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Citizenship: Soviet Union

1325 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

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
Artyom Mikhaylovich Tarasov Артём Михайлович Тарасов The first legal Soviet millionaire, whose 90,000-ruble party dues payment forced the cooperative law to be amended twice Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1950–2017
Viktor Imantovich Alksnis Виктор Имантович Алкснис Leader of the Soyuz faction who nearly turned a parliamentary session into a constitutional coup Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1950–2025
Valery Ilyich Khodemchuk Валерий Ильич Ходемчук The first victim of Chernobyl, standing in the pump hall when the reactor exploded, his body never recovered Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1951–1986
Vladimir Nikolayevich Shashenok Владимир Николаевич Шашенок A commissioning engineer caught in the Chernobyl disaster Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1951–1986
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–
Heiki Ahonen Heiki Ahonen Estonian former political prisoner who survived the Soviet camps and co-organized the first open rally of the Baltic independence movement Social movements and organizing 1956–
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
Alo Mattiisen Alo Mattiisen The composer whose five 'Fatherland' songs became the emotional engine of the Singing Revolution Literature and arts 1961–1996
Volodymyr Pavlovych Pravyk Володимир Павлович Правик The first firefighter at Chernobyl, who climbed onto the roof of Unit 3 without being told of the radioactive danger Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1962–1986
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 ?–?
Sergei Semyonovich Biryuzov Сергей Семёнович Бирюзов Marshal who helped plan the liberation of the Balkans, then commanded the Strategic Rocket Forces Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1904/1905–1964
Vagan Grigoryevich Grigoryan Ваган Григорьевич Григорьян Armenian party functionary who managed the international communist movement in late Stalinism Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1901/1902–1983
Pang Hak-se Пан Хак Се Founder of North Korea's state security and enforcer of its political repression Security, intelligence and policing · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea state institutions ?–1992

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