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People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity

Any Political and party leadership 46 Government and administration 7 Legislature and state representation 4 Military command 50 Security, intelligence and policing 26 Diplomacy and international organization 17 Economy, finance and planning 38 Industry and production 39 Agriculture and land policy 9 Ideology and propaganda 30 Social movements and organizing 44 Scholarship and theory 19 Education 2 Science and technology 74 Literature and arts 17 Law and justice 5

Affiliation

Most people

Any Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 310 Soviet Unionstate 305 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 3 United Russia 2 Comintern 1 Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 1

All 6 affiliations

International organizations

Comintern 1

Poland

Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 1

Russia

Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 3 United Russia 2

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 310 Soviet Unionstate 305

Position

Any Left critics of Bolshevism 2 Socialist-bloc reform leader 5 Dissident 9 Marxism and communism 370

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 390 Russia 5 Azerbaijan 1 Belarus 1

Background

Any Russia 306 Ukraine 33 Belarus 13 Armenia 7 Georgia 7 Latvia 6 Azerbaijan 5 Poland 3 Uzbekistan 3 Finland 2 Kazakhstan 2 Kyrgyzstan 2 Lithuania 2 Turkmenistan 2 Estonia 1 Germany 1 Moldova 1 Tajikistan 1

Era(set)

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 147 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 280 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 459 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 397 The last generation1985–1991 220

People of the Chinese revolution and the People’s Republic

The old regime and the Nationalists1894–1949 9 The Chinese revolutionary generation1911–1949 20 People of the Mao era1949–1976 25 The reform generation1976–현재 12

People of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era

The Revolution and the Napoleonic era1774–1830 53

People of the wider world

The age of the Internationals and empires1820–1917 57 The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 461 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 385 Scholars of this history1892–현재 155

People of the thaw and the stagnation 1953–1985

397 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Boris Fyodorovich Bratchenko Борис Фёдорович Братченко The coal minister who led the Soviet mining industry for twenty years across the Brezhnev era Industry and production · Soviet Union 1912–2004
Leonid Nikolayevich Yefremov Леонид Николаевич Ефремов The party man who handed Stavropol to Gorbachev, then called him a renegade Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1912–2007
Vasily Filimonovich Shauro Василий Филимонович Шауро The 'Great Mute' who presided as the party's gatekeeper of Soviet culture for 21 years Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1912–2007
Pyotr Andreyevich Abrassimov Пётр Андреевич Абрасимов The Soviet 'governing ambassador' who managed Cold War Berlin Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1912–2009
Boris Yevseyevich Chertok Борис Евсеевич Черток Korolev's deputy who designed the brains of Sputnik and then wrote the history of the Soviet space program Science and technology · Soviet Union 1912–2011
Nikolai Romanovich Mironov Николай Романович Миронов The party's overseer of the power ministries who organized Khrushchev's removal Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1913–1964
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
Jabbor Rasulovich Rasulov Джабар Расулович Расулов Agronomist who led Tajikistan for 21 years, a communist of ascetic modesty and incorruptibility Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1913–1982
Alexander Ivanovich Pokryshkin Александр Иванович Покрышкин The ace who rewrote Soviet fighter tactics, the only soldier awarded Hero of the Soviet Union three times during wartime Military command · Soviet Union 1913–1985
Sergei Mitrofanovich Kovalev Сергей Митрофанович Ковалёв Soviet ideologue who codified the Brezhnev Doctrine in the pages of Pravda Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union 1913–1990
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
Nikolai Ivanovich Savinkin Николай Иванович Савинкин The personnel gatekeeper of the Soviet power ministries for 19 years under Brezhnev Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1913–1993
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
Alexander Ivanovich Alexeyev Александр Иванович Алексеев KGB officer turned first Soviet ambassador to Cuba who won Castro's trust and warned Khrushchev against the missile deployment Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1913–2001
Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov Тихон Николаевич Хренников Gatekeeper of Soviet music for 43 years Literature and arts · Soviet Union 1913–2007
Mikhail Sergeyevich Solomentsev Михаил Сергеевич Соломенцев Brezhnev-era industrial technocrat who ran the Russian republic for 12 years Government and administration · Soviet Union 1913–2008
Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov Сергей Владимирович Михалков The poet who wrote the anthem for Stalin, Brezhnev, and Putin Literature and arts · Soviet Union 1913–2009
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
Pavel Stepanovich Kutakhov Павел Степанович Кутахов Longest-serving Soviet Air Force chief, the fighter ace who led Soviet air power to its Cold War zenith Military command · Soviet Union 1914–1984
Vladimir Nikolayevich Chelomey Владимир Николаевич Челомей The missile designer who overtook Korolev under Khrushchev's patronage, then faded when his patron fell Science and technology · Soviet Union 1914–1984
Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov Юрий Владимирович Андропов The paradox: a reformer’s patron inside the KGB Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1914–1984
Aleksandr Davidovich Nadiradze Александр Давидович Надирадзе The Georgian-born secret father of the Soviet mobile ICBM force Science and technology · Soviet Union 1914–1987
Kirill Trofimovich Mazurov Кирилл Трофимович Мазуров Belarusian partisan leader who rose to Brezhnev's Politburo and served as USSR First Deputy Premier for thirteen years Government and administration · Soviet Union 1914–1989
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 1914–1989
Georgy Aleksandrovich Tyulin Георгий Александрович Тюлин The man who said 'go' for Tereshkova, Leonov, and Lunokhod Science and technology · Soviet Union 1914–1990
Viktor Vasilyevich Grishin Виктор Васильевич Гришин The face of the Brezhnev era who ran Moscow for eighteen years and died while re-applying for his pension Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1914–1992
Vitālijs Petrovich Rubenis Виталий Петрович Рубен The Latvian who chaired the Soviet of Nationalities for a decade under Brezhnev Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union 1914–1994
Mikhail Vasilyevich Zimyanin Михаил Васильевич Зимянин Brezhnev's 'number two party ideologist' after Suslov Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1914–1995
Aleksei Mikhailovich Shkolnikov Алексей Михайлович Школьников The apparatchik who ran three oblasts under Khrushchev and rose to People's Control Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1914–2003
Leonid Arkadyevich Kostandov Леонид Аркадьевич Костандов Longest-serving chemical industry minister who led the Brezhnev-era chemicalization drive Industry and production · Soviet Union 1915–1984
Boris Viktorovich Rauschenbach Борис Викторович Раушенбах From labor camp to Vostok: pioneer of spaceflight control and guidance Science and technology · Soviet Union 1915–2001
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 1915–2002
Ivan Vasilyevich Kapitonov Иван Васильевич Капитонов The personnel chief who ran the nomenklatura for 21 years under Brezhnev Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 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 1915–2003
Viktor Nikolayevich Polyakov Виктор Николаевич Поляков The first general director of VAZ who built Soviet mass automobility on the banks of the Volga Industry and production · Soviet Union 1915–2004
Ziya Nuriyevich Nuriyev Зия Нуриевич Нуриев Bashkir deputy premier who ran Brezhnev's agro-industrial complex Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union 1915–2012
Valentin Dmitrievich Shashin Валентин Дмитриевич Шашин The minister who made the USSR #1 in oil, then warned against over-pumping Industry and production · Soviet Union 1916–1977
Vasily Alexandrovich Kazakov Василий Александрович Казаков From factory technologist to aviation minister: a military-industrial administrator who rose through every rung Industry and production · Soviet Union 1916–1981
Vladimir Vasilyevich Bakhirev Владимир Васильевич Бахирев The munitions administrator who commanded Soviet conventional-ammunition mass production for 19 years of the Cold War Industry and production · Soviet Union 1916–1991
Augusts Eduardovich Voss Augusts Voss Latvian party boss turned Soviet of Nationalities chairman Political and party leadership · Soviet Union 1916–1994
Leonid Vasilyevich Smirnov Леонид Васильевич Смирнов The VPK chairman who coordinated the Soviet military-industrial complex for 22 years Industry and production · Soviet Union 1916–2001
Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov Александр Михайлович Прохоров Nobel-winning laser co-inventor who helmed the Great Soviet Encyclopedia for three decades Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1916–2002
Vladimir Ivanovich Terebilov Владимир Иванович Теребилов Jurist who revived the abolished Justice Ministry and directed the codification of Soviet legislation Law and justice · Soviet Union 1916–2004
Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg Виталий Лазаревич Гинзбург From the H-bomb's 'second idea' to the Nobel Prize: a century-spanning theoretical physicist Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1916–2009
Alexander Vasilyevich Sidorenko Александр Васильевич Сидоренко The institutional architect of Soviet geology who spanned desert and Precambrian Industry and production · Soviet Union 1917–1982
Semyon Kuzmich Tsvigun Семён Кузьмич Цвигун Brezhnev's watcher planted beside Andropov Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1917–1982
Sharaf Rashidovich Rashidov Шараф Рашидович Рашидов Writer turned leader who drove Uzbekistan's industrialization and cultural revival for 24 years, later tied to the Cotton Affair Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1917–1983
Tikhon Yakovlevich Kiselyov Тихон Яковлевич Киселёв Belarus's premier for nearly 20 years who rose to First Secretary and candidate Politburo member, then died of cancer two years later Government and administration · Soviet Union 1917–1983
Yevgeny Ivanovich Zababakhin Евгений Иванович Забабахин Scientific director of the USSR's second nuclear weapons design centre Science and technology · Soviet Union 1917–1984
Semyon Konstantinovich Kurkotkin Семён Константинович Куркоткин One of the last Marshals, who ran the Soviet rear for 16 years Military command · Soviet Union 1917–1990

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