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People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity

Any Political and party leadership 193 Government and administration 42 Legislature and state representation 16 Military command 233 Security, intelligence and policing 169 Diplomacy and international organization 66 Economy, finance and planning 112 Industry and production 100 Agriculture and land policy 24 Ideology and propaganda 67 Social movements and organizing 205 Scholarship and theory 70 Education 9 Science and technology 133 Literature and arts 85 Religion 1 Law and justice 32

Affiliation

Most people

Any Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1008 Soviet Union state institutions 963 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 144 Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 19 Left Opposition 16 Comintern 16 Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 15 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 11

All 50 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

Georgia

Georgia state institutions 1

Germany

Nazi party and regime 2 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 3 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 1 Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) 1

International organizations

Comintern 16

Italy

Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 1

Latvia

Latvia state institutions 1

Lithuania

Lithuania state institutions 1

Position

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 1325 Russia 203 United States 156 France 129 Germany 106 Hungary 91 United Kingdom 70 China 69 Poland 56 Czechoslovakia 35 Japan 24 East Germany 22 Finland 21 Spain 20 Yugoslavia 20 Italy 18 Romania 18 Estonia 17 Lithuania 16 Vietnam 15 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 13 Greece 11 Angola 10 Austria 10 Latvia 10 Cambodia 9 Ukraine 9 Albania 8 Bulgaria 8 Cuba 8 Yemen 8 Belarus 7 Congo - Brazzaville 7 Czechia 7 Mongolia 7 Afghanistan 6 Ethiopia 6 Turkey 6 Azerbaijan 5 Laos 5 Madagascar 5 Benin 4 Georgia 4 Korea 4 Somalia 4 South Africa 4 Switzerland 4 Uzbekistan 4 Belgium 3 Indonesia 3 Moldova 3 Netherlands 3 Portugal 3 South Korea 3 Trinidad and Tobago 3 Armenia 2 Brazil 2 Chile 2 India 2 Israel 2 Mozambique 2 Argentina 1 Australia 1 Burkina Faso 1 Canada 1 DR Congo 1 Ecuador 1 Egypt 1 El Salvador 1 Ghana 1 Grenada 1 Guyana 1 Iran 1 Ireland 1 Kazakhstan 1 Kyrgyzstan 1 Myanmar 1 Nicaragua 1 Peru 1 Singapore 1 Sweden 1 Tanzania 1 Turkmenistan 1

Background

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 268 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 453 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 390 The last generation1985–1991 173

People of the wider world

The age of the Internationals and empires1820–1917 4 The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 15 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 1 Scholars of this history1892–현재 6

Citizenship: Soviet Union

1325 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

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–
Qahhor Makhkamovich Mahkamov Қаҳҳор Маҳкамович Маҳкамов The last Communist leader of Tajikistan in the Soviet era Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1932–2016
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
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–
Kamran Mammad oglu Baghirov Kamran Məmməd oğlu Bağırov Heydar Aliyev's successor who crumbled before the Karabakh crisis Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1933–2000
Absamat Masaliyevich Masaliyev Абсамат Масалы уулу Масалиев Party leader of late Soviet Kyrgyzstan Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1933–2004
Alexander Alexandrovich Bessmertnykh Александр Александрович Бессмертных The last regular Soviet foreign minister Diplomacy and international organization · 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
Vladimir Migranovich Movsisyan Վլադիմիր Միգրանովիչ Մովսիսյան The last Communist Party first secretary of Soviet Armenia Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1933–2014
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
Anatoly Aleksandrovich Malofeyev Анатолий Александрович Малофеев A Belarusian party organizer who sought continuity as the Union dissolved Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1933–2022
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–
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
Elmira Mikayil qızı Kafarova Elmira Qafarova A Soviet republican leader who asserted institutional authority in crisis Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–1993
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
Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk Леонід Макарович Кравчук The communist propagandist who became Ukraine's first president and signed the Soviet Union out of existence Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–2022
Nikolai Alexandrovich Panichev Николай Александрович Паничев The last minister who tried to preserve the Soviet machine-tool industry through perestroika Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–
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–
Kondrat Zigmundovich Terekh Кондрат Зигмундович Терех The last Soviet trade minister, formed in consumer cooperatives Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 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
Valentyna Semenivna Shevchenko Валентина Семенівна Шевченко Ukrainian SSR head of state during Chernobyl who pushed the evacuation of 526,000 children from Kyiv against Moscow's resistance Legislature and state representation · 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–
Grigory Petrovich Kharchenko Григорий Петрович Харченко Organizational-Party Work deputy chief who witnessed Sumgait, and said 'we were a day late' 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
Grigory Ivanovich Revenko Григорий Иванович Ревенко From Kiev regional party leader to Gorbachev's last chief of staff Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1936–2014
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
Vitaly Alekseevich Korotich Виталий Алексеевич Коротич The editor who turned Ogonyok into the battering ram of glasnost, publishing what the system suppressed for seventy years Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1936–2025
Boris Karlovich Pugo Борис Карлович Пуго From Latvian KGB chief to USSR interior minister, a guardian of order shattered in the coup he backed Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–1991
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

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