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People of the Revolution and the USSR
Activity(set)
Affiliation
Position(set)
Citizenship
Background
Era(set)
People of the Soviet Union
People of the Chinese revolution and the People’s Republic
People of the wider world
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Nikolai Semyonovich Konarev Николай Семёнович Конарев
The last chief of the Soviet railways
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1927–2007
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Konstantin Fyodorovich Katushev Константин Фёдорович Катушев
Late Soviet foreign-economic official
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1927–2010
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Yuri Petrovich Batalin Юрий Петрович Баталин
The perestroika-era construction chief who built the West Siberian oil and gas complex and the Chernobyl sarcophagus
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1927–2013
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Boris Ivanovich Gostev Борис Иванович Гостев
The last orthodox Soviet finance minister who rejected market reform during perestroika
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1927–2015
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Lev Alekseyevich Voronin Лев Алексеевич Воронин
Guardian of state material supply in the Gorbachev era
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1928–2008
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Nikolai Vladimirovich Talyzin Николай Владимирович Талызин
Gosplan chairman of the perestroika era who built the world's first satellite TV broadcasting system
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1929–1991
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Aleksandra Pavlovna Biryukova Александра Павловна Бирюкова
Gorbachev's highest-ranking woman, the 'Russian Margaret Thatcher' tasked with solving Soviet consumer shortages
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1929–2008
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Stepan Aramaisovich Sitaryan Степан Арамаисович Ситарян
The highest-ranking Armenian economist in the Soviet apparatus, who pushed the Law on Cooperatives through the Politburo
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1930–2009
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Kondrat Zigmundovich Terekh Кондрат Зигмундович Терех
The last Soviet trade minister, formed in consumer cooperatives
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1935–
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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
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Yuri Dmitrievich Maslyukov Юрий Дмитриевич Маслюков
The last Gosplan generation
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1937–2010
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Viktor Vladimirovich Gerashchenko Виктор Владимирович Геращенко
Central banker of the Soviet collapse and Russian transition
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1937–2022
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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–
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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
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Valentin Bodiul Valentin Bodiul
The Cricova winery chief who testified to the vineyard destruction of Gorbachev's anti-alcohol campaign
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1951–2020