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People

People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity(set)

Any Political and party leadership 21 Government and administration 6 Legislature and state representation 2 Military command 81 Security, intelligence and policing 63 Diplomacy and international organization 12 Economy, finance and planning 19 Industry and production 35 Agriculture and land policy 3 Ideology and propaganda 13 Social movements and organizing 33 Scholarship and theory 10 Education 2 Science and technology 30 Literature and arts 21 Law and justice 9

Affiliation

Most people

Any Soviet Union state institutions 80 Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 66 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 3 Nazi party and regime 1

All 4 affiliations

Germany

Nazi party and regime 1

Russia

Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 3

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 66 Soviet Union state institutions 80

Position

Any Imperial establishment and White movement 2 Counter-revolutionary forces 1 Marxism and communism 78

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 81

Background(set)

Any Russia 81 Ukraine 14 Armenia 3 Belarus 2 Latvia 2 Georgia 1 Japan 1 Lithuania 1 Moldova 1 Poland 1 Turkey 1

Era(set)

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 31 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 31 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 81 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 39 The last generation1985–1991 28

People of the wider world

The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 1

Military command Background: Russia People of the Stalin era 1929–1953 Clear all

81 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Dmitry Mikhailovich Karbyshev Дмитрий Михайлович Карбышев The Soviet Union's greatest fortification scientist, who chose martyrdom at Mauthausen over collaboration with the Nazis Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1880–1945
Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov Климент Ефремович Ворошилов Stalin’s marshal, sustained by loyalty more than command Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1881–1969
Boris Mikhailovich Shaposhnikov Борис Михайлович Шапошников The only officer Stalin addressed by name and patronymic, author of The Brain of the Army Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1882–1945
Alexander Ilyich Yegorov Александр Ильич Егоров The Southern Front commander who broke Denikin: the last of the first five marshals whose name was erased Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1883–1939
Lev Zakharovich Mekhlis Лев Захарович Мехлис From Stalin's personal secretary to the Red Army's purge enforcer, nicknamed 'the Inquisitor of the Red Army' Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1889–1953
Boris Mironovich Feldman Борис Миронович Фельдман One of the eight Tukhachevsky-trial defendants; his confession under torture started the chain reaction that consumed the Red Army Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1890–1937
Vasily Konstantinovich Blyukher Василий Константинович Блюхер “Order of the Red Banner No. 1”: Civil War hero and one of the first five marshals, extinguished in Lefortovo Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1890–1938
Alexander Vasilyevich Gorbatov Александр Васильевич Горбатов The army general who survived Kolyma, took Berlin, and testified to Stalin-era repression Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1891–1973
Pyotr Ionovich Baranov Пётр Ионович Баранов Principal architect of the Soviet Air Force and aviation industry Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1892–1933
Andrei Vasilyevich Khrulev Андрей Васильевич Хрулёв The invisible commander who moved the war, the only supply general Stalin toasted as architect of victory Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1892–1962
Ivan Vladimirovich Tyulenev Иван Владимирович Тюленев The cavalry general who bolted the Caucasus gate, witness to three wars Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1892–1978
Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky Михаил Николаевич Тухачевский “The Red Napoleon,” killed by the army he built Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1893–1937
Yan Borisovich Gamarnik Ян Борисович Гамарник The Red Army's political chief who backed the purges, then shot himself as they closed in Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1937
Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin Фёдор Иванович Толбухин The marshal who liberated the Balkans and prized soldiers' lives above glory Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1949
Maksim Alexeyevich Purkayev Максим Алексеевич Пуркаев Mordvin carpenter's son who rose to Army General and led the Manchurian offensive Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1953
Semyon Ilyich Bogdanov Семён Ильич Богданов The tank army commander who first entered Berlin, sidelined after Stalin's death Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1960
Viktor Ivanovich Maltsev Виктор Иванович Мальцев Soviet Air Force colonel turned ROA Air Force commander, builder of the Vlasov movement's air arm Military command 1895–1946
Nikolai Pavlovich Pukhov Николай Павлович Пухов The seminary-trained instructor who drove the 13th Army into the heart of Europe Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1958
Ivan Stepanovich Yumashev Иван Степанович Юмашев Pacific Fleet commander of Operation August Storm, the admiral Stalin dismissed as 'not a minister' Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1972
Mikhail Stepanovich Shumilov Михаил Степанович Шумилов Commander of the 64th Army: Stalingrad's southern shield for six months Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1975
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Vasilevsky Александр Михайлович Василевский The seminarian-turned-staff-officer who designed Uranus Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1977
Andrei Ivanovich Zelentsov Андрей Иванович Зеленцов A division commander caught between encirclement and higher command Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1941
Fyodor Ivanovich Trukhin Фёдор Иванович Трухин A staff general who turned from Soviet command to an anti-Soviet armed organisation Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1946
Yakov Nikolayevich Fedorenko Яков Николаевич Федоренко First Marshal of Armored Troops who led the Red Army's tank forces through the entire war Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1947
Ivan Yefimovich Petrov Иван Ефимович Петров The army general who held Odessa and Sevastopol, and returned to command every time Stalin sacked him Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1958
Aleksei Innokentievich Antonov Алексей Иннокентьевич Антонов The architect of every major Soviet operation from 1943 onward: the only Order of Victory holder who was not a marshal Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1962
Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov Георгий Константинович Жуков Stalin's Marshal of Victory, twice demoted for his own fame Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1974
Mikhail Semyonovich Khozin Михаил Семёнович Хозин Soviet Colonel General who led Leningrad through the first blockade winter, then lost the 2nd Shock Army and his command Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1896–1979
Dmitry Grigoryevich Pavlov Дмитрий Григорьевич Павлов The general who built Soviet tank forces and became their first scapegoat Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1941
Mikhail Gr. Grigoryevich Yefremov Михаил Григорьевич Ефремов Commander of the 33rd Army at Moscow, encircled at Vyazma and shot himself when Stalin denied retreat Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1942
Vasily Timofeyevich Volsky Василий Тимофеевич Вольский Soviet tank army commander who wrote to Stalin warning Operation Uranus would fail Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1946
Leonid Aleksandrovich Govorov Леонид Александрович Говоров From Kolchak's White Army to Marshal of the USSR who broke the 900-day siege of Leningrad Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1955
Georgy Fedorovich Zakharov Георгий Фёдорович Захаров Peasant-born Army General who led the 2nd Belorussian Front and was demoted after Bagration Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1957
Vladimir Viktorovich Kryukov Владимир Викторович Крюков Hero of the Guards cavalry corps, brought down by the Trophy Case, rehabilitated in the Thaw Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1959
Miron Semyonovich Vovsi Мирон Семёнович Вовси Red Army chief internist who built Soviet wartime field therapy, and the lead defendant in the Doctors' Plot Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1960
Kirill Afanasyevich Meretskov Кирилл Афанасьевич Мерецков The marshal who survived NKVD torture to break the Leningrad blockade Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1968
Ivan Stepanovich Konev Иван Степанович Конев The marshal who made encirclement an art, and became a political soldier in peacetime Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1973
Kuzma Nikitovich Galitsky Кузьма Никитович Галицкий Army general who survived the Purge and took Königsberg Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1973
Pavel Ivanovich Batov Павел Иванович Батов Master of river crossings who led the 65th Army from Stalingrad to the capture of Stettin Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1985
Aleksei Pavlovich Panfilov Алексей Павлович Панфилов The GRU chief whose chemical-warfare intelligence moved Churchill, and the tank lieutenant-general who drove to Berlin Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1898–1966
Nikolai Dmitrievich Yakovlev Николай Дмитриевич Яковлев The supply marshal who ran Soviet artillery through the war and opened the rocket age Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1898–1972
Georgy Samoilovich Isserson Георгий Самойлович Иссерсон The military theorist who completed the deep-operation trio, and the prophet cast aside Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1898–1976
Alexei Ivanovich Vinogradov Алексей Иванович Виноградов Commander of the 44th Rifle Division, shot in front of his troops after Suomussalmi Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1899–1940
Mikhail Sergeyevich Malinin Михаил Сергеевич Малинин Rokossovsky's indispensable chief of staff, planner of the great offensives Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1899–1960
Nikolai Nikolayevich Voronov Николай Николаевич Воронов Architect of Red Army artillery who wove the Stalingrad encirclement Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1899–1968
Filipp Sergeyevich Oktyabrsky Филипп Сергеевич Октябрьский Admiral who led the Black Sea Fleet in the defence of Odessa and Sevastopol, and remains at the centre of the evacuation controversy Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1899–1969
Semyon Moiseevich Krivoshein Семён Моисеевич Кривошеин The Soviet tank general who reviewed the Brest parade with Guderian and held Oboyan at Kursk Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1899–1978
Mikhail Mikhailovich Gromov Михаил Михайлович Громов Record-setting aviator who flew Moscow to California via the North Pole, then commanded air armies on the Eastern Front Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1899–1985
Alexander Grigoryevich Barmine Александр Григорьевич Бармин The Soviet GRU brigadier general who fled Stalin's purges and became one of the few defectors the hunters never caught Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1899–1987
Grigory Mikhailovich Shtern Григорий Михайлович Штерн Victor of Lake Khasan and Khalkhin Gol, purged Far Eastern Front commander Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1941

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