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People

People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity(set)

Any Political and party leadership 139 Government and administration 40 Legislature and state representation 6 Monarchs and royalty 4 Military command 211 Security, intelligence and policing 110 Diplomacy and international organization 44 Economy, finance and planning 94 Industry and production 84 Agriculture and land policy 18 Ideology and propaganda 56 Social movements and organizing 179 Scholarship and theory 105 Education 8 Science and technology 108 Literature and arts 79 Religion 4 Law and justice 31

Affiliation

Most people

Any Soviet Union state institutions 174 Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 126 Russian Empire state institutions 28 Russian White movement 15 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 9 Nazi party and regime 2 Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 2 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 2

All 13 affiliations

Germany

Nazi party and regime 2

International organizations

Comintern 1

Russia

Russian Empire state institutions 28 Russian White movement 15 Russian Federation state institutions 1 Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 2 Union of 17 October (Octobrists) 1 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 9 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 2 United Russia 1

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 126 Soviet Union state institutions 174

Ukraine

Ukrainian People's Republic state institutions 1

Position

Any Imperial establishment and White movement 33 Counter-revolutionary forces 2 Left critics of Bolshevism 7 Socialist-bloc reform leader 1 Anarchists 1 Non-Bolshevik socialists 1 Marxism and communism 163

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 177 Russia 34

Background(set)

Any Russia 211 Germany 39 France 37 Ukraine 32 United States 24 Hungary 17 United Kingdom 16 China 15 Japan 13 Poland 10 Finland 7 Belarus 6 Latvia 6 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 5 Spain 5 Armenia 4 Italy 4 Moldova 4 Turkey 4 Vietnam 4 Angola 3 Greece 3 Lithuania 3 Romania 3 Serbia 3 South Africa 3 Austria 2 Czechoslovakia 2 Estonia 2 Georgia 2 Korea 2 Montenegro 2 Argentina 1 Belgium 1 Cambodia 1 Cuba 1 Czechia 1 Ethiopia 1 Kazakhstan 1 Laos 1 Mongolia 1 New Zealand 1 Nicaragua 1 Somalia 1 Tajikistan 1 Turkmenistan 1 Uzbekistan 1 Yemen 1

Era

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 31 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 31 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 81 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 39 The last generation1985–1991 28

People of the wider world

The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 1

Military command Background: Russia Clear all

211 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Pavel Ivanovich Batov Павел Иванович Батов Master of river crossings who led the 65th Army from Stalingrad to the capture of Stettin Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1897–1985
Aleksei Pavlovich Panfilov Алексей Павлович Панфилов The GRU chief whose chemical-warfare intelligence moved Churchill, and the tank lieutenant-general who drove to Berlin Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1898–1966
Matvei Vasilevich Zakharov Матвей Васильевич Захаров The staff officer who foresaw the blitzkrieg and saved the Odessa District, then rebuilt the Cold War General Staff Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1898–1972
Nikolai Dmitrievich Yakovlev Николай Дмитриевич Яковлев The supply marshal who ran Soviet artillery through the war and opened the rocket age Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1898–1972
Georgy Samoilovich Isserson Георгий Самойлович Иссерсон The military theorist who completed the deep-operation trio, and the prophet cast aside Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1898–1976
Alexei Ivanovich Vinogradov Алексей Иванович Виноградов Commander of the 44th Rifle Division, shot in front of his troops after Suomussalmi Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1899–1940
Mikhail Sergeyevich Malinin Михаил Сергеевич Малинин Rokossovsky's indispensable chief of staff, planner of the great offensives Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1899–1960
Nikolai Nikolayevich Voronov Николай Николаевич Воронов Architect of Red Army artillery who wove the Stalingrad encirclement Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1899–1968
Filipp Sergeyevich Oktyabrsky Филипп Сергеевич Октябрьский Admiral who led the Black Sea Fleet in the defence of Odessa and Sevastopol, and remains at the centre of the evacuation controversy Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1899–1969
Semyon Moiseevich Krivoshein Семён Моисеевич Кривошеин The Soviet tank general who reviewed the Brest parade with Guderian and held Oboyan at Kursk Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1899–1978
Mikhail Mikhailovich Gromov Михаил Михайлович Громов Record-setting aviator who flew Moscow to California via the North Pole, then commanded air armies on the Eastern Front Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1899–1985
Alexander Grigoryevich Barmine Александр Григорьевич Бармин The Soviet GRU brigadier general who fled Stalin's purges and became one of the few defectors the hunters never caught Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1899–1987
Grigory Mikhailovich Shtern Григорий Михайлович Штерн Victor of Lake Khasan and Khalkhin Gol, purged Far Eastern Front commander Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1941
Pavel Fyodorovich Zhigarev Павел Фёдорович Жигарев Twice Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Force: led the VVS through Barbarossa and rebuilt it in the post-Stalin era Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1963
Konstantin Andreyevich Vershinin Константин Андреевич Вершинин Two-time Soviet Air Force commander who led its transformation into the jet and nuclear age Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1973
Alexander Alexandrovich Novikov Александр Александрович Новиков The VVS commander who rebuilt a shattered force into the air armada that swept the Luftwaffe from the sky Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1976
Mikhail Yefimovich Katukov Михаил Ефимович Катуков Marshal of Armoured Troops who stopped Guderian and led the 1st Guards Tank Army Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1976
Ivan Ivanovich Fedyuninsky Иван Иванович Федюнинский Hero of Khalkhin Gol who commanded the army that broke the siege of Leningrad Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1977
Vladimir Filippovich Tributs Владимир Филиппович Трибуц Longest-serving wartime fleet commander, from the Tallinn breakout to Königsberg Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1977
Filipp Ivanovich Golikov Филипп Иванович Голиков The GRU chief who held the intelligence yet missed the invasion, and fought his way back to marshal Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1980
Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov Василий Иванович Чуйков “There is no land for us beyond the Volga” Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1982
Pavel Alekseyevich Kurochkin Павел Алексеевич Курочкин From Civil War cavalryman to the commander whose army liberated Auschwitz, the last surviving wartime Front commander Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–1989
Ilya Grigoryevich Starinov Илья Григорьевич Старинов The 'grandfather of Soviet special forces,' a sabotage engineer who designed the radio-controlled mine and the partisan rail war Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1900–2000
Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin Николай Фёдорович Ватутин Strategic architect of Stalingrad and Kursk, the army general who fell at the front Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1944
Andrey Andreyevich Vlasov Андрей Андреевич Власов Hero of the Battle of Moscow who defected to lead the Nazi-backed Russian Liberation Army Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1946
Nikolai Vladimirovich Feklenko Николай Владимирович Фекленко An armoured commander tested by shifting fronts Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1951
Aleksei Semyonovich Zhadov Алексей Семёнович Жадов The commander Stalin made change his name, who led the 5th Guards Army from Stalingrad to Prague Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1977
Pavel Alekseyevich Rotmistrov Павел Алексеевич Ротмистров The Marshal of Armour who commanded history's largest tank battle at Prokhorovka Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1901–1982
Yakov Vladimirovich Smushkevich Яков Владимирович Смушкевич A victorious air-force builder destroyed by the purges Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1941
Mitrofan Ivanovich Nedelin Митрофан Иванович Неделин Chief Marshal of Artillery who created the Strategic Rocket Forces and drove the R-7 that launched Sputnik: killed at his own pad Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1960
Markian Mikhailovich Popov Маркиан Михайлович Попов The most gifted front commander who never became a marshal Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1902–1969
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 state institutions 1903–1972
Andrei Antonovich Grechko Андрей Антонович Гречко Brezhnev-era defence minister Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1903–1976
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 state institutions 1903–1979
Valery Pavlovich Chkalov Валерий Павлович Чкалов Stalin's falcon who flew nonstop over the North Pole to America, and fell on his final test flight Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1904–1938
Kuzma Nikolayevich Derevyanko Кузьма Николаевич Деревянко The Soviet general who signed Japan's surrender, ending World War II Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1904–1954
Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov Николай Герасимович Кузнецов Architect of the Soviet Navy who ordered combat readiness hours before Barbarossa, twice demoted and posthumously restored Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1904–1974
Alexander Yevgeniyevich Golovanov Александр Евгеньевич Голованов Red Army's youngest marshal: Stalin's personal commander of strategic bomber aviation Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1904–1975
Ivan Terentyevich Peresypkin Иван Терентьевич Пересыпкин The architect of communications at Stalingrad and Kursk: first Marshal of the Signal Troops Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1904–1978
Fyodor Fedotovich Kuznetsov Фёдор Федотович Кузнецов GRU to GlavPUR: the colonel general who led wartime intelligence and late Stalinist army political control Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1904–1979
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 state institutions 1904–1981
Aleksei Sergeyevich Zheltov Алексей Сергеевич Желтов Chief political commissar of the post-Stalin Soviet military who helped bring down Zhukov Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1904–1991
Alexander Ilyich Rodimtsev Александр Ильич Родимцев Twice Hero of the Soviet Union who held Mamayev Kurgan at Stalingrad Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1905–1977
Ivan Ivanovich Ilyichev Иван Иванович Ильичёв Wartime GRU chief who reported directly to Stalin, steering Soviet military intelligence through the Red Army's greatest victories Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1905–1983
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 state institutions 1906–1962
Iosif Vasilievich Shikin Иосиф Васильевич Шикин Zhdanov's GlavPUR chief who survived the Leningrad Affair: political commissar of the postwar Red Army Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1906–1973
Sergei Matveyevich Shtemenko Сергей Матвеевич Штеменко The staff officer who designed Stalin's war plans and fell twice Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1907–1976
Georgy Filippovich Baydukov Георгий Филиппович Байдуков Chkalov's co-pilot across the North Pole who became the procurement chief that built Soviet air defence weaponry Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1907–1994
Dmitry Fyodorovich Ustinov Дмитрий Фёдорович Устинов The defence-industry man who became defence minister Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1908–1984
Alexei Alexeyevich Yepishev Алексей Алексеевич Епишев The longest-serving chief who kept the Soviet military under party control for 23 years Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1908–1985

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