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People of the Revolution and the USSR
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Era(set)
People of the Soviet Union
People of the Chinese revolution and the People’s Republic
People of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era
People of the wider world
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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
1880–1945
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Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov Климент Ефремович Ворошилов
Stalin’s marshal, sustained by loyalty more than command
Military command · Soviet Union
1881–1969
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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
1882–1945
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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
1883–1939
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Yefim Afanasievich Shchadenko Ефим Афанасьевич Щаденко
From 1st Cavalry Army commissar to the purge's personnel executioner
Military command · Soviet Union
1885–1951
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Masaomi Yasuoka 安岡正臣
The Japanese general whose armored command exposed the limits of Japan's tank doctrine
Military command · Japan state institutions
1886–1948
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Sydir Artemovych Kovpak Сидор Артемьевич Ковпак
The Soviet Union's greatest partisan commander, who raided all the way to the Carpathians
Military command · Soviet Union
1887–1967
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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
1889–1953
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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
1890–1937
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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
1890–1938
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Grigory Ivanovich Kulik Григорий Иванович Кулик
Stalin's artillery chief from Tsaritsyn: Marshal who blocked the T-34, KV-1 and Katyusha
Military command · Soviet Union
1890–1950
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Alexander Vasilyevich Gorbatov Александр Васильевич Горбатов
The army general who survived Kolyma, took Berlin, and testified to Stalin-era repression
Military command · Soviet Union
1891–1973
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Pyotr Ionovich Baranov Пётр Ионович Баранов
Principal architect of the Soviet Air Force and aviation industry
Military command · Soviet Union
1892–1933
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Mikhail Petrovich Kirponos Михаил Петрович Кирпонос
Southwestern Front commander who fell in the Kiev encirclement
Military command · Soviet Union
1892–1941
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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
1892–1962
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Andrei Ivanovich Yeryomenko Андрей Иванович Ерёменко
The cavalryman who closed Stalingrad's southern pincer
Military command · Soviet Union
1892–1970
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Ivan Vladimirovich Tyulenev Иван Владимирович Тюленев
The cavalry general who bolted the Caucasus gate, witness to three wars
Military command · Soviet Union
1892–1978
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Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky Михаил Николаевич Тухачевский
“The Red Napoleon,” killed by the army he built
Military command · Soviet Union
1893–1937
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Vladimir Kiriakovich Triandafillov Владимир Кириакович Триандафиллов
“Father of Soviet operational art”: architect of deep operations doctrine
Military command · Soviet Union
1894–1931
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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
1894–1937
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Pavel Semyonovich Rybalko Павел Семёнович Рыбалко
Twice Hero who drove the 3rd Guards Tank Army from Stalingrad to Prague
Military command · Soviet Union
1894–1948
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Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin Фёдор Иванович Толбухин
The marshal who liberated the Balkans and prized soldiers' lives above glory
Military command · Soviet Union
1894–1949
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Maksim Alexeyevich Purkayev Максим Алексеевич Пуркаев
Mordvin carpenter's son who rose to Army General and led the Manchurian offensive
Military command · Soviet Union
1894–1953
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Semyon Ilyich Bogdanov Семён Ильич Богданов
The tank army commander who first entered Berlin, sidelined after Stalin's death
Military command · Soviet Union
1894–1960
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Ivan Stepanovich Isakov Иван Степанович Исаков
The Soviet Navy's scholar-admiral who lost a leg at Tuapse and still fought two wars to the end
Military command · Soviet Union
1894–1967
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Robert Petrovich Eideman Роберт Петрович Эйдеман
Latvian-born Civil War hero turned defendant in the Tukhachevsky trial
Military command · Soviet Union
1895–1937
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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
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Nikolai Pavlovich Pukhov Николай Павлович Пухов
The seminary-trained instructor who drove the 13th Army into the heart of Europe
Military command · Soviet Union
1895–1958
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Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko Семён Константинович Тимошенко
Marshal of the Soviet Union, People's Commissar for Defence 1940-1941
Military command · Soviet Union
1895–1970
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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
1895–1972
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Mikhail Stepanovich Shumilov Михаил Степанович Шумилов
Commander of the 64th Army: Stalingrad's southern shield for six months
Military command · Soviet Union
1895–1975
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Aleksandr Mikhailovich Vasilevsky Александр Михайлович Василевский
The seminarian-turned-staff-officer who designed Uranus
Military command · Soviet Union
1895–1977
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Ieronim Petrovich Uborevich Иероним Петрович Уборевич
A prodigy who commanded an army at twenty-three, architect of the Red Army's mechanization
Military command · Soviet Union
1896–1937
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Iona Emmanuilovich Yakir Иона Эммануилович Якир
Civil War hero who turned the Kiev Military District into a laboratory for reform
Military command · Soviet Union
1896–1937
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Andrei Ivanovich Zelentsov Андрей Иванович Зеленцов
A division commander caught between encirclement and higher command
Military command · Soviet Union
1896–1941
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Fyodor Ivanovich Trukhin Фёдор Иванович Трухин
A staff general who turned from Soviet command to an anti-Soviet armed organisation
Military command · Soviet Union
1896–1946
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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
1896–1947
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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
1896–1958
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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
1896–1962
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Konstantin Ksaveryevich (birth) / Konstantinovich (later) Rokossovsky Константин Константинович Рокоссовский
Marshal of two nations, the USSR and Poland, who commanded the 1945 Victory Parade
Military command · Soviet Union
1896–1968
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Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov Георгий Константинович Жуков
Stalin's Marshal of Victory, twice demoted for his own fame
Military command · Soviet Union
1896–1974
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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
1896–1979
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Yakov Ivanovich Alksnis Яков Иванович Алкснис
Built the world's largest bomber force, then died the death he had sentenced others to
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1938
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Ivan Fyodorovich Fedko Иван Фёдорович Федько
Four-time Red Banner hero of the Civil War, rose to First Deputy Defence Commissar: purged by the machine he served
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1939
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Dmitry Grigoryevich Pavlov Дмитрий Григорьевич Павлов
The general who built Soviet tank forces and became their first scapegoat
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1941
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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
1897–1942
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Vasily Timofeyevich Volsky Василий Тимофеевич Вольский
Soviet tank army commander who wrote to Stalin warning Operation Uranus would fail
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1946
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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
1897–1955
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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
1897–1957
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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
1897–1959