People of the thaw and the stagnation 1953–1985 — People | Cyber-Lenin

People of the thaw and the stagnation 1953–1985

397 people

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Dzhermen Mikhailovich Gvishiani Джермен Михайлович Гвишиани Philosopher who bridged Soviet planning science and Western systems analysis Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1928–2003
Vladimir Mikhailovich Kamentsev Владимир Михайлович Каменцев The technocrat who brought Soviet fisheries to global leadership Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1928–2003
Chinghiz Torekulovich Aitmatov Чингиз Торекулович Айтматов Kyrgyz writer and diplomat who carved a Central Asian voice into world literature Literature and arts · Soviet Union state institutions 1928–2008
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 state institutions 1928–2009
Yakov Petrovich Ryabov Яков Петрович Рябов Yeltsin's political patron and CPSU defence secretary who forced the T-72 tank through against Ustinov's opposition Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1928–2018
Valentin Karpovich Mesyats Валентин Карпович Месяц Agriculture minister of late stagnation Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1928–2019
Yevgeny Mikhailovich Tyazhelnikov Евгений Михайлович Тяжельников The model Brezhnev-era youth-cadre pipeline apparatchik Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1928–2020
Sergei Pavlovich Pavlov Сергей Павлович Павлов The anti-thaw Komsomol chief who delivered the Moscow Olympics Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1929–1993
Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev Андриян Григорьевич Николаев Soviet cosmonaut who flew humanity's first multi-day spaceflight aboard Vostok 3 Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1929–2004
Yuri Nikolayevich Khristoradnov Юрий Николаевич Христораднов Party chief who led the Gorky region for 14 years and the last Soviet overseer of religious affairs Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1929–2018
Stepan Alekseyevich Shalaev Степан Алексеевич Шалаев The last leader of the Soviet trade-union system Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1929–2022
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kozlovsky Евгений Александрович Козловский Longest-serving geology minister who presided over the 'golden age' of Soviet mineral exploration Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1929–2022
Merab Konstantinovich Mamardashvili Мераб Константинович Мамардашвили The philosopher who spoke consciousness aloud Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1930–1990
Alexander Yevgenyevich Bovin Александр Евгеньевич Бовин Brezhnev's foreign-affairs speechwriter who put détente into prose, then became its sharpest television commentator Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1930–2004
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
Richard Ivanovich Kosolapov Ричард Иванович Косолапов Principal architect of the Brezhnev-era 'developed socialism' doctrine Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions 1930–2020
Viktor Sergeyevich Makarenko Виктор Сергеевич Макаренко Crimean party administrator who helped protect Massandra Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1931–2007
Boris Sarkisovich Kevorkov Բորիս Սարգսի Կևորկով The Armenian party functionary who enforced Baku's control over Nagorno-Karabakh Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1932–1998
Karen Serobovich Demirchyan Карен Серобович Демирчян Modernized Soviet Armenia over 14 years, sacked for siding with Karabakh, returned and assassinated in parliament Political and party leadership · Soviet Union state institutions 1932–1999
Erlen Kirikovich Pervyshin Эрлен Кирикович Первышин Minister of Communications Equipment Industry who oversaw Soviet military C3 infrastructure Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions 1932–2004
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko Евгений Александрович Евтушенко A poet in Russia is more than a poet: the stadium-filling voice of the Thaw and its contradictions Literature and arts 1933–2017
Boris Nikolayevich Pastukhov Борис Николаевич Пастухов The last Komsomol heavyweight who ran the Soviet publishing empire Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1933–2021
Valentina Leonidovna Ponomaryova Валентина Леонидовна Пономарёва The most qualified female cosmonaut candidate, grounded by politics Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 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 state institutions 1934–1966
Oleg Danilovich Kalugin Олег Данилович Калугин Youngest KGB general turned its highest-ranking defector-critic Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–
Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin Юрий Алексеевич Гагарин The first human smile to leave the Earth Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–1968
Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov Алексей Архипович Леонов First to open the door to the cosmos, and the first to draw it from inside Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–2019
Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky Валерий Фёдорович Быковский The cosmonaut who spent five days alone in orbit, setting a solo spaceflight record that still stands Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–2019
Gherman Stepanovich Titov Герман Степанович Титов Second human to orbit Earth and builder of Soviet military space systems Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2000
Sergei Nikitich Khrushchev Сергей Никитич Хрущёв Khrushchev's son and Chelomei's guidance-system engineer Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2020
Irina Bayanovna Solovyova Ирина Баяновна Соловьёва Tereshkova's backup cosmonaut, the physically strongest candidate Kamanin judged too reserved for the spotlight Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova Валентина Владимировна Терешкова The textile-worker 'Chaika,' first woman in space Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1937–
Andrei Alekseevich Amalrik Андрей Алексеевич Амальрик Historian and playwright who foresaw the Soviet collapse by 1984 Literature and arts 1938–1980
Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky Владимир Семёнович Высоцкий The voice the state silenced, but a million tapes couldn't Literature and arts 1938–1980
Oleg Antonovich Gordievsky Олег Антонович Гордиевский The highest-ranking KGB officer to defect, and the key source on the 1983 war scare Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1938–2025
Valery Mikhailovich Sablin Валерий Михайлович Саблин The naval officer who mutinied for Leninist principles against the Brezhnev regime Military command · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1939–1976
Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov Станислав Евграфович Петров Soviet Air Defence Forces lieutenant colonel who correctly dismissed the Oko false alarm and prevented nuclear war Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1939–2017
Anatoly Mikhailovich Kornukov Анатолий Михайлович Корнуков The air-defense general who ordered KAL 007 shot down, later commander-in-chief of the Russian Air Force Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1942–2014
Gennady Nikolayevich Osipovich Геннадий Николаевич Осипович The Soviet air-defence interceptor pilot who shot down KAL 007 Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1944–2015
Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich Святлана Александровна Аляксандраўна Алексіевіч A writer who recorded the Soviet century through voices of testimony Literature and arts 1948–
Viktor Vasilyevich Baklanov Виктор Васильевич Бакланов Full cavalier of the Order of Labour Glory, collective-farm mechanizer Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions 1949–2019
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
Vladimir Nikolayevich Shashenok Владимир Николаевич Шашенок A commissioning engineer caught in the Chernobyl disaster Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1951–1986
Nikolai Sergeyevich Simonov Николай Сергеевич Симонов The VPK's chronicler, the historian who dissected the Soviet military-industrial complex Scholarship and theory 1959–
Boris Mikhailov Борис Михайлов The chief designer of the Volga inflatable airlock that made Leonov's spacewalk possible Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
Mikhail Kozlovsky Михаил Козловский KGB security officer who commanded border troops under Andropov Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions ?–?
Sergei Semyonovich Biryuzov Сергей Семёнович Бирюзов Marshal who helped plan the liberation of the Balkans, then commanded the Strategic Rocket Forces Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1904/1905–1964

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