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People

People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity

Any Political and party leadership 26 Government and administration 8 Legislature and state representation 2 Military command 28 Security, intelligence and policing 7 Diplomacy and international organization 9 Economy, finance and planning 17 Industry and production 11 Agriculture and land policy 3 Ideology and propaganda 4 Social movements and organizing 16 Scholarship and theory 10 Science and technology 11 Literature and arts 4 Law and justice 4

Affiliation

Most people

Any Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 103 Soviet Union state institutions 91 Russian Federation state institutions 8 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 7 United Russia 3 Our Home – Russia 2

All 6 affiliations

Russia

Russian Federation state institutions 8 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 7 United Russia 3 Our Home – Russia 2

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 103 Soviet Union state institutions 91

Position

Any Counter-revolutionary forces 1 Socialist-bloc reform leader 13 Dissident 1 Marxism and communism 106 Liberalism and republicanism 2

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 119 Russia 12

Background(set)

Any Russia 131 Estonia 15 Ukraine 15 Belarus 10 Azerbaijan 8 Armenia 7 Latvia 7 Lithuania 7 Georgia 6 Kyrgyzstan 4 Moldova 3 Tajikistan 2 Uzbekistan 2 Bulgaria 1 Kazakhstan 1 United States 1

Era(set)

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 130 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 188 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 328 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 306 The last generation1985–1991 131

People of the wider world

The age of the Internationals and empires1820–1917 9 The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 11 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 2 Scholars of this history1892–현재 34

Background: Russia The last generation 1985–1991 Clear all

131 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Fyodor Grigorievich Uglov Фёдор Григорьевич Углов The oldest practicing surgeon in history and the key propagandist of Gorbachev's anti-alcohol campaign Science and technology · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1904–2008
Dmitry Sergeyevich Likhachev Дмитрий Сергеевич Лихачёв Gulag survivor, world authority on Old Russian literature, moral conscience of late Soviet society Scholarship and theory 1906–1999
Anatoly Naumovich Rybakov Анатолий Наумович Рыбаков The writer whose banned novel became the emblem of glasnost Literature and arts 1911–1998
Sergei Leonidovich Sokolov Сергей Леонидович Соколов The defence minister removed after the Rust affair Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1911–2012
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
Viktor Vladimirovich Dementsev Виктор Владимирович Деменцев A fiscal realist who warned against abrupt prohibition Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–2010
Yegor Kuzmich Ligachev Егор Кузьмич Лигачёв The conservative Second Secretary inside perestroika Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1920–2021
Anatoly Sergeyevich Chernyaev Анатолий Сергеевич Черняев Gorbachev's pen and conscience: architect of New Thinking diplomacy Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1921–2017
Sergei Fyodorovich Akhromeyev Сергей Фёдорович Ахромеев The Soviet Marshal who forged the INF Treaty and could not outlive the USSR Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–1991
Pyotr Georgievich Lushev Пётр Георгиевич Лушев The last supreme commander of the Warsaw Pact forces Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–1997
Lev Nikolayevich Zaikov Лев Николаевич Зайков The technocrat who rose from defense-plant apprentice to Politburo overseer of the military-industrial complex Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–2002
Alexander Nikolayevich Yakovlev Александр Николаевич Яковлев The architect of glasnost: the ideology chief who dismantled the ideology Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–2005
Valentin Ivanovich Varennikov Валентин Иванович Варенников General who received the Victory Banner and stood alone in the coup dock Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–2009
Makhmut Akhmetovich Gareev Махмут Ахметович Гареев A staff general who turned wartime experience into military theory Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–2019
Alexander Yakovlevich Sukharev Александр Яковлевич Сухарев The last reform-era Procurator General of the USSR, who oversaw the legal rehabilitation of Stalin's victims during perestroika Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–2021
Yuri Pavlovich Maksimov Юрий Павлович Максимов General of the Army who commanded the Strategic Rocket Forces through the Afghan war and the dissolution of the USSR Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1924–2002
Vladimir Alexandrovich Kryuchkov Владимир Александрович Крючков The KGB chairman who designed the August coup Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1924–2007
Dmitry Timofeyevich Yazov Дмитрий Тимофеевич Язов The last Marshal of the Soviet Union and defence minister of the August coup Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1924–2020
Vladlen Mikhailovich Mikhailov Владлен Михайлович Михайлов The last chief of Soviet GRU who led military intelligence through the USSR's dissolution Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1925–2004
Yuri Filippovich Solovyov Юрий Филиппович Соловьёв Ligachev protégé who led Leningrad during early perestroika Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1925–2011
Gury Ivanovich Marchuk Гурий Иванович Марчук Last President of the USSR Academy of Sciences and pioneer of computational mathematics in Siberia Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1925–2013
Vladislav Grigoryevich Kolesnikov Владислав Григорьевич Колесников The last Soviet Minister of Electronics, who led microelectronics through perestroika's final years Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1925–2015
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kurnosov Владимир Александрович Курносов Author and technical director of the 'Shelter' that encased Chernobyl's ruined Reactor 4 Scholarship and theory 1926–1998
Vitaly Ivanovich Vorotnikov Виталий Иванович Воротников The last RSFSR premier who tried not to break Russia away Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1926–2012
Vsevolod Serafimovich Murakhovsky Всеволод Серафимович Мураховский First chairman of Gosagroprom Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1926–2017
Valentin Mikhailovich Falin Валентин Михайлович Фалин The Soviet Union's foremost Germany expert who opposed Gorbachev's concessions during reunification negotiations Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1926–2018
Gennady Vasilyevich Kolbin Геннадий Васильевич Колбин The unknown Russian party functionary whose appointment to Kazakhstan ignited the Zheltoksan uprising Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1927–1998
Nikolai Semyonovich Konarev Николай Семёнович Конарев The last chief of the Soviet railways Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1927–2007
Konstantin Fyodorovich Katushev Константин Фёдорович Катушев Late Soviet foreign-economic official Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1927–2010
Mikhail Ivanovich Shchadov Михаил Иванович Щадов The last Soviet coal minister, who drove open-pit mining and led the miners into the Chernobyl tunnel Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1927–2011
Tatyana Ivanovna Zaslavskaya Татьяна Ивановна Заславская Founder of Soviet economic sociology; her 1983 report lit the intellectual fuse of perestroika Scholarship and theory · Soviet Union state institutions 1927–2013
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
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
Oleg Timofeyevich Bogomolov Олег Тимофеевич Богомолов An economist of socialist economic integration and reform Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1927–2015
Nikolai Yefimovich Kruchina Николай Ефимович Кручина The last treasurer who guarded the party coffers through perestroika Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1928–1991
Dmitry Antonovich Volkogonov Дмитрий Антонович Волкогонов From Soviet military propagandist to the historian who opened the secret archives Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1928–1995
Viktor Pavlovich Karpov Виктор Павлович Карпов The face of Soviet arms control diplomacy across SALT, INF, and START Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1928–1997
Igor Sergeyevich Belousov Игорь Сергеевич Белоусов The shipbuilding minister who built the Soviet Navy's strategic parity Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1928–2005
Alexei Dmitrievich Lizichev Алексей Дмитриевич Лизичев The last GlavPUR chief who stood to defend the military political organs through perestroika Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1928–2006
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
Vladimir Nikolayevich Chernavin Владимир Николаевич Чернавин The last C-in-C of the Soviet Navy, the nuclear submariner who first patrolled under the Arctic ice Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1928–2023
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
Viktor Petrovich Nikonov Виктор Петрович Никонов Gorbachev's agriculture successor who became his last internal critic Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1929–1993
Ivan Timofeyevich Frolov Иван Тимофеевич Фролов The philosopher who gave perestroika its humanist foundations: from defending genetics to founding the science of Man Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1929–1999
Apollon Sergeyevich Systsov Аполлон Сергеевич Сысцов Last Soviet Minister of Aviation Industry: from the Buran shuttle to the privatisation of a military-industrial empire Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1929–2005
Yuli Mikhailovich Vorontsov Юлий Михайлович Воронцов The arms-control negotiator who secured the INF Treaty and managed the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1929–2007
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
Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov Евгений Максимович Примаков The Arabist premier who turned his plane around over the Atlantic Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1929–2015
Yevgeny Ivanovich Chazov Евгений Иванович Чазов The father of Soviet cardiology who ran Kremlin medicine for 20 years Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1929–2021
Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov Николай Иванович Рыжков Premier during perestroika’s economic crisis Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1929–2024

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