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People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity

Any Political and party leadership 29 Government and administration 11 Legislature and state representation 4 Military command 106 Security, intelligence and policing 110 Diplomacy and international organization 19 Economy, finance and planning 24 Industry and production 43 Agriculture and land policy 4 Ideology and propaganda 16 Social movements and organizing 41 Scholarship and theory 9 Education 3 Science and technology 37 Literature and arts 14 Law and justice 11

Affiliation

Most people

Any Soviet Unionstate 379 Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 345 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 32 Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 5 Comintern 3 Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 2 General Jewish Labour Bund 2 Estonia state institutionsstate 1

All 16 affiliations

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) 1 Democratic People’s Republic of Koreastate 1

Estonia

Estonia state institutionsstate 1

Germany

Nazi party and regime 1 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 1 Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) 1

International organizations

Comintern 3

Latvia

Latvia state institutionsstate 1

Poland

Communist Party of Poland (KPP) 1

Russia

Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 5 Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 2 Mensheviks (RSDLP) 1 General Jewish Labour Bund 2 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 32

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 345 Soviet Unionstate 379

Position(set)

Any Imperial establishment and White movement 4 Counter-revolutionary forces 2 Left critics of Bolshevism 1 Non-Bolshevik socialists 1 Marxism and communism 430

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 428 Germany 1 Russia 1

Background

Any Russia 304 Ukraine 34 Belarus 16 Georgia 14 Latvia 11 Poland 11 Armenia 10 Lithuania 7 Germany 5 Azerbaijan 4 Estonia 3 Turkey 2 Czechia 1 France 1 Hungary 1 Korea 1 Moldova 1 Uzbekistan 1

Era(set)

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 9 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 210 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 430 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 370 The last generation1985–1991 165

People of the Chinese revolution and the People’s Republic

The Chinese revolutionary generation1911–1949 19 People of the Mao era1949–1976 25 The reform generation1976–현재 10

People of the wider world

The age of the Internationals and empires1820–1917 7 The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 94 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 179 Scholars of this history1892–현재 6

Marxism and communism People of the Stalin era 1929–1953 Clear all

430 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Pyotr Fyodorovich Bulakh Пётр Фёдорович Булах The Ordzhonikidze NKVD chief who opened fire ahead of schedule Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1898–1938
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 1898–1938
Grigory Fyodorovich Gorbach Григорий Фёдорович Горбач The 'North Caucasian' Chekist who carried quota increases from Omsk to Khabarovsk Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1898–1939
Matvei Davydovich Berman Матвей Давыдович Берман The longest-serving chief who built up the Gulag Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1898–1939
Ivan Aleksandrovich Maltsev Иван Александрович Мальцев A state-security administrator who commanded regional apparatuses Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1898–1940
Ivan Petrovich Popashenko Иван Петрович Попашенко A 'North Caucasian' Chekist who sat on the mass-operation troika in Kuibyshev Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1898–1940
Mikhail Petrovich Frinovsky Михаил Петрович Фриновский Yezhov’s iron deputy Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1898–1940
Serafima Alexandrovna Ryzhova Серафима Александровна Рыжова Yezhov’s longtime secretary, source of the first deposition against him Government and administration · Soviet Union 1898–1940
Vladimir Georgiyevich Dekanozov Владимир Георгиевич Деканозов He staged Lithuania's annexation and took the declaration of war in Berlin Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1898–1953
Mikhail Mikhailovich Tsarevsky Михаил Михайлович Царевский The NKVD construction general who built the Mayak plutonium complex Industry and production · Soviet Union 1898–1963
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 1898–1966
Ivan Grigoryevich Kabanov Иван Григорьевич Кабанов The wartime electrical industry chief who delivered lithium-6 for the hydrogen bomb, and Stalin's last foreign trade minister Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1898–1972
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 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 1898–1976
Trofim Denisovich Lysenko Трофим Денисович Лысенко The agronomist whose Michurinist agrobiology dominated Soviet biology for three decades Science and technology · Soviet Union 1898–1976
Lydia Feodosyevna Timashuk Лидия Феодосьевна Тимашук The Kremlin cardiologist whose letter about Zhdanov's ECG became the seed of the Doctors' Plot Science and technology · Soviet Union 1898–1983
Ignace Stanislavovich Reiss Игнатий Станиславович Рейсс Soviet illegal who broke publicly with Stalin and was murdered by the NKVD Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1899–1937
Alexei Ivanovich Vinogradov Алексей Иванович Виноградов Commander of the 44th Rifle Division, shot in front of his troops after Suomussalmi Military command · Soviet Union 1899–1940
Walter Germanovich Krivitsky Вальтер Германович Кривицкий The defector who first told the West how Stalin's secret service worked Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1899–1941
Boris Arkadyevich Yartsev Борис Аркадьевич Рыбкин Risky diplomacy conducted behind an intelligence officer’s cover Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1899–1947
Andrei Platonovich Platonov Андрей Платонович Платонов The engineer who wrote utopia's ruins Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1899–1951
Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria Лаврентий Павлович Берия The secret-police chief who arrived carrying reforms Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1899–1953
Avksenty Narikievich Rapava Авксентий Нарикиевич Рапава He ran the Georgian police apparatus for a decade Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1899–1955
Solomon Rafailovich Milshtein Соломон Рафаилович Мильштейн The transport chief who assembled the deportation trains Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1899–1955
Stepan Akopovich Akopov Степан Акопович Акопов Armenian production boss from wartime medium machine-building to the postwar auto industry Industry and production · Soviet Union 1899–1958
Mikhail Sergeyevich Malinin Михаил Сергеевич Малинин Rokossovsky's indispensable chief of staff, planner of the great offensives Military command · Soviet Union 1899–1960
Andrei Grigorievich Kravchenko Андрей Григорьевич Кравченко The tank army commander who led the Red Army's elite armor from Stalingrad to Manchuria Military command · Soviet Union 1899–1963
Nikolai Nikolayevich Voronov Николай Николаевич Воронов Architect of Red Army artillery who wove the Stalingrad encirclement Military command · Soviet Union 1899–1968
Pavel Fyodorovich Yudin Павел Фёдорович Юдин Stalinist philosopher-diplomat who built orthodoxy, then incubated the foundations of Soviet cultural history Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union 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 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 1899–1978
Naum Isaakovich Eitingon Наум Исаакович Эйтингон The NKVD's master of covert action: from Trotsky's assassination to Soviet atomic espionage Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1899–1981
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 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 1899–1987
Nikolai Antonovich Dollezhal Николай Антонович Доллежаль Chief designer of Soviet nuclear reactors Science and technology · Soviet Union 1899–2000
Vasily Abramovich Karutsky Василий Абрамович Каруцкий NKVD chief who sat on a mass-operation troika and killed himself before his arrest Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1900–1938
Vladimir Efimovich Gorev Владимир Ефимович Горев An internationalist soldier who helped organize Madrid’s defense Military command · Soviet Union 1900–1938
Ivan Yakovlevich Lavrushin Иван Яковлевич Лаврушин NKVD chief who chaired the Gorky oblast troika Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1900–1940
Grigory Mikhailovich Shtern Григорий Михайлович Штерн Victor of Lake Khasan and Khalkhin Gol, purged Far Eastern Front commander Military command · Soviet Union 1900–1941
Ivan Ivanovich Maslennikov Иван Иванович Масленников From NKVD Deputy Commissar to General of the Army: the rare commander who held senior rank in both the security apparatus and the Red Army Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1900–1954
Lavrentiy Fomich Tsanava Лаврентий Фомич Цанава "Second Lavrentiy"; Beria's man who ran the Mikhoels killing Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1900–1955
Grigory Artemyevich Arutinov Григорий Артемьевич Арутинов 'Grigory the Builder': led Soviet Armenia for 16 years under Stalin, driving industrialization and a national cultural revival Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1900–1957
Dmitri Vasilyevich Yefremov Дмитрий Васильевич Ефремов The electrical engineer under NKVD investigation who became minister and delivered isotope separation for the atomic bomb Industry and production · Soviet Union 1900–1960
Semyon Alekseyevich Lavochkin Семён Алексеевич Лавочкин Fighter designer who secured Soviet air supremacy with the La-5 and La-7 Industry and production · Soviet Union 1900–1960
Pavel Fyodorovich Zhigarev Павел Фёдорович Жигарев Twice Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Force: led the VVS through Barbarossa and rebuilt it in the post-Stalin era Military command · Soviet Union 1900–1963
Pyotr Vasilyevich Fedotov Пётр Васильевич Федотов 38-year Chekist who commanded both counterintelligence and foreign intelligence from Cheka to KGB Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1900–1963
Arseny Grigoryevich Zverev Арсений Григорьевич Зверев Long-serving finance minister through war and reconstruction Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1900–1969
Alexander Alexandrovich Novikov Александр Александрович Новиков The VVS commander who rebuilt a shattered force into the air armada that swept the Luftwaffe from the sky Military command · Soviet Union 1900–1976
Mikhail Yefimovich Katukov Михаил Ефимович Катуков Marshal of Armoured Troops who stopped Guderian and led the 1st Guards Tank Army Military command · Soviet Union 1900–1976
Sergei Ivanovich Ogoltsov Сергей Иванович Огольцов An operative who spanned every iteration of Soviet state security across 35 years Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1900–1976

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