People of the Revolution and the USSR
Agriculture and land policy
Marxism and communism
People of the thaw and the stagnation 1953–1985
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- Mikhail Aleksandrovich Olshanski Михаил Александрович Ольшанский The Lysenkoist agronomist who led Soviet agricultural science administration
- Vladimir Vladimirovich Matskevich Владимир Владимирович Мацкевич Agriculture minister after the virgin-lands drive
- Gennady Ivanovich Voronov Геннадий Иванович Воронов The RSFSR premier who never stopped speaking bluntly to Brezhnev
- Grigory Sergeyevich Zolotukhin Григорий Сергеевич Золотухин A Brezhnev-era agricultural functionary who ran Tambov and Krasnodar, then oversaw Soviet grain procurement for 14 years
- Mikhail Porfiryevich Georgadze Михаил Порфирьевич Георгадзе The institutional anchor who co-signed every Soviet decree across four heads of state for 25 years
- Ziya Nuriyevich Nuriyev Зия Нуриевич Нуриев Bashkir deputy premier who ran Brezhnev's agro-industrial complex
- Dmitry Stepanovich Polyansky Дмитрий Степанович Полянский Brezhnev-era official across agriculture and government
- Valentin Karpovich Mesyats Валентин Карпович Месяц Agriculture minister of late stagnation
- Viktor Vasilyevich Baklanov Виктор Васильевич Бакланов Full cavalier of the Order of Labour Glory, collective-farm mechanizer