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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

Nikolai Vasilyevich Ogarkov Николай Васильевич Огарков The Chief of Staff who foresaw a revolution in military affairs and opposed the Afghan invasion Military command · Soviet Union 1917–1994
Vadim Aleksandrovich Matrosov Вадим Александрович Матросов The military axis of the KGB: 17 years commanding the border army Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1917–1999
Dmitry Stepanovich Polyansky Дмитрий Степанович Полянский Brezhnev-era official across agriculture and government Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union 1917–2001
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
Kerim Aliyevich Kerimov Керим Алиевич Керимов The long-hidden manager of crewed spaceflight Science and technology · Soviet Union 1917–2003
Vasily Sergeyevich Tolstikov Василий Сергеевич Толстиков Leningrad party leader during the Thaw who became ambassador to China Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1917–2003
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
Nuritdin Akramovich Mukhitdinov Nuritdin Akramovich Muhitdinov First Central Asian in the Presidium, nationalities-policy practitioner Social movements and organizing · Soviet Union 1917–2008
Pyotr Nilovich Demichev Пётр Нилович Демичев A Brezhnev-era manager of cultural policy Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union 1917–2010
Vasily Ivanovich Petrov Василий Иванович Петров Commander-in-Chief of Ground Forces who led the Soviet operation in the Ogaden War, the last marshal forged in combat Military command · Soviet Union 1917–2014
Fyodor Davydovich Kulakov Фёдор Давыдович Кулаков Agriculture secretary seen as a Brezhnev successor whose sudden death opened the seat for Gorbachev Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1918–1978
Pyotr Mironovich Masherov Пётр Миронович Машеров Belarus's partisan-hero leader for 15 years who transformed an agrarian republic into an industrial powerhouse - his death a legend Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1918–1980
Igor Demyanovich Statsenko Игорь Демьянович Стаценко Commander of the 51st Missile Division that deployed R-12 missiles to Cuba Military command · Soviet Union 1918–1987
Fyodor Konstantinovich Mortin Фёдор Константинович Мортин Sakharovsky's 13-year right hand and the short-lived PGU chief of early détente Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1918–1990
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
Yevgeny Filippovich Ivanovsky Евгений Филиппович Ивановский Longest-serving GSFG commander who led the Soviet front-line force facing NATO for eight years Military command · Soviet Union 1918–1991
Andrei Mikhailovich Alexandrov-Agentov Андрей Михайлович Александров-Агентов The foreign-policy aide who served four Soviet General Secretaries Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1918–1993
Alexander Nikolayevich Shelepin Александр Николаевич Шелепин The Komsomol boss who took over the KGB Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1918–1994
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 1918–1998
Nikolai Timofeevich Glushkov Николай Тимофеевич Глушков Brezhnev-era chief price administrator who oversaw every official price in the USSR for 11 years Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1918–1999
Sergey Alexandrovich Afanasyev Сергей Александрович Афанасьев Long-serving minister of missile and space industry Industry and production · Soviet Union 1918–2001
Ivan Kirillovich Yakovlev Иван Кириллович Яковлев The MVD general who turned the Internal Troops into a mobile strike force and sealed Chernobyl Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1918–2002
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
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 1918–2007
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn Александр Исаевич Солженицын Prisoner Shch-854, who told the world about the Archipelago Literature and arts 1918–2008
Timofey Borisovich Guzhenko Тимофей Борисович Гуженко The merchant marine minister who conquered the Arctic with a nuclear icebreaker fleet Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1918–2008
Vitaly Vasilyevich Fedorchuk Виталий Васильевич Федорчук The brief KGB chairman after Andropov Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1918–2008
Ivan Ivanovich Bodiul Иван Иванович Бодюл The republic first secretary who ruled Moldavia for nearly 20 years as Brezhnev's close ally Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1918–2013
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 1918–2013
Yevgeny Georgievich Pepelyayev Евгений Георгиевич Пепеляев A Soviet ace of MiG Alley Military command · Soviet Union 1918–2013
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
Oleg Vladimirovich Penkovsky Олег Владимирович Пеньковский The GRU colonel who fed the West over 5,000 classified documents on Soviet missile weakness, exposing Khrushchev's strategic bluff Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1919–1963
Lev Nikolayevich Tolkunov Лев Николаевич Толкунов From Izvestia editor to Soviet of the Union chairman: a Brezhnev-era media mandarin who became the face of the supreme legislature Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union 1919–1989
Boris Yevdokimovich Shcherbina Борис Евдокимович Щербина The Chernobyl commander who built Siberia's oil empire Industry and production · Soviet Union 1919–1990
Vladimir Sergeyevich Alkhimov Владимир Сергеевич Алхимов Long-serving head of Gosbank Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1919–1993
Viktor Mikhailovich Bushuyev Виктор Михайлович Бушуев CC department head who directed the Soviet chemical industry Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1919–1996
Georgy Emmanuilovich Tsukanov Георгий Эммануилович Цуканов The quiet gatekeeper who controlled Brezhnev's paper flow Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1919–2001
Oleg Alexandrovich Troyanovsky Олег Александрович Трояновский From Stalin's interpreter to UN ambassador, the Soviet diplomat who weathered Cold War crises with wit Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1919–2003
Pavel Vasilyevich Finogenov Павел Васильевич Финогенов The defense industry minister who ran Soviet conventional arms production from late Brezhnev through perestroika Industry and production · Soviet Union 1919–2004
Yuri Vsyevolodovich Votintsev Юрий Всеволодович Вотинцев A missile-defence builder who disclosed a Cold War false alarm Military command · Soviet Union 1919–2005
Anatoly Ivanovich Gribkov Анатолий Иванович Грибков Secret planner of the Cuban Missile Crisis deployment and last Chief of Staff of the Warsaw Pact Joint Armed Forces Military command · Soviet Union 1919–2008
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
Anatoly Fyodorovich Dobrynin Анатолий Фёдорович Добрынин The ambassador whose 24 years in Washington made him the hidden circuit of Soviet–American diplomacy Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union 1919–2010
Turdakun Usubalievich Usubaliev Турдакун Усубалиевич Усубалиев The builder who transformed Kirghizia from an agrarian to an industrial republic across the Khrushchev-Brezhnev era Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1919–2015
Alexander Mikhailovich Rekunkov Александр Михайлович Рекунков Soviet Procurator General who served from Brezhnev to Gorbachev and personally delivered Sakharov's exile decree Law and justice · Soviet Union 1920–1996
Nikolai Grigoryevich Yegorychev Николай Григорьевич Егорычев The Moscow party boss who challenged Brezhnev and was exiled to diplomacy Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1920–2005
Yadgar Sadykovna Nasriddinova Ядгар Садыковна Насриддинова Uzbek SSR figure who chaired the Soviet of Nationalities Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union 1920–2006
Nikolai Nikolayevich Mesyatsev Николай Николаевич Месяцев The official who exposed the fabricated Doctors' Plot Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union 1920–2011
Ivan Lavrentievich Ustinov Иван Лаврентьевич Устинов Military counterintelligence chief of the Brezhnev era Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1920–2020
Vadim Stepanovich Tikunov Вадим Степанович Тикунов Shelepin-network RSFSR interior minister who led Khrushchev-era policing Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union 1921–1980

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