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Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky Родион Яковлевич Малиновский Marshal and Defence Minister, 1957–1967 Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1898–1967
Kirill Semyonovich Moskalenko Кирилл Семёнович Москаленко The marshal who led Beria's arrest and called his subordinates 'enemies of the people' Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1985
Nikolai Viktorovich Podgorny Николай Викторович Подгорный Head of state in the Brezhnev-Kosygin collective leadership Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1983
Pyotr Kirillovich Koshevoy Пётр Кириллович Кошевой Twice Hero of the Soviet Union who took Mount Sapun and stormed Königsberg Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1904–1976
Sergei Pavlovich Korolev Сергей Павлович Королёв From the Gulag to space. The designer whose name was a state secret Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1907–1966
Boris Yevstafyevich Butoma Борис Евстафьевич Бутома Architect of the nuclear submarine fleet who led Soviet shipbuilding for 19 years Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1907–1976
Roman Andreyevich Rudenko Роман Андреевич Руденко Chief Soviet prosecutor at Nuremberg, the longest-serving head of the Soviet procuracy Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions 1907–1981
Georgy Karpovich Tsinev Георгий Карпович Цинёв Brezhnev's other pair of eyes inside the KGB Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1907–1996
Aleksey Illarionovich Kirichenko Алексей Илларионович Кириченко Khrushchev-era secretary for party appointments Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1908–1975
Arkhip Mikhailovich Lyulka Архип Михайлович Люлька The designer who opened the Soviet jet age without copying a single German engine Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1908–1984
Valentin Petrovich Glushko Валентин Петрович Глушко Founder of Soviet liquid rocketry: his engines carried Sputnik, Gagarin, and Buran Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1908–1989
Petro Yefimovich Shelest Пётр Ефимович Шелест The republic first secretary removed for investing in Ukrainian culture Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1908–1996
Ivan Grigoryevich Pavlovsky Иван Григорьевич Павловский The ground forces commander who invaded Czechoslovakia and opposed Afghanistan Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1909–1999
Pavel Fyodorovich Batitsky Павел Фёдорович Батицкий The marshal who built Soviet air defence and personally executed Beria Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1910–1984
Pyotr Stepanovich Neporozhny Пётр Степанович Непорожний The longest-serving energy minister who built the Unified Energy System Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1910–1999
Vladimir Fyodorovich Tolubko Владимир Фёдорович Толубко The SRF commander who brought Soviet missile forces to strategic parity with the United States Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1914–1989
Alexander Pavlovich Lyashko Александр Павлович Ляшко The Donetsk-born Soviet economic manager who led Ukraine's government for 15 years through the Brezhnev era Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1915–2002
Stepan Vasilievich Chervonenko Степан Васильевич Червоненко Soviet ambassador for 24 years across the Sino-Soviet split, Prague Spring, and détente Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1915–2003
Semyon Kuzmich Tsvigun Семён Кузьмич Цвигун Brezhnev's watcher planted beside Andropov Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–1982
Dmitry Stepanovich Polyansky Дмитрий Степанович Полянский Brezhnev-era official across agriculture and government Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–2001
Vladimir Vasilyevich Shcherbitsky Владимир Васильевич Щербицкий The Brezhnev-era republic-builder who led Ukraine for 17 years, linchpin of the Dnepr clan Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1918–1990
Grigory Vasilyevich Kisunko Григорий Васильевич Кисунько Soviet military scientist who designed the world's first operational anti-ballistic missile defense system Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–1998
Grigory Fyodorovich Grigorenko Григорий Фёдорович Григоренко Architect of Soviet counterintelligence for 40 years, from SMERSH radio games to chief of the KGB Second Chief Directorate Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–2007
Vitaly Vasilyevich Fedorchuk Виталий Васильевич Федорчук The brief KGB chairman after Andropov Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–2008
Ivan Pavlovich Kazanets Иван Павлович Казанец From Ukrainian premier to USSR steel minister: a Dnieper-born technocrat who ran Soviet ferrous metallurgy for twenty years Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–2013
Boris Yevdokimovich Shcherbina Борис Евдокимович Щербина The Chernobyl commander who built Siberia's oil empire Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1919–1990
Boris Pavlovich Bugayev Борис Павлович Бугаев Brezhnev's personal pilot who became Chief Marshal and the head of Soviet civil aviation Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–2007
Georgy Markovich Korniyenko Георгий Маркович Корниенко Gromyko's point man on America who ran arms-control talks, opposed the Afghan invasion, and demanded truth over KAL 007 Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions 1925–2006
Pavel Romanovich Popovich Павел Романович Попович Cosmonaut No. 4, Vostok 4 pilot of the first simultaneous crewed spaceflight Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2009
Viktor Sergeyevich Makarenko Виктор Сергеевич Макаренко Crimean party administrator who helped protect Massandra Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1931–2007
Valery Ilyich Khodemchuk Валерий Ильич Ходемчук The first victim of Chernobyl, standing in the pump hall when the reactor exploded, his body never recovered Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1951–1986