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People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity

Any Political and party leadership 67 Government and administration 20 Legislature and state representation 8 Military command 30 Security, intelligence and policing 10 Diplomacy and international organization 11 Economy, finance and planning 22 Industry and production 15 Agriculture and land policy 5 Ideology and propaganda 6 Social movements and organizing 30 Scholarship and theory 12 Science and technology 14 Literature and arts 10 Law and justice 6

Affiliation

Most people

Any Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 162 Soviet Unionstate 127 Russian Federation state institutionsstate 8 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 8 Lithuania state institutionsstate 3 United Russia 3 Estonia state institutionsstate 2 Latvia state institutionsstate 2

All 20 affiliations

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan state institutionsstate 1

Belarus

Belarus state institutionsstate 1

Estonia

Estonia state institutionsstate 2 Popular Front of Estonia (Rahvarinne) 2

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan state institutionsstate 1

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan state institutionsstate 1

Latvia

Latvia state institutionsstate 2 Popular Front of Latvia 1

Lithuania

Lithuania state institutionsstate 3 Sąjūdis (Reform Movement of Lithuania) 2

Moldova

Moldova state institutionsstate 1

Russia

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

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 162 Soviet Unionstate 127

Ukraine

Ukraine state institutionsstate 1

United States

United States state institutionsstate 1

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan state institutionsstate 1

Position

Any Counter-revolutionary forces 1 Socialist-bloc reform leader 26 Dissident 8 Marxism and communism 165 Liberalism and republicanism 2 Conservatism and Christian democracy 1

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 173 Russia 13 Estonia 11 Lithuania 5 Latvia 4 Azerbaijan 3 Moldova 3 Belarus 2 Georgia 1 Kazakhstan 1 Kyrgyzstan 1 Ukraine 1 United States 1 Uzbekistan 1

Background

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 147 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 280 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 459 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 397 The last generation1985–1991 220

People of the Chinese revolution and the People’s Republic

The old regime and the Nationalists1894–1949 9 The Chinese revolutionary generation1911–1949 20 People of the Mao era1949–1976 25 The reform generation1976–현재 12

People of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era

The Revolution and the Napoleonic era1774–1830 53

People of the wider world

The age of the Internationals and empires1820–1917 57 The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 461 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 385 Scholars of this history1892–현재 155

The last generation 1985–1991

220 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

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 1928–2023
Arnold Rüütel Arnold Rüütel The agronomist who pushed a sovereignty declaration through the Soviet system and led Estonia out of the empire Legislature and state representation · Estonia state institutions 1928–2024
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 1929–1991
Viktor Petrovich Nikonov Виктор Петрович Никонов Gorbachev's agriculture successor who became his last internal critic Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union 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 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 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 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 1929–2015
Anatoly Ivanovich Mayorets Анатолий Иванович Майорец The last Soviet energy minister sent into the Chernobyl disaster zone Industry and production · Soviet Union 1929–2016
Yevgeny Ivanovich Chazov Евгений Иванович Чазов The father of Soviet cardiology who ran Kremlin medicine for 20 years Science and technology · Soviet Union 1929–2021
Nikolai Nikitovich Slyunkov Николай Никитович Слюньков From tractor factory to Politburo: the 'director of the Central Committee' Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1929–2022
Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov Николай Иванович Рыжков Premier during perestroika’s economic crisis Government and administration · Soviet Union 1929–2024
Vadim Andreyevich Medvedev Вадим Андреевич Медведев The last ideology secretary who dismantled ideology opened the spetskhran and abolished party orthodoxy Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union 1929–2025
Viktor Fyodorovich Grushko Виктор Фёдорович Грушко The KGB operational deputy who bridged foreign intelligence and counterintelligence Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1930–2001
Yuri Sergeyevich Plekhanov Юрий Сергеевич Плеханов From KGB eavesdropping chief to head of leadership security, the man who pulled the coup's trigger Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1930–2002
Yegor Vladimirovich Yakovlev Егор Владимирович Яковлев Editor of Moscow News who led the charge in breaking Soviet taboos during the glasnost era Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1930–2005
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 1930–2009
Leonid Ivanovich Abalkin Леонид Иванович Абалкин Chief economic theorist of late perestroika, architect of the 'regulated market' between radical reformers and conservative planners Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1930–2011
Yuri Vladimirovich Dubinin Юрий Владимирович Дубинин Soviet ambassador who personified perestroika diplomacy in Washington during the Gorbachev era Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1930–2013
Endel Teodorovich Lippmaa Endel Teodorovich Lippmaa The Estonian scientist who blocked phosphorite mining from inside the system Science and technology · Estonia state institutions 1930–2015
Nikolai Pavlovich Laverov Николай Павлович Лавёров The last chairman of Soviet state science policy and a uranium geologist Science and technology · Soviet Union 1930–2016
Nikolai Ivanovich Dementey Николай Иванович Дементей A chairman caught between preserving the Union and Belarusian sovereignty Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union 1930–2018
Anatoly Ivanovich Lukyanov Анатолий Иванович Лукьянов Gorbachev's classmate turned critic: the last speaker of the Soviet parliament Law and justice · Soviet Union 1930–2019
Zhores Ivanovich Alferov Жорес Иванович Алфёров Communist physicist whose semiconductor heterostructures opened the IT era Science and technology · Soviet Union 1930–2019
Abdurrahman Khalil oglu Vezirov Əbdürrəhman Xəlil oğlu Vəzirov Gorbachev's man for the Karabakh crisis who fled Baku as Black January consumed Soviet Azerbaijan Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1930–2022
Ivan Stepanovich Silayev Иван Степанович Силаев The last head of government of the Soviet Union: from aviation minister to liquidator of an empire Industry and production · Soviet Union 1930–2023
Mikhail Sergeyevich Shkabardnya Михаил Сергеевич Шкабардня The minister whose precision instruments controlled missiles and the Buran shuttle Industry and production · Soviet Union 1930–2025
Anatoly Stepanovich Dyatlov Анатолий Степанович Дятлов The deputy chief engineer who supervised the Chernobyl safety test and later argued the reactor's design was the real cause Science and technology · Soviet Union 1931–1995
Boris Dmitrievich Pankin Борис Дмитриевич Панкин The post-coup foreign minister of the collapsing Union Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1931–
Genrikh Andreyevich Poghosyan Հենրիկ Անդրեյի Պողոսյան The last party first secretary who tilted Nagorno-Karabakh toward Armenia Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1931–2000
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin Борис Николаевич Ельцин The man who climbed onto the tank Government and administration · Russian Federation state institutions 1931–2007
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev Михаил Сергеевич Горбачёв He set out to repair the system, and ended it Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1931–2022
Vaino Iosipovich Väljas Vaino Väljas Recalled from Nicaragua in June 1988, he led Estonia's Communists through the sovereignty declaration, the first breach in the Soviet wall. Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1931–2024
Abel Gezevich Aganbegyan Абел Гезевич Аганбегян Gorbachev's chief economic adviser and the market-reform architect of perestroika Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1932–
Vladimir Antonovich Ivashko Владимир Антонович Ивашко The last deputy general secretary before dissolution Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1932–1994
Alexander Vladimirovich Vlasov Александр Владимирович Власов Creator of OMON and the last communist prime minister of Russia, defeated by Yeltsin Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1932–2002
Arkady Ivanovich Volsky Аркадий Иванович Вольский The operator who ran Soviet machine-building and organized post-Soviet capital Industry and production · Soviet Union 1932–2006
Algirdas Brazauskas Algirdas Brazauskas The communist who split his party from Moscow and became independent Lithuania's first president Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1932–2010
Konstantin Alekseevich Kochetov Константин Алексеевич Кочетов The deputy defence minister who, at Tbilisi, pushed for force without waiting for the Politburo Military command · Soviet Union 1932–
Stepan Karapetovich Pogosyan Ստեփան Կարապետի Պողոսյան The last leader of Armenia's Communist Party before the Soviet collapse Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union 1932–2012
Arnold Vasilyevich Voylukov Арнольд Васильевич Войлуков The Soviet banker who testified about reform's hidden origins Economy, finance and planning · Russian Federation state institutions 1932–2016
Qahhor Makhkamovich Mahkamov Қаҳҳор Маҳкамович Маҳкамов The last Communist leader of Tajikistan in the Soviet era Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1932–2016
Oleg Dmitriyevich Baklanov Олег Дмитриевич Бакланов Last surviving GKChP member who led the Soviet space industry Industry and production · Soviet Union 1932–2021
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
Vytautas Landsbergis Vytautas Landsbergis The musicologist who led the first nation out of the Soviet Union Political and party leadership · Sąjūdis (Reform Movement of Lithuania) 1932–
Absamat Masaliyevich Masaliyev Абсамат Масалы уулу Масалиев Party leader of late Soviet Kyrgyzstan Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1933–2004
Alexander Alexandrovich Bessmertnykh Александр Александрович Бессмертных The last regular Soviet foreign minister Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1933–
Alexandr Viktorovich Nemtsov Александр Викентьевич Немцов Russia's foremost alcohol epidemiologist, whose estimate that the anti-alcohol campaign saved over a million lives anchors the scholarship Scholarship and theory 1933–
Kamran Mammad oglu Baghirov Kamran Məmməd oğlu Bağırov Heydar Aliyev's successor who crumbled before the Karabakh crisis Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1933–2000

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