviet Union Clear all

1158 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Boris Viktorovich Rauschenbach Борис Викторович Раушенбах From labor camp to Vostok: pioneer of spaceflight control and guidance Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1915–2001
Alexander Pavlovich Lyashko Александр Павлович Ляшко The Donetsk-born Soviet economic manager who led Ukraine's government for 15 years through the Brezhnev era Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1915–2002
Ivan Vasilyevich Kapitonov Иван Васильевич Капитонов The personnel chief who ran the nomenklatura for 21 years under Brezhnev Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1915–2002
Stepan Vasilievich Chervonenko Степан Васильевич Червоненко Soviet ambassador for 24 years across the Sino-Soviet split, Prague Spring, and détente Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1915–2003
Viktor Nikolayevich Polyakov Виктор Николаевич Поляков The first general director of VAZ who built Soviet mass automobility on the banks of the Volga Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1915–2004
Ziya Nuriyevich Nuriyev Зия Нуриевич Нуриев Bashkir deputy premier who ran Brezhnev's agro-industrial complex Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1915–2012
Vladimir Ivanovich Komarov Владимир Иванович Комаров Abakumov's deputy interrogator who beat prisoners and fabricated protocols in the Leningrad Affair Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1916–1954
Valentin Dmitrievich Shashin Валентин Дмитриевич Шашин The minister who made the USSR #1 in oil, then warned against over-pumping Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1916–1977
Vasily Alexandrovich Kazakov Василий Александрович Казаков From factory technologist to aviation minister: a military-industrial administrator who rose through every rung Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1916–1981
Vladimir Vasilyevich Bakhirev Владимир Васильевич Бахирев The munitions administrator who commanded Soviet conventional-ammunition mass production for 19 years of the Cold War Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1916–1991
Augusts Eduardovich Voss Augusts Voss Latvian party boss turned Soviet of Nationalities chairman Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1916–1994
Valentin Mikhailovich Berezhkov Валентин Михайлович Бережков Stalin's personal interpreter at Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam who became the Soviet Union's leading Americanist Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1916–1998
Leonid Vasilyevich Smirnov Леонид Васильевич Смирнов The VPK chairman who coordinated the Soviet military-industrial complex for 22 years Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1916–2001
Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov Александр Михайлович Прохоров Nobel-winning laser co-inventor who helmed the Great Soviet Encyclopedia for three decades Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1916–2002
Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg Виталий Лазаревич Гинзбург From the H-bomb's 'second idea' to the Nobel Prize: a century-spanning theoretical physicist Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1916–2009
Igor Semyonovich Panasyuk Игорь Семёнович Панасюк Kurchatov's closest assistant who ran the F-1 reactor, then denounced his mentor and was sidelined Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–1972
Alexander Vasilyevich Sidorenko Александр Васильевич Сидоренко The institutional architect of Soviet geology who spanned desert and Precambrian Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–1982
Semyon Kuzmich Tsvigun Семён Кузьмич Цвигун Brezhnev's watcher planted beside Andropov Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–1982
Sharaf Rashidovich Rashidov Шараф Рашидович Рашидов Writer turned leader who drove Uzbekistan's industrialization and cultural revival for 24 years, later tied to the Cotton Affair Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1917–1983
Tikhon Yakovlevich Kiselyov Тихон Яковлевич Киселёв Belarus's premier for nearly 20 years who rose to First Secretary and candidate Politburo member, then died of cancer two years later Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–1983
Yevgeny Ivanovich Zababakhin Евгений Иванович Забабахин Scientific director of the USSR's second nuclear weapons design centre Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–1984
Semyon Konstantinovich Kurkotkin Семён Константинович Куркоткин One of the last Marshals, who ran the Soviet rear for 16 years Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–1990
Nikolai Vasilyevich Ogarkov Николай Васильевич Огарков The Chief of Staff who foresaw a revolution in military affairs and opposed the Afghan invasion Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–1994
Vadim Aleksandrovich Matrosov Вадим Александрович Матросов The military axis of the KGB: 17 years commanding the border army Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–1999
Dmitry Stepanovich Polyansky Дмитрий Степанович Полянский Brezhnev-era official across agriculture and government Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–2001
Kerim Aliyevich Kerimov Керим Алиевич Керимов The long-hidden manager of crewed spaceflight Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–2003
Vasily Sergeyevich Tolstikov Василий Сергеевич Толстиков Leningrad party leader during the Thaw who became ambassador to China Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1917–2003
Nikolai Prokofyevich Fedorenko Николай Прокофьевич Федоренко Founder of CEMI and architect of SOFE: the mathematician who tried to redesign the planned economy Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–2006
Nuritdin Akramovich Mukhitdinov Nuritdin Akramovich Muhitdinov First Central Asian in the Presidium, nationalities-policy practitioner Social movements and organizing · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–2008
Pyotr Nilovich Demichev Пётр Нилович Демичев A Brezhnev-era manager of cultural policy Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–2010
Vasily Ivanovich Petrov Василий Иванович Петров Commander-in-Chief of Ground Forces who led the Soviet operation in the Ogaden War, the last marshal forged in combat Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–2014
Fyodor Davydovich Kulakov Фёдор Давыдович Кулаков Agriculture secretary seen as a Brezhnev successor whose sudden death opened the seat for Gorbachev Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1918–1978
Pyotr Mironovich Masherov Пётр Миронович Машеров Belarus's partisan-hero leader for 15 years who transformed an agrarian republic into an industrial powerhouse - his death a legend Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1918–1980
Igor Demyanovich Statsenko Игорь Демьянович Стаценко Commander of the 51st Missile Division that deployed R-12 missiles to Cuba Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–1987
Fyodor Konstantinovich Mortin Фёдор Константинович Мортин Sakharovsky's 13-year right hand and the short-lived PGU chief of early détente Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–1990
Vladimir Vasilyevich Shcherbitsky Владимир Васильевич Щербицкий The Brezhnev-era republic-builder who led Ukraine for 17 years, linchpin of the Dnepr clan Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1918–1990
Yevgeny Filippovich Ivanovsky Евгений Филиппович Ивановский Longest-serving GSFG commander who led the Soviet front-line force facing NATO for eight years Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–1991
Andrei Mikhailovich Alexandrov-Agentov Андрей Михайлович Александров-Агентов The foreign-policy aide who served four Soviet General Secretaries Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–1993
Alexander Nikolayevich Shelepin Александр Николаевич Шелепин The Komsomol boss who took over the KGB Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–1994
Grigory Vasilyevich Kisunko Григорий Васильевич Кисунько Soviet military scientist who designed the world's first operational anti-ballistic missile defense system Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–1998
Vyacheslav Ivanovich Kochemasov Вячеслав Иванович Кочемасов The last Soviet ambassador to watch the GDR dissolve Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–1998
Nikolai Timofeevich Glushkov Николай Тимофеевич Глушков Brezhnev-era chief price administrator who oversaw every official price in the USSR for 11 years Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–1999
Sergey Alexandrovich Afanasyev Сергей Александрович Афанасьев Long-serving minister of missile and space industry Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–2001
Ivan Kirillovich Yakovlev Иван Кириллович Яковлев The MVD general who turned the Internal Troops into a mobile strike force and sealed Chernobyl Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–2002
Sergei Sergeevich Kryukov Сергей Сергеевич Крюков Korolev's key partner in shaping the R-7's packet design Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–2005
Grigory Fyodorovich Grigorenko Григорий Фёдорович Григоренко Architect of Soviet counterintelligence for 40 years, from SMERSH radio games to chief of the KGB Second Chief Directorate Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–2007
Timofey Borisovich Guzhenko Тимофей Борисович Гуженко The merchant marine minister who conquered the Arctic with a nuclear icebreaker fleet Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–2008
Vitaly Vasilyevich Fedorchuk Виталий Васильевич Федорчук The brief KGB chairman after Andropov Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–2008
Ivan Ivanovich Bodiul Иван Иванович Бодюл The republic first secretary who ruled Moldavia for nearly 20 years as Brezhnev's close ally Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1918–2013
Ivan Pavlovich Kazanets Иван Павлович Казанец From Ukrainian premier to USSR steel minister: a Dnieper-born technocrat who ran Soviet ferrous metallurgy for twenty years Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–2013

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