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People of the Revolution and the USSR
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Era
People of the Soviet Union
People of the wider world
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Dmitry Alekseyevich Milyutin Дмитрий Алексеевич Милютин
The Great Reforms' military architect, who forged Russia's army into a modern conscript force over twenty years as war minister
Military command · Russian Empire state institutions
1816–1912
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Fyodor Vasilyevich Dubasov Фёдор Васильевич Дубасов
Imperial Russian admiral who crushed the Moscow December uprising with artillery fire
Military command · Russian Empire state institutions
1845–1912
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Zinovy Petrovich Rozhestvensky Зиновий Петрович Рожественский
The Imperial Russian admiral who led the Baltic Fleet to catastrophe at Tsushima
Military command · Russian Empire state institutions
1848–1909
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Vladimir Viktorovich Sakharov Владимир Викторович Сахаров
Cavalry general who led the 11th Army in the Brusilov Offensive and joined the White movement
Military command · Russian Empire state institutions
1853–1920
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Aleksei Alekseyevich Brusilov Алексей Алексеевич Брусилов
Designer of the 1916 Brusilov Offensive and the last great tsarist commander, who later joined the Red Army
Military command · Russian Empire state institutions
1853–1926
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Nikolai Vladimirovich Ruzsky Николай Владимирович Рузский
The Northern Front commander who forced the Tsar's abdication at Pskov
Military command · Russian Empire state institutions
1854–1918
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Nicholas Nikolaevich Romanov Николай Николаевич Романов
The Grand Duke who drew a revolver on the Tsar and forced constitutional reform
Military command · Russian Empire state institutions
1856–1929
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Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev Михаил Васильевич Алексеев
The tsar's last chief of staff, who commanded the Eastern Front and laid the foundation of the White Volunteer Army
Military command · Russian Empire state institutions
1857–1918
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Sergey Semyonovich Khabalov Сергей Семёнович Хабалов
Last commander of the Petrograd Military District, who ordered troops to fire on crowds and then lost control of the garrison
Military command · Russian Empire state institutions
1858–1929
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Alexey Maksimovich Kaledin Алексей Максимович Каледин
Don Cossack ataman who opened the first White stronghold in the south
Military command · Russian Empire state institutions
1861–1918
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Nikolai Nikolayevich Yudenich Николай Николаевич Юденич
The last great commander of Imperial Russia, who won the Caucasus Front and led the White drive on Petrograd
Military command · Russian Empire state institutions
1862–1933
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Alexander Nikolaevich Kozlovsky Александр Николаевич Козловский
Tsarist artillery general at Kronstadt whom the Bolsheviks falsely named as ringleader of the 1921 rebellion
Military command · Russian Empire state institutions
1864–1940
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Vladimir Zenonovich May-Mayevsky Владимир Зенонович Май-Маевский
The White general who led the Volunteer Army closest to Moscow, only to collapse from overstretched lines and alcoholism
Military command · Russian Empire state institutions
1867–1920
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Yevgeny Karlovich Miller Евгений Карлович Миллер
Baltic German tsarist general who commanded the White Northern Army and was kidnapped by the NKVD in Paris
Military command · Russian White movement
1867–1939
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Pyotr Nikolayevich Krasnov Пётр Николаевич Краснов
The White ataman who built a Don Cossack anti-Bolshevik state, collaborated with the Nazis, and was a Nobel Prize-nominated novelist
Military command · Russian Empire state institutions
1869–1947
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Aleksandr Mikhailovich Krymov Александр Михайлович Крымов
Imperial Russian cavalry general who led Kornilov's march on Petrograd
Military command · Russian Empire state institutions
1871–1917
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Mikhail Vasilyevich Hanzhin Михаил Васильевич Ханжин
The artillery general who led Kolchak's drive to the Volga and was broken by Frunze's counterstroke
Military command · Russian White movement
1871–1961
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Anton Ivanovich Denikin Антон Иванович Деникин
The White commander who drove the largest anti-Bolshevik army to within 400 km of Moscow
Military command · Russian Empire state institutions
1872–1947
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Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak Александр Васильевич Колчак
From the Arctic to the execution wall: Imperial Russia's last armed defender turned Supreme Ruler
Military command · Russian Empire state institutions
1874–1920
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Mikhail Konstantinovich Diterikhs Михаил Константинович Дитерихс
Kolchak's chief of staff, Romanov murder investigator, and last ruler of White Priamurye
Military command · Russian Empire state institutions
1874–1937
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Boris Aleksandrovich Engelhardt Борис Александрович Энгельгардт
Headed the Duma Military Commission whose order sending the garrison back to barracks triggered Order No. 1
Military command · Russian Empire state institutions
1877–1962
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Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel Пётр Николаевич Врангель
The "Black Baron": handed a lost war, he tried to break through with reforms as the White Army's last commander-in-chief
Military command · Russian White movement
1878–1928
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Alexander Ilyich Dutov Александр Ильич Дутов
Orenburg Cossack ataman who severed Soviet Russia from Turkestan, opening a front between the Volga and the Urals
Military command · Russian White movement
1879–1921
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Vladimir Oskarovich Kappel Владимир Оскарович Каппель
The White movement's greatest 'soldier-general': conqueror of Kazan who vanished into the ice
Military command · Russian White movement
1883–1920
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Yakov Aleksandrovich Slashchov Яков Александрович Слащёв
White general who held the Perekop gateway
Military command · Russian White movement
1885–1929
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Roman Fyodorovich von Ungern-Sternberg Роман Фёдорович фон Унгерн-Штернберг
The White Army warlord who liberated Mongolia and dreamed of reviving the empire of Genghis Khan
Military command · Russian White movement
1886–1921
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Ivan Pavlovich Kalmykov Иван Павлович Калмыков
Ataman of the Ussuri Cossacks who took Khabarovsk in 1918 and became notorious for shootings without trial and plunder
Military command · Russian White movement
1890–1920
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Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov Григорий Михайлович Семёнов
The White ataman who ruled Transbaikal under Japanese protection and defied Kolchak
Military command · Russian White movement
1890–1946
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Anatoly Nikolayevich Pepelyayev Анатолий Николаевич Пепеляев
The 27-year-old White general whose Yakut expedition closed the Civil War
Military command · Russian White movement
1891–1938
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Timofey Ivanovich Kirpichnikov Тимофей Иванович Кирпичников
A soldier leader who defied imperial orders
Military command · Russian Empire state institutions
1892–1917/1918
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Viktor Ivanovich Maltsev Виктор Иванович Мальцев
Soviet Air Force colonel turned ROA Air Force commander, builder of the Vlasov movement's air arm
Military command
1895–1946
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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
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Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov Александр Васильевич Суворов
Russian imperial field marshal and generalissimo, the 'Russian Hannibal'
Military command · Russian Empire state institutions
1729/1730–1800