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People

People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity(set)

Any Political and party leadership 382 Government and administration 92 Legislature and state representation 25 Military command 264 Security, intelligence and policing 193 Diplomacy and international organization 80 Economy, finance and planning 119 Industry and production 104 Agriculture and land policy 26 Ideology and propaganda 83 Social movements and organizing 238 Scholarship and theory 44 Education 10 Science and technology 126 Literature and arts 61 Law and justice 34

Affiliation

Most people

Any Soviet Unionstate 39 Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 22 Hungarystate 9 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 5 People’s Republic of Chinastate 4 East Germanystate 4 Polandstate 3 Cubastate 2

All 44 affiliations

Afghanistan

Afghanistanstate 1

Albania

Albaniastate 1

Angola

Angolastate 1

Benin

Beninstate 1

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso state institutionsstate 1

Cambodia

People’s Republic of Kampucheastate 1

China

Communist Party of China 1 People’s Republic of Chinastate 4

Congo - Brazzaville

Republic of the Congostate 1 Congolese Party of Labour (PCT) 1

Cuba

Cubastate 2

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakiastate 2 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) 1

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Democratic People’s Republic of Koreastate 1

East Germany

East Germanystate 4

Estonia

Estonia state institutionsstate 1

Ethiopia

Ethiopiastate 2

Germany

Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) 1

Grenada

Grenadastate 1

Hungary

Hungarystate 9 Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 1 Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSzMP) 1 Hungarian Social Democratic Party (MSZDP) 1

Laos

Laosstate 1

Latvia

Latvia state institutionsstate 2

Madagascar

Madagascarstate 1

Moldova

Moldova state institutionsstate 1

Mongolia

Mongoliastate 1

Mozambique

Mozambiquestate 1

Poland

Polandstate 3 Polish Workers' Party (PPR) 1

Romania

Romaniastate 1

Russia

Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 5

Somalia

Somaliastate 2

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 22 Soviet Unionstate 39

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan state institutionsstate 1

Ukraine

Ukraine state institutionsstate 1

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan state institutionsstate 1

Vietnam

Vietnamstate 2 Communist Party of Vietnam / Workers' Party of Vietnam 2

Yemen

Yemen state institutionsstate 1 Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) 1

Yugoslavia

Yugoslaviastate 1

Position(set)

Any Imperial establishment and White movement 9 Counter-revolutionary forces 32 Left critics of Bolshevism 5 Socialist-bloc reform leader 11 Dissident 2 Anarchists 1 Non-Bolshevik socialists 31 Jacobins and French revolutionary radicals 7 Fascists and Nazis 10 National liberation and anti-colonial movements 9 Marxism and communism 92 Liberalism and republicanism 18 Conservatism and Christian democracy 24 Monarchy and royalism 2 Agrarianism and peasant parties 5 Nationalism 17

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 35 Hungary 9 China 4 East Germany 4 Russia 4 Poland 3 Cuba 2 Czechoslovakia 2 Ethiopia 2 Somalia 2 Vietnam 2 Afghanistan 1 Albania 1 Angola 1 Azerbaijan 1 Belarus 1 Benin 1 Burkina Faso 1 Cambodia 1 Congo - Brazzaville 1 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1 Grenada 1 Laos 1 Latvia 1 Madagascar 1 Moldova 1 Mongolia 1 Mozambique 1 Romania 1 Turkmenistan 1 Ukraine 1 Uzbekistan 1 Yemen 1 Yugoslavia 1

Background

Any Russia 19 Hungary 9 Belarus 6 China 4 Germany 4 Ukraine 4 Poland 3 Armenia 2 Czechia 2 Ethiopia 2 Finland 2 Latvia 2 Somalia 2 Uzbekistan 2 Vietnam 2 Afghanistan 1 Albania 1 Angola 1 Azerbaijan 1 Benin 1 Burkina Faso 1 Cambodia 1 Congo - Brazzaville 1 Croatia 1 Cuba 1 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1 Estonia 1 Georgia 1 Grenada 1 Kazakhstan 1 Laos 1 Madagascar 1 Moldova 1 Mongolia 1 Mozambique 1 Romania 1 Spain 1 Turkmenistan 1 Yemen 1

Era

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The revolutionary generation1917–1940 15 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 11 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 7 The last generation1985–1991 10

People of the Chinese revolution and the People’s Republic

The Chinese revolutionary generation1911–1949 2 The reform generation1976–현재 2

People of the wider world

The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 4 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 41

Government and administration Marxism and communism Clear all

92 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Tserendorj Цэрэндорж First prime minister of the Mongolian People's Republic, diplomat of the old regime Government and administration · Mongolia 1868–1928
Augusts Kirhenšteins Augusts Kirhenšteins Microbiologist who headed the puppet government chosen by the Soviet embassy in 1940 and requested Latvia’s incorporation into the USSR Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union 1872–1963
Vladimir Dmitrievich Bonch-Bruevich Владимир Дмитриевич Бонч-Бруевич He built the Soviet government apparatus and studied the religious dissenters of the empire Government and administration · Soviet Union 1873–1955
Pyotr Germogenovich Smidovich Пётр Гермогенович Смидович Iskra agent across three revolutions, KOMZET chairman who shaped Soviet nationality policy and the Birobidzhan Jewish experiment Government and administration · Soviet Union 1874–1935
Jenő Landler Landler Jenő Labour lawyer turned Communist who was interior commissar and a Red Army commander in the Hungarian Soviet Republic Government and administration · Hungary 1875–1928
Stepan Georgiyevich Shaumyan Степан Георгиевич Шаумян The 'Caucasian Lenin', Marxist theorist of the national question and leader of the Baku Commune Government and administration · Soviet Union 1878–1918
Eero Haapalainen Eero Haapalainen Trade union leader who commanded the Finnish Red Guards from January to March 1918 Military command · Communist Party of Finland (SKP) 1880–1937
Alexei Ivanovich Rykov Алексей Иванович Рыков Lenin’s successor as premier, destroyed as the Right Opposition Government and administration · Soviet Union 1881–1938
Edvard Gylling Edvard Gylling Finnish socialist who was Red Finland’s commissar of finance and later headed the government of Soviet Karelia Government and administration · Soviet Union 1881–1938
Ivan Ribar Ivan Ribar A parliamentarian who carried constitutional politics into the Liberation Movement Legislature and state representation · Yugoslavia 1881–1968
Fyodor Andreyevich Sergeyev Фёдор Андреевич Сергеев Founder and head of the Donetsk-Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic, close friend of Stalin and Kirov Government and administration · Soviet Union 1883–1921
Petru Groza Petru Groza The "red bourgeois", a landowning lawyer who never joined the party yet served as the communist regime's first prime minister and head of state Government and administration · Romania 1884–1958
Mullanur Vakhitov Мулланур Вахитов Tatar revolutionary who led the Kazan Muslim Socialist Committee and became the first head of the Soviet Muslim Commissariat Government and administration · Soviet Union 1885–1918
Pavel Dmitrievich Vasiliev Павел Дмитриевич Васильев A local Soviet official caught in the revolution's backlash Government and administration · Soviet Union 1885–?
Alexander Fyodorovich Myasnikov Александр Фёдорович Мясников Lenin's periphery-builder who brought Soviet power to Belarus and Armenia Government and administration · Soviet Union 1886–1925
Ferenc Münnich Münnich Ferenc Hungarian communist who backed Soviet intervention with Kádár in 1956 and became prime minister after the revolution was crushed Government and administration · Hungary 1886–1967
Zmicier Zhylunovich Зміцер Жылуновіч Worker-poet known as Tsishka Hartny who headed the first Soviet government of Byelorussia Government and administration · Soviet Union 1887–1937
Omer Nishani Omer Nishani Albanian physician and politician, the people's republic's formal first head of state Social movements and organizing 1887–1954
Veli Ibraimov Вели Ибраимов Crimean Tatar national communist who pressed Crimean Tatar interests as head of the Crimean ASSR and was executed Government and administration · Soviet Union 1888–1928
Kim Tu-bong 김두봉 Independence activist, linguist, and Yan'an faction leader who served as the first head of state of the DPRK Political and party leadership · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 1889–1958?
Daniil Yegorovich Sulimov Даниил Егорович Сулимов Worker-Bolshevik premier of the Russian Republic destroyed by the state he helped industrialize Government and administration · Soviet Union 1890–1937
Johannes Vares Johannes Vares Poet and doctor whom Zhdanov forced on Estonia as puppet prime minister in June 1940, and who led the petition to join the Soviet Union Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union 1890–1946
Vlas Yakovlevich Chubar Влас Яковлевич Чубарь The economic administrator who led Ukraine's government for 11 years, caught between Stalin's demands and the famine Government and administration · Soviet Union 1891–1939
Fyodor Kolesov Фёдор Колесов Bolshevik chairman of the Turkestan Sovnarkom in 1917–1918 who crushed the Kokand Autonomy and attacked Bukhara Government and administration · Soviet Union 1891–1940
Zdeněk Fierlinger Zdeněk Fierlinger Pro-Soviet Social Democrat and first post-liberation premier who sided with the Communists in 1948 and merged his party into theirs Government and administration · Czechoslovakia 1891–1976
Nikolai Petrovich Gorbunov Николай Петрович Горбунов Architect of Soviet science administration, from Lenin's personal secretary to Academy permanent secretary Government and administration · Soviet Union 1892–1938
Nestor Apollonovich Lakoba Нестор Аполлонович Лакоба Stalin's closest friend turned Beria's first victim: the red prince of Abkhazia Government and administration · Soviet Union 1893–1936
Soong Ching-ling 宋庆龄 Sun Yat-sen’s widow who stayed with the Kuomintang left and became a vice-chair of the People’s Republic Social movements and organizing · Communist Party of China 1893–1981
Nikolai Matveyevich Goloded Николай Матвеевич Голодед The decade-long head of Byelorussia's government who signed the Academy purge, then stood in the same dock Government and administration · Soviet Union 1894–1937
Turar Ryskulovich Ryskulov Турар Рыскулович Рыскулов The Kazakh Bolshevik strategist who argued for a unified Turkestan against Stalin's national delimitation Government and administration · Soviet Union 1894–1938
Otto Grotewohl Otto Grotewohl The Social Democrat who led a divided state into being Government and administration · East Germany 1894–1964
Demyan Sergeyevich Korotchenko Демьян Сергеевич Коротченко Khrushchev's loyal executor: a peasant-born apparatchik who twice led Soviet Ukraine's government Government and administration · Soviet Union 1894–1969
Ivan Sergeyevich Khokhlov Иван Сергеевич Хохлов The weaver who became wartime premier of the Russian republic Government and administration · Soviet Union 1895–1973
Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin Николай Александрович Булганин The uniformed premier pushed aside by Khrushchev Government and administration · Soviet Union 1895–1975
Faizulla Gubaidullayevich Khodzhayev Файзулла Губайдуллаевич Ходжаев Son of a Bukharan merchant who rose from the Jadid reform movement to become the first head of government of Soviet Uzbekistan Government and administration · Soviet Union 1896–1938
Serafima Alexandrovna Ryzhova Серафима Александровна Рыжова Yezhov’s longtime secretary, source of the first deposition against him Government and administration · Soviet Union 1898–1940
József Révai Révai József Overseer of culture in the Rákosi era Ideology and propaganda · Hungarian Working People's Party (MDP) 1898–1959
István Dobi Dobi István Smallholder turned titular head of state Legislature and state representation · Hungary 1898–1968
Zhou Enlai 周恩来 The PRC's first premier and an architect of its foreign policy Government and administration · People’s Republic of China 1898–1976
Aleksander Zawadzki Aleksander Zawadzki A communist leader who helped shape postwar Poland's state Political and party leadership · Poland 1899–1964
Fritz Selbmann Fritz Selbmann East German heavy-industry minister who faced the striking workers outside the House of Ministries on 16 June 1953 Industry and production · East Germany 1899–1975
Konstantin Dmitriyevich Pamfilov Константин Дмитриевич Памфилов Wartime RSFSR acting premier who oversaw civilian evacuation amid the Moscow panic Government and administration · Soviet Union 1901–1943
Fred Oelßner Fred Oelßner Economist and the SED’s chief ideologue until 1958, when he was expelled from the Politburo in the Schirdewan affair Ideology and propaganda · Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 1903–1977
Zoltán Vas Vas Zoltán Rákosi-era planning chief who fell from grace and joined Imre Nagy Economy, finance and planning · Hungary 1903–1983
Mihály Farkas Farkas Mihály Defence minister in Rákosi's ruling foursome Government and administration · Hungary 1904–1965
Pyotr Georgievich Lazutin Пётр Георгиевич Лазутин Chairman of the Leningrad City Executive Committee and one of the six executed in the Leningrad Affair Government and administration · Soviet Union 1905–1950
Nikolai Alexandrovich Tikhonov Николай Александрович Тихонов The conservative premier of late Brezhnevism Government and administration · Soviet Union 1905–1997
Phạm Văn Đồng Phạm Văn Đồng Ho Chi Minh's closest lieutenant and Vietnam's longest-serving prime minister, governing for 32 years Government and administration · Vietnam 1906–2000
Boris Nikolayevich Chernousov Борис Николаевич Черноусов The RSFSR premier who rose in the Leningrad Affair's wake and fell at the 19th Party Congress Government and administration · Soviet Union 1908–1978
Piotr Jaroszewicz Piotr Jaroszewicz The premier of technocratic growth Government and administration · Poland 1909–1992

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