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People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity

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 Unionstate 264 Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 243 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 21 Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 2 Comintern 1 Nazi party and regime 1 Mensheviks (RSDLP) 1 Constitutional Democratic Party (Kadets) 1

All 9 affiliations

Germany

Nazi party and regime 1

International organizations

Comintern 1

Russia

Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 2 Mensheviks (RSDLP) 1 Constitutional Democratic Party (Kadets) 1 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 21 United Russia 1

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 243 Soviet Unionstate 264

Position

Any Imperial establishment and White movement 4 Counter-revolutionary forces 1 Non-Bolshevik socialists 1 Marxism and communism 304

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 324 Russia 3 United States 1

Background(set)

Any Russia 328 Ukraine 34 Belarus 18 Georgia 15 Latvia 11 Poland 11 Armenia 10 Lithuania 7 Germany 5 Azerbaijan 4 Estonia 3 Turkey 2 Czechia 1 France 1 Hungary 1 Japan 1 Korea 1 Moldova 1 Uzbekistan 1

Era(set)

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 130 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 188 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 328 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 306 The last generation1985–1991 131

People of the wider world

The age of the Internationals and empires1820–1917 9 The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 11 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 2 Scholars of this history1892–현재 34

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

328 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Pavel Milyukov Павел Милюков Leader of the Kadets: 'Stupidity or Treason?' Political and party leadership · Constitutional Democratic Party (Kadets) 1859–1943
Alexei Nikolayevich Krylov Алексей Николаевич Крылов Father of Soviet shipbuilding science who translated Newton's Principia into Russian Science and technology · Soviet Union 1863–1945
Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov Владимир Леонтьевич Комаров The botanist who led the Soviet Academy of Sciences through the Stalin years Science and technology · Soviet Union 1869–1945
Vladimir Petrovich Potemkin Владимир Петрович Потёмкин The diplomat who pronounced Poland dead, then became education commissar Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1874–1946
Mikhail Fyodorovich Vladimirsky Михаил Фёдорович Владимирский Old Bolshevik who watched over the Party's books for a quarter-century Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1874–1951
Yevgeny Viktorovich Tarle Евгений Викторович Тарле Historian of Napoleon who won world renown, survived Academic Case exile, and returned under Stalin's personal protection Scholarship and theory 1874–1955
Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin Михаил Иванович Калинин The long-serving formal head of state Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union 1875–1946
Nikolai Nilovich Burdenko Николай Нилович Бурденко Founder of Soviet neurosurgery and Chief Surgeon of the Red Army Science and technology · Soviet Union 1876–1946
Stanislav Gustavovich Strumilin Станислав Густавович Струмилин The economist who designed socialism in numbers Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1877–1974
Alexander Andreyevich Svechin Александр Андреевич Свечин “The Russian Clausewitz”. Theorist of strategy and operational art Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1878–1938
Emelyan Mikhailovich Yaroslavsky Емельян Михайлович Ярославский The Party's Chief Atheist, Called 'the Soviet Priest' Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1878–1943
Vladimir Viktorovich Adoratsky Владимир Викторович Адоратский IMEL director and the first Marxist philosopher to publicly anoint Stalin as a theorist Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1878–1945
Solomon Abramovich Lozovsky Соломон Абрамович Лозовский The Bolshevik who led the Profintern and was shot with the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern 1878–1952
Boris Savinkov Борис Савинков Terrorist, Counter-Revolutionary: the Black Horse of the Revolution Political and party leadership · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 1879–1925
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
Vasily Alekseyevich Degtyaryov Василий Алексеевич Дегтярёв Founder of Soviet firearms design, creator of the DP-27, DShK, and PTRD Industry and production · Soviet Union 1880–1949
Abram Fyodorovich Ioffe Абрам Фёдорович Иоффе The 'Papa Ioffe' who reared all of Soviet physics Science and technology · Soviet Union 1880–1960
Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov Климент Ефремович Ворошилов Stalin’s marshal, sustained by loyalty more than command Military command · Soviet Union 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 1882–1945
Boris Dmitriyevich Grekov Борис Дмитриевич Греков Founder of Soviet medieval studies; established the feudal interpretation of Kievan Rus Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union 1882–1953
Alexander Antonovich Troyanovsky Александр Антонович Трояновский From tsarist artillery officer to Stalin's first ambassador to Washington: a Russian nobleman who crossed revolution and diplomacy Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1882–1955
Terenty Dmitriyevich Deribas Терентий Дмитриевич Дерибас The security viceroy of the Far East Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1883–1938
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
Alexei N. Nikolaevich Tolstoy Алексей Николаевич Толстой The Red Count: from émigré to pillar of Stalinist letters Literature and arts 1883–1945
Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov Александр Васильевич Александров From choirboy to Soviet anthem composer, founder of the Red Army Choir Literature and arts 1883–1946
Aleksei Yegorovich Badayev Алексей Егорович Бадаев Official publisher of Pravda who rose from Duma deputy to nominal head of the Russian republic Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1883–1951
Matvei Fyodorovich Shkiryatov Матвей Фёдорович Шкирятов The eraser poised over party rolls for thirty years Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1883–1954
Fyodor Vasilyevich Gladkov Фёдор Васильевич Гладков Classic writer of socialist realism who pioneered the Soviet industrial novel with Cement Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1883–1958
Ivan Pavlovich Bardin Иван Павлович Бардин Father of Soviet ferrous metallurgy who built Kuznetsk Science and technology 1883–1960
Naftaly Aronovich Frenkel Нафталий Аронович Френкель From prisoner to directorate chief, and dead in his own bed Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1883–1960
Grigory Alexandrovich Feldman Григорий Александрович Фельдман The Gosplan mathematical economist who first formalized the capital-goods-led growth model Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1884–1958
Ivan Mikhailovich Maisky Иван Михайлович Майский From Menshevik to Soviet envoy to the British Empire: a convert and survivor who stood at the center of world-war diplomacy Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1884–1975
Ivan Ivanovich Korotkov Иван Иванович Коротков From party control to the art museum: an icon-painter Bolshevik Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1885–1949
Sergei Mironovich Kirov Сергей Миронович Киров The Leningrad organizer whose murder became the pretext for the Great Terror Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1886–1934
Boris Zakharovich Shumyatsky Борис Захарович Шумяцкий The revolutionary who built Soviet cinema's golden age and dreamed of a Soviet Hollywood Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union 1886–1938
Friedrich Arturovich Zander Фридрих Артурович Цандер Mars-dreaming GIRD co-founder and designer of the Soviet Union's first liquid-fueled rocket Science and technology 1887–1933
Pavel Petrovich Postyshev Павел Петрович Постышев Stalin's famine envoy and terror executor called the 'hangman of Ukraine', executed in 1939 Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1887–1939
Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov Николай Иванович Вавилов The geneticist who built the world's largest seed bank and stood against Lysenko Science and technology · Soviet Union 1887–1943
Yakov Gilyarievich Etinger Яков Гиляриевич Этингер Kremlin cardiologist who became the first victim of Stalin's Doctors' Plot Science and technology 1887–1951
Valerian Vladimirovich Kuibyshev Валериан Владимирович Куйбышев Planning official of the first Five-Year Plans Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1888–1935
Ivan Alekseyevich Akulov Иван Алексеевич Акулов Founder of the Soviet Procuracy, caught between state security and socialist legality Law and justice · Soviet Union 1888–1937
Moisei Iosifovich Kalmanovich Моисей Иосифович Калманович Revolutionary-turned-banker who led Gosbank through collectivization Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1888–1937
Mikhail Moiseyevich Kaganovich Михаил Моисеевич Каганович Builder of Soviet defence industry in the shadow of his brother Lazar Industry and production · Soviet Union 1888–1941
Ivan Terentyevich Golyakov Иван Терентьевич Голяков Chairman of the USSR Supreme Court through the Great Terror and war Law and justice · Soviet Union 1888–1961
Nikolai Mikhailovich Shvernik Николай Михайлович Шверник Formal head of state in late Stalinism Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union 1888–1970
Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev Андрей Николаевич Туполев "Ugly planes don't fly." The father of Soviet metal aviation. Industry and production · Soviet Union 1888–1972
Moisei Lvovich Rukhimovich Моисей Львович Рухимович The industrial builder Lenin trusted; first People's Commissar for Defence Industry Industry and production · Soviet Union 1889–1938
Lazar Iosifovich Kogan Лазарь Иосифович Коган The Gulag's first chief and builder of Belomor Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1889–1939
Mikhail Ivanovich Ryzhov Михаил Иванович Рыжов Yezhov’s intimate who rose to deputy commissar and died under interrogation Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1889–1939
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 1889–1953

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