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People of the Revolution and the USSR
Activity(set)
Affiliation
Position
Citizenship
Background
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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Terenty Dmitriyevich Deribas Терентий Дмитриевич Дерибас
The security viceroy of the Far East
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1883–1938
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Naftaly Aronovich Frenkel Нафталий Аронович Френкель
From prisoner to directorate chief, and dead in his own bed
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1883–1960
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Ivan Alekseyevich Akulov Иван Алексеевич Акулов
Founder of the Soviet Procuracy, caught between state security and socialist legality
Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions
1888–1937
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Lazar Iosifovich Kogan Лазарь Иосифович Коган
The Gulag's first chief and builder of Belomor
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1889–1939
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Mikhail Ivanovich Ryzhov Михаил Иванович Рыжов
Yezhov’s intimate who rose to deputy commissar and died under interrogation
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1889–1939
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Lev Nikolayevich Belsky Лев Николаевич Бельский
The deputy commissar who ran the Soviet police
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1889–1941
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Yuvelian Davidovich Sumbatov-Topuridze Ювельян Давидович Сумбатов-Топуридзе
Azerbaijan's people's commissar of internal affairs in the mass operations, arrested in the Beria case
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1889–1960
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Genrikh Grigoryevich Yagoda Генрих Григорьевич Ягода
The NKVD chief who expanded the Gulag and became a purge defendant
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1891–1938
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Yefim Georgiyevich Yevdokimov Ефим Георгиевич Евдокимов
Architect of the Shakhty case and boss of the North Caucasus
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1891–1940
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Vsevolod Apollonovich Balitsky Всеволод Аполлонович Балицкий
The master of the Ukrainian security apparatus
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1892–1937
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Mikhail Iosifovich Litvin Михаил Иосифович Литвин
Yezhov's personnel chief who purged 14,000 Chekists
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1892–1938
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Stanislav Frantsevich Redens Станислав Францевич Реденс
Stalin's brother-in-law who chaired the Moscow troika
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1892–1940
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Yakov Isaakovich Serebryansky Яков Исаакович Серебрянский
Builder of Soviet covert ops who kidnapped a White general in Paris, then tortured by his own service
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1892–1956
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Karl Viktorovich Pauker Карл Викторович Паукер
The operations chief who guarded Stalin
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1893–1937
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Yakov Saulovich Agranov Яков Саулович Агранов
The Cheka’s architect of political investigations
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1893–1938
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Nikolai Iosifovich Antonov-Gritsyuk Николай Иосифович Антонов-Грицюк
Chekist who went from chairing the Kabardino-Balkar troika to heading the NKVD prison department
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1893–1939
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Nikolai Vladimirovich Skoblin Николай Владимирович Скоблин
A White general turned clandestine Soviet collaborator
Security, intelligence and policing
1893–1937/1938?
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Leonid Mikhailovich Zakovsky Леонид Михайлович Заковский
The Hammer of Leningrad
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1894–1938
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Sergei Naumovich Mironov Сергей Наумович Миронов
The 'North Caucasian' Chekist who opened the mass operations in West Siberia
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1894–1940
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Shalva Otarovich Tsereteli Шалва Отарович Церетели
From tsarist officer to Beria's untitled enforcer in state security
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1894–1955
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Vasily Mikhailovich Zarubin Василий Михайлович Зарубин
The NKVD rezident who ran a Gestapo mole and coordinated Soviet atomic espionage in America
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1894–1972
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Georgy Yevgenyevich Prokofiev Георгий Евгеньевич Прокофьев
The deputy commissar who manufactured the wrecking cases
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1895–1937
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Pavel Petrovich Bulanov Павел Петрович Буланов
Yagoda's secretary who staged the Moscow trials and became a defendant himself
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1895–1938
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Isaak Ilyich Shapiro Исаак Ильич Шапиро
Yezhov's chief of secretariat, keeper of the Great Terror's papers and figures
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1895–1940
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Izrail Yakovlevich Dagin Израиль Яковлевич Дагин
From North Caucasus NKVD chief to government protection head, an executor of the Great Terror
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1895–1940
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Nikolai Ivanovich Yezhov Николай Иванович Ежов
The Bloody Dwarf, an executor of the Great Terror shaped by the party personnel apparatus
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1895–1940
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Vladimir Yefimovich Tsesarsky Владимир Ефимович Цесарский
Yezhov’s confidant who kept the Great Terror’s ledgers
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1895–1940
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Zinovy Markovich Ushakov Зиновий Маркович Ушаков
The interrogator who beat a confession out of Tukhachevsky, and spoke of beating only once it was his turn
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1895–1940
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Richard Gustavovich Sorge Рихард Густавович Зорге
The spy who stole the war’s timetable in Tokyo
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1895–1944
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Vsevolod Nikolayevich Merkulov Всеволод Николаевич Меркулов
The NKGB chief named first in the Katyn order, who wrote plays under a pseudonym
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1895–1953
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Vasily Mikhailovich Blokhin Василий Михайлович Блохин
The executioner who served twenty-seven years under three chiefs
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1895–1955
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Alexander Mikhailovich Orlov Александр Михайлович Орлов
The NKVD chief in Spain who shipped the Republic's gold to Moscow and broke the POUM, then fled Stalin
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1895–1973
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Israel Moiseyevich Leplevsky Израиль Моисеевич Леплевский
The man who drove the Ukrainian mass operations to their peak
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1896–1938
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Semyon Borisovich Zhukovsky Семён Борисович Жуковский
The trade official who became a deputy commissar
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1896–1940
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Vasily Fyodorovich Dementiev Василий Фёдорович Дементьев
A 'North Caucasian' Chekist moved from Chechnya to Primorye
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1896–1940
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Voldemar Avgustovich Ulmer Вольдемар Августович Ульмер
Operational secretary of the GUGB whose 'certified' signature closes the Great Terror's operational orders
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1896–1945
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Vasily Vasilyevich Chernyshev Василий Васильевич Чернышёв
The only Yezhov deputy to survive, who ran the GULAG as Deputy People's Commissar of Internal Affairs
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1896–1952
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Nikolai Sidorovich Vlasik Николай Сидорович Власик
Stalin's shadow for 25 years as head of personal security
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1896–1967
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Georgy Andreyevich Molchanov Георгий Андреевич Молчанов
Yagoda's chief of the Secret Political Department
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1897–1937
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Ignaty Ignatyevich Sosnovsky Игнатий Игнатьевич Сосновский
A Polish intelligence agent turned Cheka counter-intelligence officer
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1897–1937
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Vladimir Mikhailovich Kursky Владимир Михайлович Курский
The 'North Caucasian' deputy commissar who shot himself at the peak of his career
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1897–1937
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Nikolai Kuzmich Kruchinkin Николай Кузьмич Кручинкин
Divisional commander who headed the NKVD border and internal troops and was shot
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1897–1938
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Aleksey Alekseyevich Nasedkin Алексей Алексеевич Наседкин
Smolensk NKVD chief who fabricated the 'Latvian National Centre' case and launched the Latvian operation
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1897–1940
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Nikolai Galaktionovich Nikolayev-Zhurid Николай Галактионович Николаев-Журид
Yezhov's counterintelligence chief who ran the army purge and the national operations
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1897–1940
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Sergei Mikhailovich Shpigelglas Сергей Михайлович Шпигельглас
Architect of NKVD foreign operations during the Great Terror
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1897–1940
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Semyon Grigoryevich Firin Семён Григорьевич Фирин
The Dmitlag chief who staged the "reforging" propaganda
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1898–1937
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Abram Aronovich Slutsky Абрам Аронович Слуцкий
The last of Yagoda's department heads, and chief of foreign intelligence
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1898–1938
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Pyotr Fyodorovich Bulakh Пётр Фёдорович Булах
The Ordzhonikidze NKVD chief who opened fire ahead of schedule
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1898–1938
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Yakov Abramovich Deych Яков Абрамович Дейч
Yezhov's head of secretariat who went on to sit on the Rostov troika
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1898–1938
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Grigory Fyodorovich Gorbach Григорий Фёдорович Горбач
The 'North Caucasian' Chekist who carried quota increases from Omsk to Khabarovsk
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1898–1939