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People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity(set)

Any Political and party leadership 23 Government and administration 4 Legislature and state representation 1 Military command 39 Security, intelligence and policing 21 Diplomacy and international organization 12 Economy, finance and planning 35 Industry and production 32 Agriculture and land policy 7 Ideology and propaganda 25 Social movements and organizing 37 Scholarship and theory 16 Education 2 Science and technology 57 Literature and arts 15 Law and justice 4

Affiliation

Most people

Any Soviet Unionstate 54 Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 21 United Russia 2

All 3 affiliations

Russia

United Russia 2

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 21 Soviet Unionstate 54

Position

Any Dissident 1 Marxism and communism 55

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 56 Russia 1

Background(set)

Any Russia 57 Ukraine 7 Georgia 2 Latvia 2 Poland 2 Armenia 1 Azerbaijan 1 Finland 1 Germany 1

Era(set)

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 3 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 6 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 30 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 57 The last generation1985–1991 11

People of the wider world

Scholars of this history1892–현재 1

Science and technology Background: Russia People of the thaw and the stagnation 1953–1985 Clear all

57 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Viktor Valentinovich Novozhilov Виктор Валентинович Новожилов Co-founder of the Soviet economic-mathematical school who bridged Marx's value theory with mathematical optimization Science and technology · Soviet Union 1892–1970
Vasily Sergeyevich Nemchinov Василий Сергеевич Немчинов The academic organizer who tried to make central planning a mathematical science Science and technology · Soviet Union 1894–1964
Alexander Ivanovich Oparin Александр Иванович Опарин Soviet biochemist who traced life's origin to a primordial soup Science and technology · Soviet Union 1894–1980
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Nesmeyanov Александр Николаевич Несмеянов Academy president who founded organoelement chemistry Science and technology · Soviet Union 1899–1980
Mikhail Klavdievich Tikhonravov Михаил Клавдиевич Тихонравов The theoretical pioneer who opened the path to space with packet rockets Science and technology · Soviet Union 1900–1974
Mikhail Alekseyevich Lavrentiev Михаил Алексеевич Лаврентьев Mathematician who built Akademgorodok and pioneered explosive applications Science and technology · Soviet Union 1900–1980
Vasily Sergeyevich Yemelyanov Василий Сергеевич Емельянов Nuclear administrator who spanned wartime tank armor to peaceful atomic diplomacy Science and technology · Soviet Union 1901–1988
Sergei Alekseyevich Lebedev Сергей Алексеевич Лебедев Creator of the MESM and BESM, founder of Soviet computing Science and technology · Soviet Union 1902–1974
Alexander Romanovich Luria Александр Романович Лурия Founder of neuropsychology, practitioner of 'romantic science' who bridged Vygotsky's theory with clinical neuroscience Science and technology 1902–1977
Semyon Ariyevich Kosberg Семён Ариевич Косберг The OKB-154 Chief Designer whose third-stage engines pushed Luna and Gagarin into space Science and technology · Soviet Union 1903–1965
Andrey Nikolayevich Kolmogorov Андрей Николаевич Колмогоров The mathematician who axiomatized modern probability theory Science and technology · Soviet Union 1903–1987
Anatoly Petrovich Alexandrov Анатолий Петрович Александров Physicist who pioneered the Soviet nuclear navy and nuclear power, brought down by Chernobyl Science and technology · Soviet Union 1903–1994
Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov Павел Алексеевич Черенков The Soviet Nobel physicist who discovered the Cherenkov effect Science and technology · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1904–1990
Vyacheslav Petrovich Yelyutin Вячеслав Петрович Елютин Longest-serving Soviet minister, shaped higher education for 31 years Education · Soviet Union 1907–1993
Nikolai Alekseyevich Pilyugin Николай Алексеевич Пилюгин From Sputnik to Buran: the Chief Designer who built the brains of the Soviet space age Science and technology · Soviet Union 1908–1982
Nikolai Petrovich Kamanin Николай Петрович Каманин From Chelyuskin ice to Gagarin's flight: the general who built the cosmonaut corps Science and technology · Soviet Union 1908–1982
Boris Vasilyevich Petrovsky Борис Васильевич Петровский Cardiovascular pioneer who ran Soviet healthcare for 15 years under Brezhnev Science and technology · Soviet Union 1908–2004
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kotelnikov Владимир Александрович Котельников The scientist–head of state who discovered the sampling theorem and led the first radar probe of Venus Science and technology · Soviet Union 1908–2005
Mikhail Sergeyevich Ryazansky Михаил Сергеевич Рязанский The 'radio man' of Soviet rocketry: Chief Designer of guidance and telemetry for every Soviet rocket and spacecraft Science and technology · Soviet Union 1909–1987
Nikolai Nikolayevich Bogolyubov Николай Николаевич Боголюбов The institutional titan of theoretical physics who led the Eastern Bloc's largest international research institute Science and technology · Soviet Union 1909–1992
Vladimir Pavlovich Barmin Владимир Павлович Бармин From Katyusha to Buran: the engineer who designed the ground beneath every Soviet rocket Science and technology · Soviet Union 1909–1993
Sergei Vladimirovich Kurashov Сергей Владимирович Курашов Khrushchev-era health minister who presided over the World Health Assembly Science and technology · Soviet Union 1910–1965
Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel Михаил Кузьмич Янгель Designer whose storable-propellant rockets became the backbone of the Strategic Rocket Forces Science and technology · Soviet Union 1911–1971
Nikolai D. Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov Николай Дмитриевич Кузнецов From the NK-12 to the NK-33: the chief engine designer who powered Soviet skies and space Science and technology · Soviet Union 1911–1995
Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich Леонид Витальевич Канторович The Nobel laureate who tried to optimize central planning with mathematics Science and technology · Soviet Union 1912–1986
Mikhail Dmitrievich Millionshchikov Михаил Дмитриевич Миллионщиков The scientist-statesman who built nuclear weapons and called for their abolition Science and technology · Soviet Union 1913–1973
Viktor Ivanovich Kuznetsov Виктор Иванович Кузнецов The tallest and most silent of the Great Six, the father of Soviet gyroscopic guidance, from Sputnik to Buran Science and technology · Soviet Union 1913–1991
Vladimir Alekseyevich Kirillin Владимир Алексеевич Кириллин Architect of Soviet civilian R&D policy in the age of the scientific-technical revolution Science and technology · Soviet Union 1913–1999
Georgy Nikolayevich Babakin Георгий Николаевич Бабакин Chief Designer behind Luna 9 and Lunokhod, the man whose robots reached the Moon and Venus first Science and technology · Soviet Union 1914–1971
Georgy Aleksandrovich Tyulin Георгий Александрович Тюлин The man who said 'go' for Tereshkova, Leonov, and Lunokhod Science and technology · Soviet Union 1914–1990
Yevgeny Ivanovich Zababakhin Евгений Иванович Забабахин Scientific director of the USSR's second nuclear weapons design centre Science and technology · Soviet Union 1917–1984
Vasily Pavlovich Mishin Василий Павлович Мишин Korolev's successor who delivered Soyuz and Salyut, and bore the N-1 lunar failure Science and technology · Soviet Union 1917–2001
Nikolai Prokofyevich Fedorenko Николай Прокофьевич Федоренко Founder of CEMI and architect of SOFE: the mathematician who tried to redesign the planned economy Science and technology · Soviet Union 1917–2006
Sergei Sergeevich Kryukov Сергей Сергеевич Крюков Korolev's key partner in shaping the R-7's packet design Science and technology · Soviet Union 1918–2005
Boris Yevgenyevich Paton Борис Евгеньевич Патон Father of electroslag welding who led Ukraine's Academy of Sciences for 58 years Science and technology · Soviet Union 1918–2020
Dmitry Ilyich Kozlov Дмитрий Ильич Козлов Korolev's right hand who led the R-7 through design, mass production, and every successive variant Science and technology · Soviet Union 1919–2009
Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov Андрей Дмитриевич Сахаров He built the hydrogen bomb, then turned on the system Science and technology · Soviet Union 1921–1989
Nikolai Gennadiyevich Basov Николай Геннадиевич Басов Nobel-winning physicist who laid the foundations of the maser and laser, then extended quantum electronics into missile defense Science and technology · Soviet Union 1922–2001
Oleg Genrikhovich Ivanovsky Олег Генрихович Ивановский The engineer who turned early Soviet spacecraft designs into tested machines Science and technology · Soviet Union 1922–2014
Viktor Mikhailovich Glushkov Виктор Михайлович Глушков Father of Soviet cybernetics whose OGAS network envisioned real-time socialist planning decades before the internet Science and technology · Soviet Union 1923–1982
Vladimir Fyodorovich Utkin Владимир Фёдорович Уткин Father of the SS-18 'Satan' and architect of the late Cold War nuclear balance Science and technology · Soviet Union 1923–2000
Viktor Petrovich Makeyev Виктор Петрович Макеев Founder of Soviet naval strategic rocketry, the man the CIA called 'the Ural Dragon' Science and technology · Soviet Union 1924–1985
Mikhail Fyodorovich Reshetnev Михаил Фёдорович Решетнёв The chief designer who built a Soviet satellite empire in the Siberian taiga Science and technology · Soviet Union 1924–1996
Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev Павел Иванович Беляев The fighter pilot who commanded the first spacewalk Science and technology · Soviet Union 1925–1970
Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov Владимир Михайлович Комаров Voskhod 1 commander and the first human to perish in a spaceflight Science and technology · Soviet Union 1927–1967
Lev Petrovich Feoktistov Лев Петрович Феоктистов From nuclear-weapon designer to critic of the arms race Science and technology · Soviet Union 1928–2002
German Arsenyevich Goncharov Герман Арсеньевич Гончаров Physicist from Sakharov's group who became the lead declassifier and historian of the Soviet H-bomb project Science and technology · Soviet Union 1928–2009
Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev Андриян Григорьевич Николаев Soviet cosmonaut who flew humanity's first multi-day spaceflight aboard Vostok 3 Science and technology · Soviet Union 1929–2004
Valentina Leonidovna Ponomaryova Валентина Леонидовна Пономарёва The most qualified female cosmonaut candidate, grounded by politics Science and technology · Soviet Union 1933–2023
Grigori Grigoryevich Nelyubov Григорий Григорьевич Нелюбов Gagarin's second backup, the cosmonaut ranked third for the first flight who never reached orbit Science and technology · Soviet Union 1934–1966

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