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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

Andrei Antonovich Grechko Андрей Антонович Гречко Brezhnev-era defence minister Military command · Soviet Union 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 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 1904–1938
Kim Mu-chong 金武亭 The only Korean to complete the Long March, Eighth Route Army artillery commander who led the Korean Volunteer Army and the Yan'an faction Military command · Chinese Communist revolutionary forces (before 1949) 1904–1952
Kuzma Nikolayevich Derevyanko Кузьма Николаевич Деревянко The Soviet general who signed Japan's surrender, ending World War II Military command · Soviet Union 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 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 1904–1975
Pyotr Kirillovich Koshevoy Пётр Кириллович Кошевой Twice Hero of the Soviet Union who took Mount Sapun and stormed Königsberg Military command · Soviet Union 1904–1976
Ivan Terentyevich Peresypkin Иван Терентьевич Пересыпкин The architect of communications at Stalingrad and Kursk: first Marshal of the Signal Troops Military command · Soviet Union 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 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 1904–1981
Sergei Ignatevich Rudenko Сергей Игнатьевич Руденко Marshal of Aviation who commanded the 16th Air Army from Stalingrad to Berlin Military command · Soviet Union 1904–1990
Aleksei Sergeyevich Zheltov Алексей Сергеевич Желтов Chief political commissar of the post-Stalin Soviet military who helped bring down Zhukov Military command · Soviet Union 1904–1991
Aris son of Dimitrios Velouchiotis Άρης Βελουχιώτης Organizer of a mass partisan war against occupation Military command · Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) 1905–1945
Alexander Ilyich Rodimtsev Александр Ильич Родимцев Twice Hero of the Soviet Union who held Mamayev Kurgan at Stalingrad Military command · Soviet Union 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 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 1906–1962
Juan Modesto Juan Guilloto León A field commander of the defeated Republic Military command · Spanish Republic 1906–1969
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 1906–1973
Xu Shiyou 许世友 Shaolin-trained Red Army general who led the Guangzhou military region on the eastern front of the 1979 war with Vietnam Military command · People’s Republic of China 1906–1985
Ivan Iosifovich Proskurov Иван Иосифович Проскуров The GRU chief who warned Stalin of the German invasion, and was shot for it Military command · Soviet Union 1907–1941
Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky Иван Данилович Черняховский The youngest front commander in Red Army history: twice Hero of the Soviet Union, killed in East Prussia weeks before victory Military command · Soviet Union 1907–1945
Arso Radivojev Jovanović Арсо Радивојев Јовановић The staff officer who organized the Partisan war Military command · Communist Party / League of Communists of Yugoslavia (KPJ/SKJ) 1907–1948
Lin Biao 林彪 Mao's designated successor and the military genius who won the Chinese Civil War, third among the Ten Marshals Military command · People’s Republic of China 1907–1971
Sergei Matveyevich Shtemenko Сергей Матвеевич Штеменко The staff officer who designed Stalin's war plans and fell twice Military command · Soviet Union 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 1907–1994
Dmitry Fyodorovich Ustinov Дмитрий Фёдорович Устинов The defence-industry man who became defence minister Military command · Soviet Union 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 1908–1985
Vasily Filippovich Margelov Василий Филиппович Маргелов Father of the modern VDV, who turned airborne troops into a heavily armored strike force Military command · Soviet Union 1908–1990
Henri Rol-Tanguy Henri Rol-Tanguy Communist Resistance leader who directed the Paris uprising Military command · France state institutions 1908–2002
Ivan Grigoryevich Pavlovsky Иван Григорьевич Павловский The ground forces commander who invaded Czechoslovakia and opposed Afghanistan Military command · Soviet Union 1909–1999
Deng Hua 邓华 A field commander who read the course of war Military command · People’s Republic of China 1910–1980
Pavel Fyodorovich Batitsky Павел Фёдорович Батицкий The marshal who built Soviet air defence and personally executed Beria Military command · Soviet Union 1910–1984
Sergei Georgievich Gorshkov Сергей Георгиевич Горшков The 29-year C-in-C who built the Soviet ocean-going navy, author of 'The Sea Power of the State' Military command · Soviet Union 1910–1988
Vladimir Afanasyevich Kasatonov Владимир Афанасьевич Касатонов Fleet Admiral who commanded the Baltic, Black Sea, and Northern Fleets: a builder of the Soviet ocean-going navy Military command · Soviet Union 1910–1989
Nikolai Konstantinovich Beloborodov Николай Константинович Белобородов First deputy chief of the 12th GUMO who commanded Soviet nuclear warheads in Cuba and, three decades later, wrote the definitive report Military command · Soviet Union 1910–2003
Pavel Vasilyevich Rychagov Павел Васильевич Рычагов The ace who told Stalin Soviet planes were flying coffins Military command · Soviet Union 1911–1941
Yang Dezhi 杨得志 General who fought in Korea, commanded the Kunming region on the western front in 1979 and became chief of the General Staff Military command · People’s Republic of China 1911–1994
Sergei Leonidovich Sokolov Сергей Леонидович Соколов The defence minister removed after the Rust affair Military command · Soviet Union 1911–2012
Võ Nguyên Giáp Võ Nguyên Giáp The history teacher who defeated two empires without ever attending a military academy Military command · Vietnam 1911–2013
Marina Mikhaylovna Raskova Марина Михайловна Раскова Record-breaking aviator who created the women's combat air regiments Military command · Soviet Union 1912–1943
Ivan Ignatyevich Yakubovsky Иван Игнатьевич Якубовский Belarusian-born marshal who commanded the Warsaw Pact forces for nine years Military command · Soviet Union 1912–1976
Nam Il 남일 The Soviet-Korean general who signed the Korean Armistice at Panmunjom Military command · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 1913–1976
Alexander Ivanovich Pokryshkin Александр Иванович Покрышкин The ace who rewrote Soviet fighter tactics, the only soldier awarded Hero of the Soviet Union three times during wartime Military command · Soviet Union 1913–1985
Wei Guoqing 韦国清 Zhuang general sent in 1950 to head the Chinese Military Advisory Group to the Viet Minh, who also attended the Geneva conference Military command · People’s Republic of China 1913–1989
Peko Dapčević Пеко Дапчевић A Partisan commander who helped turn insurgent formations into a regular army Military command · Yugoslavia 1913–1999
Pavel Stepanovich Kutakhov Павел Степанович Кутахов Longest-serving Soviet Air Force chief, the fighter ace who led Soviet air power to its Cold War zenith Military command · Soviet Union 1914–1984
Vladimir Fyodorovich Tolubko Владимир Фёдорович Толубко The SRF commander who brought Soviet missile forces to strategic parity with the United States Military command · Soviet Union 1914–1989
Georgy Ageevich Lobov Георгий Агеевич Лобов The Soviet fighter commander who led the battle over MiG Alley Military command · Soviet Union 1915–1994
Józef Światło Józef Światło Deputy head of Poland’s security Department X whose 1953 defection and broadcasts exposed the ministry’s torture and purges Security, intelligence and policing · Poland 1915–1994

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