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Vladimir Makarovich Velichko Владимир Макарович Величко Technocrat who ran Soviet heavy machine-building in its late decades Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–
Yegor Semyonovich Stroev Егор Семёнович Строев Gorbachev's last agriculture Politburo member: operational chief of perestroika farm policy Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–
Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin Виктор Степанович Черномырдин Last Soviet gas minister who turned his ministry into Gazprom Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1938–2010
Nina Alexandrovna Andreyeva Нина Александровна Андреева The Leningrad chemistry lecturer whose 'I Cannot Forsake My Principles' became the manifesto of anti-perestroika forces Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1938–2020
Alexander Filippovich Katusev Александр Филиппович Катусев The Deputy Prosecutor General whose TV broadcast lit the fuse of the Sumgait pogrom Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions 1939–2000
Mikhail Alekseyevich Moiseyev Михаил Алексеевич Моисеев The last Soviet Chief of General Staff, undone by the August coup Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1939–2022
Yuri Anatolyevich Prokofyev Юрий Анатольевич Прокофьев A Moscow party organizer at the Soviet Union's end Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1939–
Andrei Serafimovich Grachev Андрей Серафимович Грачёв An insider witness to the collapse of reform Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1941–
Yevgeny Ivanovich Shaposhnikov Евгений Иванович Шапошников The last Soviet defence minister and final Marshal of Aviation Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1942–2020
Nikolai Timofeyevich Antoshkin Николай Тимофеевич Антошкин The Soviet air force general who personally led 1,927 helicopter drops over the burning Chernobyl reactor Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1942–2021
Ruslan Imranovich Khasbulatov Руслан Имранович Хасбулатов The Supreme Soviet chairman who stood with Yeltsin against the coup, then fell to Yeltsin's tanks Legislature and state representation · Russian Federation state institutions 1942–2023
Alexander Mitrofanovich Obolensky Александр Митрофанович Оболенский The engineer who became the first person in Soviet history to run against a sitting General Secretary Political and party leadership 1943–
Boris Vsevolodovich Gromov Борис Всеволодович Громов The last Soviet soldier to leave Afghanistan, the face of the Soviet withdrawal Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1943–
Viktor Petrovich Dubynin Виктор Петрович Дубынин The 40th Army commander who halved Afghan losses, then Russia's first Chief of General Staff Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1943–1992
Gennady Eduardovich Burbulis Геннадий Эдуардович Бурбулис The philosopher who proposed the one sentence that declared the Soviet Union dead at Belovezh Government and administration · Russian Federation state institutions 1945–2022
Mikhail Semyonovich Surkov Михаил Семёнович Сурков A party cadre who moved from army organization to the late Soviet Politburo Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1945–
Vladislav Alekseyevich Achalov Владислав Алексеевич Ачалов Soviet airborne forces commander and deputy defence minister in the August 1991 coup Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1945–2011
Alexander Vladimirovich Rutskoy Александр Владимирович Руцкой Russia's only vice president: stood with Yeltsin against the coup, then fell to Yeltsin's tanks Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1947–
Pavel Sergeyevich Grachev Павел Сергеевич Грачёв The airborne commander who held the coup's key and handed it to Yeltsin Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1948–2012
Pavel Ruslanovich Palazhchenko Павел Русланович Палажченко The interpreter who mediated summit diplomacy Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1949–
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
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–
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
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
Sergey Vladimirovich Surovikin Сергей Владимирович Суровикин A Russian general shaped by obedience and uncompromising war Military command · Russian Federation state institutions 1966–
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

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