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15 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Ivan Moiseevich Tretyak Иван Моисеевич Третьяк Soviet air defence chief who ordered the KAL 007 shootdown Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–2007
Yakov Petrovich Pogrebnyak Яков Петрович Погребняк CPU secretary who oversaw the anti-alcohol campaign in Ukraine and testified that Ligachev ordered the Massandra wine library destroyed Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1928–2016
Anatoly Ivanovich Mayorets Анатолий Иванович Майорец The last Soviet energy minister sent into the Chernobyl disaster zone Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1929–2016
Vladimir Antonovich Ivashko Владимир Антонович Ивашко The last deputy general secretary before dissolution Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1932–1994
Vitold Pavlovych Fokin Вітольд Павлович Фокін From Soviet economic planner to independent Ukraine’s first prime minister Government and administration · Ukraine state institutions 1932–2025
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
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
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
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–
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
Nikolai Mikhailovich Golushko Николай Михайлович Голушко The last chairman of the KGB of the Ukrainian SSR, who went on to serve the security services of three states: USSR, Ukraine, and Russia Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–2025
Konstantin Ivanovich Kobets Константин Иванович Кобец The highest-ranking general who sided with Yeltsin during the August coup, commanding the White House defense Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1939–2012
Alexei Ivanovich Kazannik Алексей Иванович Казанник The law professor who surrendered his Supreme Soviet seat to Yeltsin in a moment that captivated the nation Law and justice 1941–2019
Nikolai Nikolayevich Gubenko Николай Николаевич Губенко The last Soviet culture minister Literature and arts · Soviet Union state institutions 1941–2020
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