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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 215 Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 165 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 13 People’s Republic of Chinastate 12 Communist Party of China 9 Hungarystate 3 Comintern 3 Spanish Republicstate 3

All 44 affiliations

Angola

Angolastate 2 Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) 3

Austria

Austria state institutionsstate 1

China

Communist Party of China 9 Kuomintang 1 ↳ Chinese Communist revolutionary forces (before 1949) 2 People’s Republic of Chinastate 12

Cuba

Cubastate 1 Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) 1 26th of July Movement 1

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakiastate 1

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) 1 Democratic People’s Republic of Koreastate 3

Ethiopia

Ethiopiastate 1

France

France state institutionsstate 1 Francs-Tireurs et Partisans (FTP/FTPF) 1

Germany

Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 2

Greece

Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) 1

Hungary

Hungarystate 3 Hungarian Social Democratic Party (MSZDP) 1

International organizations

Comintern 3

Mongolia

Mongoliastate 1

Poland

Polandstate 1 Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 1

Romania

Romaniastate 1 Romanian Communist Party (PCR) 1

Russia

Russian Empirestate 2 Party of Left Socialist Revolutionaries 2 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 13 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) 2 United Russia 1

Somalia

Somaliastate 1

South Africa

Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) 1

South Korea

Communist Party of Korea 1

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 165 Soviet Unionstate 215

Spain

Spain state institutionsstate 1 Spanish Republicstate 3

Ukraine

Ukrainian People's Republicstate 1

Vietnam

Vietnamstate 2 Communist Party of Vietnam / Workers' Party of Vietnam 1

Yemen

South Yemenstate 1

Yugoslavia

Yugoslaviastate 1 Communist Party / League of Communists of Yugoslavia (KPJ/SKJ) 2

Position(set)

Any Imperial establishment and White movement 34 Counter-revolutionary forces 106 Left critics of Bolshevism 8 Socialist-bloc reform leader 3 Dissident 1 Anarchists 3 Non-Bolshevik socialists 3 Jacobins and French revolutionary radicals 2 Fascists and Nazis 11 National liberation and anti-colonial movements 6 Marxism and communism 264 Revolutionary socialism 1 Liberalism and republicanism 1 Conservatism and Christian democracy 3 Monarchy and royalism 7 Nationalism 12

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 216 China 12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 6 Hungary 4 Angola 3 East Germany 3 France 2 Vietnam 2 Yugoslavia 2 Argentina 1 Cuba 1 Czechia 1 Ethiopia 1 Germany 1 Greece 1 Mongolia 1 Poland 1 Romania 1 Russia 1 Somalia 1 South Africa 1 Spain 1 Yemen 1

Background

Any Russia 163 Ukraine 26 China 12 Belarus 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 5 Germany 4 Hungary 4 Latvia 4 Moldova 4 Angola 3 Armenia 3 Poland 3 Finland 2 France 2 Montenegro 2 Vietnam 2 Argentina 1 Cuba 1 Czechia 1 Estonia 1 Ethiopia 1 Georgia 1 Greece 1 Korea 1 Lithuania 1 Mongolia 1 Romania 1 Somalia 1 South Africa 1 Spain 1 Turkey 1 Yemen 1

Era

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The revolutionary generation1917–1940 34 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 106 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 48 The last generation1985–1991 27

People of the Chinese revolution and the People’s Republic

The Chinese revolutionary generation1911–1949 3 People of the Mao era1949–1976 9

People of the wider world

The revolutionary wave and the world war1917–1945 16 The Cold War and decolonization1945–현재 21

Military command Marxism and communism Clear all

264 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Ivan Khristoforovich Bagramyan Иван Христофорович Баграмян The first non-Slavic front commander, from Bagration to the Baltic Military command · Soviet Union 1897–1982
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 1897–1985
Ye Jianying 叶剑英 From Whampoa instructor to marshal, the soldier who organised the arrest of the Gang of Four in 1976 and ended the Cultural Revolution Military command · People’s Republic of China 1897–1986
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 1898–1966
Ernst Wollweber Ernst Wollweber Communist who ran an anti-fascist sabotage network before the war and headed the Stasi from 1953 to 1957 Security, intelligence and policing · East Germany 1898–1967
Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky Родион Яковлевич Малиновский Marshal and Defence Minister, 1957–1967 Military command · Soviet Union 1898–1967
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 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 1898–1972
Peng Dehuai 彭德怀 PLA marshal who commanded Chinese forces in Korea, then was purged for criticizing the Great Leap Forward Military command · People’s Republic of China 1898–1974
Georgy Samoilovich Isserson Георгий Самойлович Иссерсон The military theorist who completed the deep-operation trio, and the prophet cast aside Military command · Soviet Union 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 1899–1940
Mikhail Sergeyevich Malinin Михаил Сергеевич Малинин Rokossovsky's indispensable chief of staff, planner of the great offensives Military command · Soviet Union 1899–1960
Heinrich Rau Heinrich Rau Communist who chaired the German Economic Commission, the forerunner of the GDR government, and led East German economic policy Economy, finance and planning · East Germany 1899–1961
Andrei Grigorievich Kravchenko Андрей Григорьевич Кравченко The tank army commander who led the Red Army's elite armor from Stalingrad to Manchuria Military command · Soviet Union 1899–1963
Nikolai Nikolayevich Voronov Николай Николаевич Воронов Architect of Red Army artillery who wove the Stalingrad encirclement Military command · Soviet Union 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 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 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 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 1899–1987
Nie Rongzhen 聂荣臻 Marshal who commanded the Jin-Cha-Ji base and then ran the “two bombs, one satellite” nuclear and missile programme Military command · People’s Republic of China 1899–1992
Vladimir Efimovich Gorev Владимир Ефимович Горев An internationalist soldier who helped organize Madrid’s defense Military command · Soviet Union 1900–1938
Grigory Mikhailovich Shtern Григорий Михайлович Штерн Victor of Lake Khasan and Khalkhin Gol, purged Far Eastern Front commander Military command · Soviet Union 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 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 1900–1973
Otto Braun Otto Braun “Li De”, the only Westerner on the Long March and the Comintern military adviser blamed at Zunyi Military command · Comintern 1900–1974
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 1900–1976
Choe Yong-gon 최용건 The Manchurian guerrilla who became the KPA's first commander and the DPRK's nominal head of state Military command · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 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 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 1900–1977
Vladimir Filippovich Tributs Владимир Филиппович Трибуц Longest-serving wartime fleet commander, from the Tallinn breakout to Königsberg Military command · Soviet Union 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 1900–1980
Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov Василий Иванович Чуйков “There is no land for us beyond the Volga” Military command · Soviet Union 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 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 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 1901–1944
Nikolai Vladimirovich Feklenko Николай Владимирович Фекленко An armoured commander tested by shifting fronts Military command · Soviet Union 1901–1951
Pyotr Akimovich Dibrova Пётр Акимович Диброва Soviet commandant of Berlin who declared a state of emergency in East Berlin on 17 June 1953 Military command · Soviet Union 1901–1971
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 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 1901–1982
Sergei Ivanovich Tiulpanov Сергей Иванович Тюльпанов Head of SMAD’s Propaganda Administration who drove the founding of the SED and the Sovietisation of eastern Germany Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union 1901–1984
Dmitry Danilovich Lelyushenko Дмитрий Данилович Лелюшенко 'General Forward' who halted Guderian at the gates of Moscow and drove the 4th Guards Tank Army to Prague Military command · Soviet Union 1901–1987
Xu Xiangqian 徐向前 Marshal who commanded the Fourth Front Army through Zhang Guotao’s split and as defence minister directed the 1979 war with Vietnam Military command · People’s Republic of China 1901–1990
Yakov Vladimirovich Smushkevich Яков Владимирович Смушкевич A victorious air-force builder destroyed by the purges Military command · Soviet Union 1902–1941
Sergei Alexandrovich Khudyakov Сергей Александрович Худяков Stalin's air adviser at Tehran and Yalta. The Red Army's only Armenian Marshal of Aviation, executed 1950 Military command · Soviet Union 1902–1950
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 1902–1960
Markian Mikhailovich Popov Маркиан Михайлович Попов The most gifted front commander who never became a marshal Military command · Soviet Union 1902–1969
Stanislav Gilyarovich Poplavsky Станислав Гилярович Поплавский A Polish-born Soviet general who commanded the suppression of the Poznań uprising Military command · Soviet Union 1902–1973
Kirill Semyonovich Moskalenko Кирилл Семёнович Москаленко The marshal who led Beria's arrest and called his subordinates 'enemies of the people' Military command · Soviet Union 1902–1985
Kim Chaek 김책 Korean revolutionary military leader who fought alongside Kim Il Sung in the Manchurian anti-Japanese guerrillas Military command · Chinese Communist revolutionary forces (before 1949) 1903–1951
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 1903–1972

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