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People

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 Union state institutions 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 Union state institutions 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

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
Daniil Yegorovich Sulimov Даниил Егорович Сулимов Worker-Bolshevik premier of the Russian Republic destroyed by the state he helped industrialize Government and administration · 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
Solomon Mikhailovich Mikhoels Соломон Михайлович Михоэлс The Yiddish theatre titan who toured the world for Stalin's war effort and was murdered on Stalin's orders Literature and arts 1890–1948
Vitaly Grigorievich Khlopin Виталий Григорьевич Хлопин The radiochemist who led the Radium Institute and laid the institutional foundations of Soviet nuclear physics Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1890–1950
Leib Moiseyevich Kvitko Лев Моисеевич Квитко A Yiddish poet who gave voice to Soviet Jewish culture Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1890–1952
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov Вячеслав Михайлович Молотов “Stone-arse”: the man who never changed his mind Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1890–1986
Evgeny Bronislavovich Pashukanis Евгений Брониславович Пашуканис The Marxist legal philosopher who argued the legal form corresponds to commodity exchange: the most radical critic of Soviet law from within Law and justice · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1891–1937
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
Mikhail Alexandrovich Chernov Михаил Александрович Чернов The commissar who ran agriculture through the second Five-Year Plan, from grain procurement to VDNKh Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1891–1938
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
Vladimir Mikhailovich Petlyakov Владимир Михайлович Петляков The prisoner who gave the Red Air Force its finest tactical bomber: Pe-2, born in a sharashka Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1891–1942
Sergei Ivanovich Vavilov Сергей Иванович Вавилов The physicist-administrator who led the Academy of Sciences through the early atomic age Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1891–1951
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев The 20th-century master who crossed revolution, emigration, and return, a giant of Soviet music Literature and arts 1891–1953
Alexander Nikolayevich Poskrebyshev Александр Николаевич Поскрёбышев Stalin's shadow: secretary who filtered all information, drafted the 1936 Constitution & Short Course, ran the Special Sector for 25 years Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1891–1965
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
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
Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov Николай Николаевич Поликарпов The 'King of Fighters' who dominated Soviet fighter aviation for a decade Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1892–1944
Sergei Yakovlevich Zhuk Сергей Яковлевич Жук Stalin's chief hydraulic engineer who designed the Gulag canal network Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1892–1957
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
Yevgeny Alexandrovich Korovin Евгений Александрович Коровин Founder of Soviet international law theory who conceptualized a distinct international law for the transitional period Law and justice 1892–1964
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
Boris Mikhailovich Hessen Борис Михайлович Гессен The Marxist historian of science who revealed the socio-economic roots of Newton's mechanics; first dean of MSU physics Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1893–1936
Karl Viktorovich Pauker Карл Викторович Паукер The operations chief who guarded Stalin Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1893–1937
Mendel Markovich Khataevich Мендель Маркович Хатаевич The party secretary who warned Molotov that grain seizures would leave nobody to plant, shot four years later Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1893–1937
Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky Михаил Николаевич Тухачевский “The Red Napoleon,” killed by the army he built Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1893–1937
Sergei Ivanovich Syrtsov Сергей Иванович Сырцов The RSFSR premier who turned against Stalin from Siberia Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1893–1937
Dmitry Ivanovich Shcherbakov Дмитрий Иванович Щербаков A geologist who helped design the Soviet uranium search Scholarship and theory 1893–1966
Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich Михаил Иосифович Гуревич Co-founder of MiG: the Soviet Union's foremost fighter designer who never joined the Communist Party Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1893–1976
Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich Лазарь Моисеевич Каганович 'Iron Lazar', Stalin's hard-line enforcer Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1893–1991
Nikolai Vladimirovich Skoblin Николай Владимирович Скоблин A White general turned clandestine Soviet collaborator Security, intelligence and policing 1893–1937/1938?
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
Lev Yefimovich Maryasin Лев Ефимович Марьясин The Gosbank chairman Stalin called 'our Red banker' and removed a week later Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1938
Nikolai Kirillovich Antipov Николай Кириллович Антипов The control commissar who ran Stalin's personnel-appointment machinery Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1938
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
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
Mikhail Mikhailovich Zoshchenko Михаил Михайлович Зощенко The satirist who dissected post-revolutionary Soviet life Literature and arts 1894–1958
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
Yakov Ilyich Golev Яков Ильич Голев The finance technocrat who led Gosbank through the post-war reconstruction years Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1960
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
Sergei Vladimirovich Ilyushin Сергей Владимирович Ильюшин Founder of Ilyushin OKB. His Il-2 Sturmovik remains the most-produced combat aircraft in history Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1977
Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa Пётр Леонидович Капица Nobel laureate who discovered superfluidity and refused to work under Beria Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1984
Ivan Mikhailovich Gronsky Иван Михайлович Гронский The literary commissar who coined 'socialist realism' with Stalin Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1985
Ivan Dmitriyevich Papanin Иван Дмитриевич Папанин The face of Soviet polar exploration who charted the Arctic from a drifting ice floe Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1894–1986
Boris Petrovich Sheboldaev Борис Петрович Шеболдаев Party master of the Azov-Black Sea krai, brought down on the eve of the Great Terror Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1895–1937
Georgy Yevgenyevich Prokofiev Георгий Евгеньевич Прокофьев The deputy commissar who manufactured the wrecking cases Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1895–1937
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
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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