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People of the Revolution and the USSR
Activity(set)
Affiliation
Position
Citizenship
Background
Era
People of the Soviet Union
People of the Chinese revolution and the People’s Republic
People of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era
People of the wider world
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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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Boris Mironovich Feldman Борис Миронович Фельдман
One of the eight Tukhachevsky-trial defendants; his confession under torture started the chain reaction that consumed the Red Army
Military command · Soviet Union
1890–1937
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Vasily Konstantinovich Blyukher Василий Константинович Блюхер
“Order of the Red Banner No. 1”: Civil War hero and one of the first five marshals, extinguished in Lefortovo
Military command · Soviet Union
1890–1938
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Alfred Jodl Alfred Jodl
An operational architect of Nazi Germany's war
Military command · Germany state institutions
1890–1946
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Ferenc Feketehalmy-Czeydner Feketehalmy-Czeydner Ferenc
Hungarian general who directed the Novi Sad massacre, fled to Germany after his conviction and joined the SS
Military command · Hungary
1890–1946
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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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Béla Miklós Miklós Béla
Commander of the Hungarian First Army who went over to the Soviets in October 1944 and headed the provisional government in Debrecen
Government and administration · Hungary
1890–1948
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John P. Lucas John Porter Lucas
The cautious commander of Anzio
Military command · United States state institutions
1890–1949
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Grigory Ivanovich Kulik Григорий Иванович Кулик
Stalin's artillery chief from Tsaritsyn: Marshal who blocked the T-34, KV-1 and Katyusha
Military command · Soviet Union
1890–1950
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Iván Héjjas Héjjas Iván
White Terror commander whose detachment around Kecskemét carried out the Orgovány killings and the Izsák pogrom
Military command · Hungary
1890–1950
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Friedrich Paulus Friedrich Paulus
A field commander undone by the collision of orders and reality
Military command · Germany state institutions
1890–1957
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Erik Heinrichs Axel Erik Heinrichs
A Finnish general at the boundary of war and diplomacy
Military command · Finland state institutions
1890–1965
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Géza Lakatos Lakatos Géza
General who as prime minister in August–October 1944 halted the Jewish deportations and prepared an armistice until the Arrow Cross coup
Government and administration · Hungary
1890–1967
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Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower
The five-star general who led D-Day and warned America against the military-industrial complex
Military command · United States state institutions
1890–1969
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Ahmet-Zaki Validi Әхмәтзәки Вәлиди
Leader of the Bashkir national movement who proclaimed Bashkir autonomy, commanded the Bashkir Army and took it over to the Soviet side
Military command · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1890–1970
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Pavel Yevgenyevich Lazimir Павел Евгеньевич Лазимир
The Left SR figurehead chairman of the MRC, lending a non-Bolshevik face to the Bolshevik insurrection while Trotsky directed operations
Military command · Soviet Union
1891–1920
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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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Yevhen Mykhailovych Konovalets Євген Михайлович Коновалець
Ukrainian nationalist leader who commanded the Sich Riflemen and built the UVO and OUN
Military command · Ukrainian People's Republic
1891–1938
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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
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Tadamichi Kuribayashi 栗林忠道
The Iwo Jima commander who understood American power
Military command · Japan state institutions
1891–1945
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Walter Model Walter Model
Hitler's "fireman" who rushed from crisis to crisis on the Eastern Front, the Wehrmacht's most tenacious defensive commander
Military command · Germany state institutions
1891–1945
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Helmuth Weidling Helmuth Weidling
The final Berlin commander of a collapsing Reich
Military command · Germany state institutions
1891–1955
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Napoleon Zervas Ναπολέων Ζέρβας
A military leader between wartime resistance and anti-communist politics
Military command
1891–1957
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Alexander Vasilyevich Gorbatov Александр Васильевич Горбатов
The army general who survived Kolyma, took Berlin, and testified to Stalin-era repression
Military command · Soviet Union
1891–1973
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Karl Dönitz Karl Dönitz
German naval commander of the U-boat fleet who briefly became head of state after Hitler's death.
Military command · Germany state institutions
1891–1980
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Andrei Klyushnikov Андрей Клюшников
Comintern agent known as Nenin who built revolutionary committees in southern Bessarabia and led the Tatarbunary Uprising
Social movements and organizing · Comintern
1892–1924
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Ephraim Markovich Sklyansky Эфраим Маркович Склянский
Trotsky's Carnot: the Red Army's administrative brain, erased by Stalinism
Military command · Soviet Union
1892–1925
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Pyotr Ionovich Baranov Пётр Ионович Баранов
Principal architect of the Soviet Air Force and aviation industry
Military command · Soviet Union
1892–1933
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Mikhail Petrovich Kirponos Михаил Петрович Кирпонос
Southwestern Front commander who fell in the Kiev encirclement
Military command · Soviet Union
1892–1941
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Trafford Leigh-Mallory Trafford Leigh-Mallory
An air commander who made army cooperation central to Allied air power
Military command · United Kingdom state institutions
1892–1944
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Hjalmar Fridolf Siilasvuo Hjalmar Fridolf Siilasvuo
Finnish Jäger lieutenant general who destroyed two Soviet divisions at Suomussalmi with motti tactics
Military command · Finland state institutions
1892–1947
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Radola Gajda Radola Gajda
A legion commander who carried battlefield success into White politics
Military command · Czechoslovakia
1892–1948
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Andrei Vasilyevich Khrulev Андрей Васильевич Хрулёв
The invisible commander who moved the war, the only supply general Stalin toasted as architect of victory
Military command · Soviet Union
1892–1962
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Andrei Ivanovich Yeryomenko Андрей Иванович Ерёменко
The cavalryman who closed Stalingrad's southern pincer
Military command · Soviet Union
1892–1970
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Francisco Franco Francisco Franco
The general who turned the rising into victory and ruled Spain for thirty-six years as Caudillo
Military command · Spain state institutions
1892–1975
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Keith Rodney Park Keith Rodney Park
The air-defence commander at the heart of the Battle of Britain
Military command · United Kingdom state institutions
1892–1975
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Ivan Vladimirovich Tyulenev Иван Владимирович Тюленев
The cavalry general who bolted the Caucasus gate, witness to three wars
Military command · Soviet Union
1892–1978
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Edward Mallory Almond Edward Mallory Almond
A U.S. general whose offensive command was bound to racial prejudice
Military command · United States state institutions
1892–1979
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Arthur Harris Arthur Travers Harris
The air commander who made strategic bombing central to total war
Military command · United Kingdom state institutions
1892–1984
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Liu Bocheng 刘伯承
The “one-eyed dragon”, Red Army chief of staff and Deng Xiaoping’s partner who commanded at Huaihai
Military command · People’s Republic of China
1892–1986
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Timofey Ivanovich Kirpichnikov Тимофей Иванович Кирпичников
A soldier leader who defied imperial orders
Military command · Russian Empire
1892–1917/1918
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Sükhbaatar Сүхбаатар
Military leader of Mongolia's 1921 revolution, posthumously canonized as its 'father'
Military command · Mongolia
1893–1923
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Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky Михаил Николаевич Тухачевский
“The Red Napoleon,” killed by the army he built
Military command · Soviet Union
1893–1937
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Draža Mihailović Драгољуб Михаиловић
A Serbian nationalist commander who sought to restore the monarchy
Military command · Yugoslavia
1893–1946
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Hermann Göring Hermann Göring
A Luftwaffe chief who organized Nazi war and plunder
Political and party leadership · Nazi party and regime
1893–1946
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Wilhelm Zaisser Wilhelm Zaisser
First East German Minister for State Security, purged in 1953 after trying to replace Ulbricht
Security, intelligence and policing · East Germany
1893–1958
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Segismundo Casado Segismundo Casado
The Republican general who overthrew Negrín to negotiate peace with Franco, and got only unconditional surrender
Military command · Spanish Republic
1893–1968
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Ronald Scobie Ronald MacKenzie Scobie
The British general who commanded the Battle of Athens
Military command · United Kingdom state institutions
1893–1969
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William Sholto Douglas William Sholto Douglas
The RAF commander who turned Fighter Command from defence toward offence
Military command · United Kingdom state institutions
1893–1969
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Giuseppe Castellano Giuseppe Castellano
The general who signed an incomplete transition
Military command · Italy state institutions
1893–1977