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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

Vladimir Nikolayevich Lobov Владимир Николаевич Лобов The last Chief of the Soviet General Staff, who refused to fire on civilians and twice drafted military reform Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–
Georgy Petrovich Razumovsky Георгий Петрович Разумовский Architect of perestroika cadres, last surviving Politburo member Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1936–
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–
Valery Alekseyevich Legasov Валерий Алексеевич Легасов The Kurchatov chemist who led science at Chernobyl, then left the full truth on tapes before hanging himself Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1936–1988
Yuli Alexandrovich Kvitsinsky Юлий Александрович Квицинский Gromyko protégé and arms negotiator remembered for the "Walk in the Woods" Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1936–2010
Stanislav Ivanovich Gurenko Станислав Иванович Гуренко Last First Secretary of the Ukrainian Communist Party on the eve of the Soviet dissolution Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1936–2013
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
Igor Nikolayevich Rodionov Игорь Николаевич Родионов The general who gave the operational order to clear Rustaveli Avenue Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1936–2014
Vyacheslav Frantsevich Kebich Вячаслаў Францавіч Кебіч Belarus's first prime minister; co-signed the Belovezh Accords and later testified the Russian delegation alone arrived with a plan Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1936–2020
Boris Karlovich Pugo Борис Карлович Пуго From Latvian KGB chief to USSR interior minister, a guardian of order shattered in the coup he backed Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–1991
Nikolai Maximovich Fomin Николай Максимович Фомин The chief engineer who refused to believe the reactor was destroyed and kept pumping water into its ruins Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–
Viktor Petrovich Polyanichko Виктор Петрович Поляничко A field enforcer of the Soviet Union's final crisis Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1937–1993
Valentin Sergeyevich Pavlov Валентин Сергеевич Павлов The last Soviet premier and an August coup participant Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–2003
Oleg Semyonovich Shenin Олег Семёнович Шенин The last Politburo member who tried to save the USSR and went to prison for it Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1937–2009
Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev Геннадий Иванович Янаев First and only Vice President of the USSR and the face of the August 1991 coup Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–2010
Yuri Dmitrievich Maslyukov Юрий Дмитриевич Маслюков The last Gosplan generation Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–2010
Nikolai Yakovlevich Petrakov Николай Яковлевич Петраков An economist who carried price theory into the transition to a market economy Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1937–2014
Galina Vladimirovna Semyonova Галина Владимировна Семёнова Architect of women's and family policy in the perestroika era, the fourth woman ever on the Politburo Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1937–2017
Vadim Viktorovich Bakatin Вадим Викторович Бакатин The last KGB chairman, appointed to dismantle it Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–2022
Valentin Alexandrovich Kuptsov Валентин Александрович Купцов The last-generation secretary who rebuilt the Russian Communist Party Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1937–
Viktor Vladimirovich Gerashchenko Виктор Владимирович Геращенко Central banker of the Soviet collapse and Russian transition Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–2022
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
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
Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov Islom Abdugʻaniyevich Karimov An authoritarian state-builder who made sovereignty his political principle Government and administration · Uzbekistan state institutions 1938–2016
Fuad Enver oglu Musayev Fuad Ənvər oğlu Musayev First Secretary of the Baku Party Committee who blocked buses from entering Baku, shifting the violence to Sumgait Social movements and organizing · Soviet Union state institutions 1938–2017
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
Ayaz Niyazi oghlu Mutalibov Ајаз Нијази оғлу Мүтәллибов The last Soviet leader caught between a renewed union and independence Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1938–2022
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
Jumber Ilyich Patiashvili ჯუმბერ ილიას ძე პატიაშვილი The Georgian First Secretary who asked Moscow for troops, then resigned after 21 died Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1939–
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
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–
Juozas Juozovich Jermalavičius Juozas Jermalavičius Ideology secretary of the pro-Moscow Lithuanian Communist Party who proclaimed the 'National Salvation Committee' in the Vilnius crackdown Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1940–2022
Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev Нұрсұлтан Әбішұлы Назарбаев Kazakhstan's thirty-year ruler, defender of the union to its last day Political and party leadership · Kazakhstan state institutions 1940–
Pyotr Luchinsky Petru Lucinschi A politician who moved from Soviet party leadership to Moldova's presidency Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1940–
Andrei Serafimovich Grachev Андрей Серафимович Грачёв An insider witness to the collapse of reform Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1941–
Lembit Annus Lembit Annus An Estonian communist leader who chose to preserve the Soviet Union Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1941–2018
Nikolai Nikolayevich Gubenko Николай Николаевич Губенко The last Soviet culture minister Literature and arts · Soviet Union state institutions 1941–2020
Anatolijs Gorbunovs Anatolijs Gorbunovs The Communist Party secretary who led Latvia's Supreme Council through the restoration of independence Legislature and state representation · Latvia state institutions 1942–
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
Enn-Arno Augustovich Sillari Enn-Arno Augustovich Sillari The last Soviet-aligned communist leader of Estonia amid a party split Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1944–
Givi Grigorievich Gumbaridze Гиви Григорьевич Гумбаридзе A Georgian party official at the edge of Soviet collapse Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1945–
Jahangir Movsum oglu Muslimzade Cahangir Mövsüm oğlu Müslümzadə The Sumgait party boss handed a flag and photographed at the head of the mob Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1945–

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