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People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity

Any Political and party leadership 51 Government and administration 10 Legislature and state representation 6 Military command 27 Security, intelligence and policing 9 Diplomacy and international organization 11 Economy, finance and planning 15 Industry and production 15 Agriculture and land policy 5 Ideology and propaganda 6 Social movements and organizing 25 Scholarship and theory 3 Science and technology 12 Literature and arts 3 Law and justice 4

Affiliation

Most people

Any Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 137 Soviet Union state institutions 123 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 8 United Russia 3 Kazakhstan state institutions 1 Latvia state institutions 1 Moldova state institutions 1 Ukraine state institutions 1

All 11 affiliations

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan state institutions 1

Latvia

Latvia state institutions 1

Moldova

Moldova state institutions 1

Russia

Russian Federation state institutions 1 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 8 United Russia 3 Our Home – Russia 1

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 137 Soviet Union state institutions 123

Ukraine

Ukraine state institutions 1

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan state institutions 1

Position(set)

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 146 Russia 7 Moldova 3 Estonia 2 Latvia 2 Azerbaijan 1 Belarus 1 Kazakhstan 1 Ukraine 1 Uzbekistan 1

Background

Any Russia 106 Ukraine 13 Belarus 9 Azerbaijan 6 Armenia 5 Estonia 4 Georgia 4 Latvia 4 Kyrgyzstan 3 Moldova 3 Lithuania 2 Tajikistan 2 Uzbekistan 2 Bulgaria 1 Kazakhstan 1

Era(set)

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 9 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 210 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 430 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 370 The last generation1985–1991 165

People of the Chinese revolution and the People’s Republic

The Chinese revolutionary generation1911–1949 19 People of the Mao era1949–1976 25 The reform generation1976–현재 10

People of the wider world

The age of the Internationals and empires1820–1917 7 The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 94 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 179 Scholars of this history1892–현재 6

Marxism and communism The last generation 1985–1991 Clear all

165 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

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
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 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 state institutions 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 state institutions 1929–2025
Viktor Fyodorovich Grushko Виктор Фёдорович Грушко The KGB operational deputy who bridged foreign intelligence and counterintelligence Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 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 state institutions 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 state institutions 1930–2009
Yuri Vladimirovich Dubinin Юрий Владимирович Дубинин Soviet ambassador who personified perestroika diplomacy in Washington during the Gorbachev era Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2013
Nikolai Pavlovich Laverov Николай Павлович Лавёров The last chairman of Soviet state science policy and a uranium geologist Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2016
Nikolai Ivanovich Dementey Николай Иванович Дементей A chairman caught between preserving the Union and Belarusian sovereignty Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 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 state institutions 1930–2019
Zhores Ivanovich Alferov Жорес Иванович Алфёров Communist physicist whose semiconductor heterostructures opened the IT era Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 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 state institutions 1930–2023
Mikhail Sergeyevich Shkabardnya Михаил Сергеевич Шкабардня The minister whose precision instruments controlled missiles and the Buran shuttle Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 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 state institutions 1931–1995
Boris Dmitrievich Pankin Борис Дмитриевич Панкин The post-coup foreign minister of the collapsing Union Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 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
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
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 state institutions 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 state institutions 1932–2006
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 state institutions 1932–
Stepan Karapetovich Pogosyan Ստեփան Կարապետի Պողոսյան The last leader of Armenia's Communist Party before the Soviet collapse Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1932–2012
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 state institutions 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
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
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 state institutions 1933–
Vladimir Migranovich Movsisyan Վլադիմիր Միգրանովիչ Մովսիսյան The last Communist Party first secretary of Soviet Armenia Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1933–2014
Anatoly Aleksandrovich Malofeyev Анатолий Александрович Малофеев A Belarusian party organizer who sought continuity as the Union dissolved Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1933–2022
Lev Dmitrievich Ryabev Лев Дмитриевич Рябев Nuclear industry minister who inherited Sredmash in the shadow of Chernobyl Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1933–
Alexander Sergeyevich Dzasokhov Александр Сергеевич Дзасохов A politician who linked internationalism with regional rule Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–
Elmira Mikayil qızı Kafarova Elmira Qafarova A Soviet republican leader who asserted institutional authority in crisis Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–1993
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
Nikolai Alexandrovich Panichev Николай Александрович Паничев The last minister who tried to preserve the Soviet machine-tool industry through perestroika Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–
Nikolai Dmitrievich Tarakanov Николай Дмитриевич Тараканов The general who sent men onto the Chernobyl roof when the robots died Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–
Vasily Georgievich Zakharov Василий Георгиевич Захаров Propaganda-trained culture minister who executed glasnost-era cultural liberalization Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–2023
Alfrēds son of Pēteris Rubiks Alfrēds Pētera dēls Rubiks A steadfast defender of Latvia's Communist Party at the Soviet Union's end Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–
Ivan Kuzmich Polozkov Иван Кузьмич Полозков The conservative apparatchik who founded the Russian republic's Communist Party Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1935–
Kondrat Zigmundovich Terekh Кондрат Зигмундович Терех The last Soviet trade minister, formed in consumer cooperatives Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–
Valery Ivanovich Boldin Валерий Иванович Болдин The party apparatus gatekeeper who managed Gorbachev's documents, then betrayed him Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1935–2006
Leonid Vladimirovich Shebarshin Леонид Владимирович Шебаршин Last chief of Soviet foreign intelligence Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2012
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
Viktor Petrovich Bryukhanov Виктор Петрович Брюханов The first director of Chernobyl who built the plant and was held responsible for its catastrophe Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2021
Evgeny Pavlovich Velikhov Евгений Павлович Велихов Soviet physicist who linked fusion science, Chernobyl, and nuclear disarmament Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2024
Grigore Isidorovich Eremei Grigore Isidorovici Eremei The final head of Soviet Moldavia's Communist Party Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2024

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