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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 Union state institutions 215 Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 165 Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 13 People’s Republic of China state institutions 12 Communist Party of China 9 Hungary state institutions 3 Comintern 3 Spanish Republic state institutions 3

All 44 affiliations

Angola

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

Austria

Austria state institutions 1

China

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

Cuba

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

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia state institutions 1

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

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

Ethiopia

Ethiopia state institutions 1

France

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

Germany

Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 2

Greece

Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) 1

Hungary

Hungary state institutions 3 Hungarian Social Democratic Party (MSZDP) 1

International organizations

Comintern 3

Mongolia

Mongolia state institutions 1

Poland

Poland state institutions 1 Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 1

Romania

Romania state institutions 1 Romanian Communist Party (PCR) 1

Russia

Russian Empire state institutions 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

Somalia state institutions 1

South Africa

Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) 1

South Korea

Communist Party of Korea 1

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 165 Soviet Union state institutions 215

Spain

Spain state institutions 1 Spanish Republic state institutions 3

Ukraine

Ukrainian People's Republic state institutions 1

Vietnam

Vietnam state institutions 2 Communist Party of Vietnam / Workers' Party of Vietnam 1

Yemen

South Yemen state institutions 1

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia state institutions 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

Kim Jong-suk 김정숙 Anti-Japanese guerrilla fighter on Mt. Paektu, posthumously revered as one of the 'Three Generals' Military command 1917–1949
Semyon Konstantinovich Kurkotkin Семён Константинович Куркоткин One of the last Marshals, who ran the Soviet rear for 16 years Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–1990
Nikolai Vasilyevich Ogarkov Николай Васильевич Огарков The Chief of Staff who foresaw a revolution in military affairs and opposed the Afghan invasion Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–1994
Văn Tiến Dũng Văn Tiến Dũng Vietnamese general who led the 1975 spring offensive to Saigon and directed the 1979 invasion of Cambodia and border war with China Military command · Vietnam state institutions 1917–2002
Vasily Ivanovich Petrov Василий Иванович Петров Commander-in-Chief of Ground Forces who led the Soviet operation in the Ogaden War, the last marshal forged in combat Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1917–2014
Kang Kon 강건 The KPA's first Chief of General Staff who finalized the invasion plan with Soviet advisers Military command · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea state institutions 1918–1950
Igor Demyanovich Statsenko Игорь Демьянович Стаценко Commander of the 51st Missile Division that deployed R-12 missiles to Cuba Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–1987
Yevgeny Filippovich Ivanovsky Евгений Филиппович Ивановский Longest-serving GSFG commander who led the Soviet front-line force facing NATO for eight years Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–1991
Yevgeny Georgievich Pepelyayev Евгений Георгиевич Пепеляев A Soviet ace of MiG Alley Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1918–2013
Pierre Félix Georges Pierre Georges A communist pioneer of armed resistance to the Occupation Military command · Francs-Tireurs et Partisans (FTP/FTPF) 1919–1944
Yuri Vsyevolodovich Votintsev Юрий Всеволодович Вотинцев A missile-defence builder who disclosed a Cold War false alarm Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1919–2005
Anatoly Ivanovich Gribkov Анатолий Иванович Грибков Secret planner of the Cuban Missile Crisis deployment and last Chief of Staff of the Warsaw Pact Joint Armed Forces Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1919–2008
Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub Иван Никитович Кожедуб Top Allied fighter ace who scored 64 victories and was never downed by an enemy Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1920–1991
Vasily Iosifovich Stalin Василий Иосифович Сталин Lieutenant general of aviation and founder of Soviet ice hockey, the leader's son Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1921–1962
Viktor Georgiyevich Kulikov Виктор Георгиевич Куликов Longest-serving Warsaw Pact supreme commander, who led its forces for twelve years Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1921–2013
Georgi Nikitovich Bolshakov Георгий Никитович Большаков The GRU officer who ran the secret backchannel between Khrushchev and the Kennedys Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1922–1989
Zoya Anatolyevna Kosmodemyanskaya Зоя Анатольевна Космодемьянская The first woman Hero of the Soviet Union, the 18-year-old partisan who cried 'Stalin will come!' from the gallows Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–1941
Nikolai Vasilyevich Sutyagin Николай Васильевич Сутягин The Soviet ace with MiG Alley’s highest score Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–1986
Sergei Fyodorovich Akhromeyev Сергей Фёдорович Ахромеев The Soviet Marshal who forged the INF Treaty and could not outlive the USSR Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–1991
Alexander Ivanovich Koldunov Александр Иванович Колдунов The top Yak ace of the war who rose to command the Air Defence Forces, and fell after a teenager landed on Red Square Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–1992
Pyotr Georgievich Lushev Пётр Георгиевич Лушев The last supreme commander of the Warsaw Pact forces Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–1997
Ivan Moiseevich Tretyak Иван Моисеевич Третьяк Soviet air defence chief who ordered the KAL 007 shootdown Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–2007
Mikhail Mitrofanovich Zaitsev Михаил Митрофанович Зайцев GSFG Commander-in-Chief and Army General who oversaw Soviet operations in Afghanistan Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–2009
Valentin Ivanovich Varennikov Валентин Иванович Варенников General who received the Victory Banner and stood alone in the coup dock Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–2009
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Yefimov Александр Николаевич Ефимов Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Il-2 assault ace who rose to command the Soviet Air Force at its zenith Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–2012
Makhmut Akhmetovich Gareev Махмут Ахметович Гареев A staff general who turned wartime experience into military theory Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1923–2019
Yuri Pavlovich Maksimov Юрий Павлович Максимов General of the Army who commanded the Strategic Rocket Forces through the Afghan war and the dissolution of the USSR Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1924–2002
Vladimir Leonidovich Govorov Владимир Леонидович Говоров Son of a marshal who led the Chernobyl response and turned Soviet civil defence toward peacetime emergencies Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1924–2006
Dmitry Timofeyevich Yazov Дмитрий Тимофеевич Язов The last Marshal of the Soviet Union and defence minister of the August coup Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1924–2020
Vladlen Mikhailovich Mikhailov Владлен Михайлович Михайлов The last chief of Soviet GRU who led military intelligence through the USSR's dissolution Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1925–2004
Vasily Aleksandrovich Arkhipov Василий Александрович Архипов Soviet submarine officer who refused to launch a nuclear torpedo and prevented nuclear war Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1926–1998
Vasile Milea Vasile Milea Ceaușescu's last defence minister: his death on 22 December 1989 triggered the army's mass defection to the revolution Military command · Romania state institutions 1927–1989
Che Guevara Ernesto "Che" Guevara The internationalist icon who traded a stethoscope for a rifle Military command · 26th of July Movement 1928–1967
Dmitry Antonovich Volkogonov Дмитрий Антонович Волкогонов From Soviet military propagandist to the historian who opened the secret archives Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1928–1995
Alexei Dmitrievich Lizichev Алексей Дмитриевич Лизичев The last GlavPUR chief who stood to defend the military political organs through perestroika Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1928–2006
Vladimir Nikolayevich Chernavin Владимир Николаевич Чернавин The last C-in-C of the Soviet Navy, the nuclear submariner who first patrolled under the Arctic ice Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1928–2023
Arnaldo Tomás Ochoa Sánchez Arnaldo Tomás Ochoa Sánchez Cuban general of the African expeditionary campaigns Military command · Cuba state institutions 1930–1989
Atnafu Abate አጥናፉ አባተ The Derg's last independent leader Military command · Ethiopia state institutions 1931–1977
Mohammad Ali Samatar Maxamed Cali Samantar Barre's vice-president who commanded the Ogaden War Military command · Somalia state institutions 1931–2016
Konstantin Alekseevich Kochetov Константин Алексеевич Кочетов The deputy defence minister who, at Tbilisi, pushed for force without waiting for the Politburo Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1932–
Iko Carreira Iko Carreira Founder of Angola's People's Armed Forces and its first Defence Minister Military command · Angola state institutions 1933–2000
Nikolai Dmitrievich Tarakanov Николай Дмитриевич Тараканов The general who sent men onto the Chernobyl roof when the robots died Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1934–
Gherman Stepanovich Titov Герман Степанович Титов Second human to orbit Earth and builder of Soviet military space systems Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–2000
Vladimir Nikolayevich Lobov Владимир Николаевич Лобов The last Chief of the Soviet General Staff, who refused to fire on civilians and twice drafted military reform Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1935–
Igor Nikolayevich Rodionov Игорь Николаевич Родионов The general who gave the operational order to clear Rustaveli Avenue Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1936–2014
José Van-Dúnem José Jacinto da Silva Vieira Dias Van-Dúnem Angolan political-military leader and co-leader of the Nitista current with Nito Alves Military command · Angola state institutions 1939–1977
Konstantin Ivanovich Kobets Константин Иванович Кобец The highest-ranking general who sided with Yeltsin during the August coup, commanding the White House defense Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1939–2012
Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov Станислав Евграфович Петров Soviet Air Defence Forces lieutenant colonel who correctly dismissed the Oko false alarm and prevented nuclear war Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1939–2017
Mikhail Alekseyevich Moiseyev Михаил Алексеевич Моисеев The last Soviet Chief of General Staff, undone by the August coup Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1939–2022
Saleh Muslih Qasim صالح مصلح قاسم South Yemen's defence minister, shot in the January 1986 Aden violence Military command · South Yemen state institutions 1942–1986

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