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People of the Revolution and the USSR
Activity
Affiliation
Position
Citizenship
Background
Era(set)
People of the Soviet Union
People of the Chinese revolution and the People’s Republic
People of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era
People of the wider world
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Valerian Aleksandrovich Zorin Валериан Александрович Зорин
The Soviet Cold War diplomat who denied the Cuban missiles at the UN Security Council
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union
1902–1986
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Viktor Georgiyevich Bakayev Виктор Георгиевич Бакаев
16-year minister who built the Soviet merchant fleet into a global maritime power
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union
1902–1987
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Vasil Pavlovich Mzhavanadze Васил Павлович Мжаванадзе
The Georgian boss who ruled nineteen years, and godfathered a shadow economy
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Union
1902–1988
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Arkady Alexandrovich Sobolev Аркадий Александрович Соболев
Soviet diplomat who co-drafted the UN Charter, the Soviet face at the UN through the early Cold War
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union
1903–1964
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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
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Nikolai Ilyich Belyaev Николай Ильич Беляев
Khrushchev loyalist who defended him in 1957, undone by the Temirtau riots
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1903–1966
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Nikolai Ivanovich Krylov Николай Иванович Крылов
From Stalingrad to the Strategic Rocket Forces: the marshal who built the nuclear triad's third leg
Military command · Soviet Union
1903–1972
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Averky Borisovich Aristov Аверкий Борисович Аристов
Presidium member born a fisherman's son, party cadres chief who loved to fish
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1903–1973
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Antanas Juozovich Sniečkus Antanas Sniečkus
The communist who ruled Soviet Lithuania for 34 years
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1903–1974
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Andrei Antonovich Grechko Андрей Антонович Гречко
Brezhnev-era defence minister
Military command · Soviet Union
1903–1976
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Aram Ilyich Khachaturian Арам Ильич Хачатурян
Composer who fused Armenian folk melody with the Soviet symphony
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union
1903–1978
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Alexei Nikolayevich Leontiev Алексей Николаевич Леонтьев
Founder of activity theory who laid the institutional foundations of Marxist psychology
Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1903–1979
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Issa Alexandrovich Pliyev Исса Александрович Плиев
The only cavalryman twice Hero of the Soviet Union, who went to the brink of nuclear war in Cuba
Military command · Soviet Union
1903–1979
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Boris Pavlovich Beshchev Борис Павлович Бещев
The longest-serving Soviet minister, who led the railways for 29 years
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union
1903–1981
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Nikolai Viktorovich Podgorny Николай Викторович Подгорный
Head of state in the Brezhnev-Kosygin collective leadership
Political and party leadership · Soviet Union
1903–1983
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Bonifaty Mikhailovich Kedrov Бонифатий Михайлович Кедров
Philosopher of science who systematized dialectical materialism for natural science and created the Kedrov Triangle
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union
1903–1985
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Andrey Nikolayevich Kolmogorov Андрей Николаевич Колмогоров
The mathematician who axiomatized modern probability theory
Science and technology · Soviet Union
1903–1987
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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
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Leonid Gatovsky Лев Маркович Гатовский
The editor who built the political economy of socialism as a discipline
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union
1903–1997
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Alexei Andreyevich Poskonov Алексей Андреевич Посконов
The Bashkir-born financial technocrat who ran Gosbank through the Kosygin reform
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union
1904–1969
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Pyotr Kirillovich Koshevoy Пётр Кириллович Кошевой
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union who took Mount Sapun and stormed Königsberg
Military command · Soviet Union
1904–1976
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Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin Алексей Николаевич Косыгин
The premier who tried to plant profit inside the plan
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union
1904–1980
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Vladimir Alexandrovich Sudets Владимир Александрович Судец
Marshal of Aviation who led the 17th Air Army to Prague and commanded Soviet Air Defence Forces
Military command · Soviet Union
1904–1981
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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
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Pyotr Faddeyevich Lomako Пётр Фаддеевич Ломако
Founder of Soviet non-ferrous metallurgy and Gosplan chairman
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union
1904–1990
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Aleksei Sergeyevich Zheltov Алексей Сергеевич Желтов
Chief political commissar of the post-Stalin Soviet military who helped bring down Zhukov
Military command · Soviet Union
1904–1991
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Vladimir Nikonovich Starovsky Владимир Никонович Старовский
The man who ran Soviet statistics for 35 years
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union
1905–1975
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Alexander Akimovich Ishkov Александр Акимович Ишков
Architect of the Soviet ocean-going fishing fleet, felled by the 'fish mafia' scandal
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union
1905–1988
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Ivan Alexandrovich Serov Иван Александрович Серов
The first chairman of the KGB
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1905–1990
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Ivan Vasilyevich Spiridonov Иван Васильевич Спиридонов
Khrushchev-era Leningrad party boss who proposed removing Stalin's body from the Mausoleum and stumbled over the apparatus's loyalty test
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1905–1991
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Alexei Matveyevich Rumyantsev Алексей Матвеевич Румянцев
The political economist who opened Khrushchev's economic debate, and institutional founder of Soviet sociology
Scholarship and theory · Soviet Union
1905–1993
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Vadim Aleksandrovich Trapeznikov Вадим Александрович Трапезников
An automation scientist who pressed technology toward economic reform
Scholarship and theory
1905–1994
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Boris Nikolayevich Ponomarev Борис Николаевич Пономарёв
The party international chief who managed the communist line abroad
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1905–1995
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Dmitri Trofimovich Shepilov Дмитрий Трофимович Шепилов
Khrushchev’s theoretician who became “Shepilov who joined them”
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union
1905–1995
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Nikolai Alexandrovich Tikhonov Николай Александрович Тихонов
The conservative premier of late Brezhnevism
Government and administration · Soviet Union
1905–1997
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Johannes Gustavovich Käbin Иван Густавович Кэбин
A pragmatic national communist who navigated between Moscow and Estonia for 28 years
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1905–1999
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Arseniy Grigoryevich Golovko Арсений Григорьевич Головко
Guardian of the Arctic convoys as Northern Fleet commander, architect of Soviet naval power projection in the Atlantic
Military command · Soviet Union
1906–1962
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Jānis Voldemarovich Peive Ян Вольдемарович Пейве
From trace elements to federal politics: a Latvian agrochemist who chaired the Soviet of Nationalities
Science and technology · Soviet Union
1906–1976
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Nikolai Pavlovich Dudorov Николай Павлович Дудоров
Khrushchev's civilian interior minister who tried and failed to dismantle the informant system
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1906–1977
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Ivan Aleksandrovich Grishmanov Иван Александрович Гришманов
Carpenter-turned-minister who led the Soviet building-materials industry for 14 years
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union
1906–1979
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Yevgeni Fyodorovich Kozhevnikov Евгений Фёдорович Кожевников
Founding head of Mintransstroy who led Soviet transport construction across the Khrushchev and Brezhnev eras
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union
1906–1979
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Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev Леонид Ильич Брежнев
The man whose statecraft was not rocking the boat
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1906–1982
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Vladimir Nikiforovich Malin Владимир Никифорович Малин
11-year keeper of the party's central document flow
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1906–1982
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Anatoly Ivanovich Kostousov Анатолий Иванович Костоусов
The longest-serving industrial minister who made the USSR the world's top machine-tool producer
Industry and production · Soviet Union
1906–1985
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Andrei Pavlovich Kirilenko Андрей Павлович Кириленко
Brezhnev-era senior secretary for cadres
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1906–1990
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Leonid Fyodorovich Ilyichev Леонид Фёдорович Ильичёв
Khrushchev's chief ideologue: the philosopher who edited both Pravda and Izvestia, then designed the anti-religious campaign
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1906–1990
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Alexander Ivanovich Struyev Александр Иванович Струев
The trade minister who ran Soviet domestic commerce for 18 years
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union
1906–1991
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Mikhail Alekseyevich Yasnov Михаил Алексеевич Яснов
The 20-year formal head of state of the Russian republic under Brezhnev
Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union
1906–1991
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Andranik Melkonovich Petrosyants Андраник Мелконович Петросьянц
Civilian face of the nuclear program who chaired the State Atomic Energy Committee for 24 years
Science and technology · Soviet Union
1906–2005
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Sergei Pavlovich Korolev Сергей Павлович Королёв
From the Gulag to space. The designer whose name was a state secret
Science and technology · Soviet Union
1907–1966