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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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Mikhail Gr. Grigoryevich Yefremov Михаил Григорьевич Ефремов
Commander of the 33rd Army at Moscow, encircled at Vyazma and shot himself when Stalin denied retreat
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1942
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Ferenc Szálasi Szálasi Ferenc
Arrow Cross leader installed by Germany as 'Leader of the Nation' in 1944
Political and party leadership · Hungary
1897–1946
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Vasily Timofeyevich Volsky Василий Тимофеевич Вольский
Soviet tank army commander who wrote to Stalin warning Operation Uranus would fail
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1946
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Leonid Aleksandrovich Govorov Леонид Александрович Говоров
From Kolchak's White Army to Marshal of the USSR who broke the 900-day siege of Leningrad
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1955
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Georgy Fedorovich Zakharov Георгий Фёдорович Захаров
Peasant-born Army General who led the 2nd Belorussian Front and was demoted after Bagration
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1957
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Vladimir Viktorovich Kryukov Владимир Викторович Крюков
Hero of the Guards cavalry corps, brought down by the Trophy Case, rehabilitated in the Thaw
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1959
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Miron Semyonovich Vovsi Мирон Семёнович Вовси
Red Army chief internist who built Soviet wartime field therapy, and the lead defendant in the Doctors' Plot
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1960
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Kirill Afanasyevich Meretskov Кирилл Афанасьевич Мерецков
The marshal who survived NKVD torture to break the Leningrad blockade
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1968
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Vasily Danilovich Sokolovsky Василий Данилович Соколовский
A peasant's son from the Grodno lands who framed Soviet nuclear-age strategy
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1968
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Mikhail Alekseevich Shalin Михаил Алексеевич Шалин
The meticulous staff officer who led Soviet military intelligence through the transition from Stalin to Khrushchev
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1970
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Ivan Stepanovich Konev Иван Степанович Конев
The marshal who made encirclement an art, and became a political soldier in peacetime
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1973
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Kuzma Nikitovich Galitsky Кузьма Никитович Галицкий
Army general who survived the Purge and took Königsberg
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1973
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Paavo Talvela Paavo Talvela
Mannerheim's secret envoy to Berlin who brokered the German-Finnish military pact that led to the Continuation War
Military command · Finland state institutions
1897–1973
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Vladimir Vasilyevich Kurasov Владимир Васильевич Курасов
The staff intellect who designed the 1st Baltic Front's operations and shaped Soviet military science
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1973
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Cipriano Mera Cipriano Mera Sanz
The anarchist IV Army Corps commander who saved Casado's Madrid coup from Communist counter-attack
Military command · Spanish Republic
1897–1975
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Lucius D. Clay Lucius D. Clay
The US military governor who answered the blockade of West Berlin with a 324-day airlift
Military command · United States state institutions
1897–1978
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Ivan Khristoforovich Bagramyan Иван Христофорович Баграмян
The first non-Slavic front commander, from Bagration to the Baltic
Military command · Soviet Union
1897–1982
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky Родион Яковлевич Малиновский
Marshal and Defence Minister, 1957–1967
Military command · Soviet Union
1898–1967
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Henri Navarre Henri Navarre
Last commander of the French Far East Expeditionary Corps, who chose to fortify Điện Biên Phủ and met defeat there in 1954
Military command · France state institutions
1898–1983
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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
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Mikhail Sergeyevich Malinin Михаил Сергеевич Малинин
Rokossovsky's indispensable chief of staff, planner of the great offensives
Military command · Soviet Union
1899–1960
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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
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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
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Nikolai Nikolayevich Voronov Николай Николаевич Воронов
Architect of Red Army artillery who wove the Stalingrad encirclement
Military command · Soviet Union
1899–1968
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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
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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
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Raoul Salan Raoul Salan
French commander in the First Indochina War and leader of the OAS.
Military command · France state institutions
1899–1984
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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
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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
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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
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Vladimir Efimovich Gorev Владимир Ефимович Горев
An internationalist soldier who helped organize Madrid’s defense
Military command · Soviet Union
1900–1938
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Grigory Mikhailovich Shtern Григорий Михайлович Штерн
Victor of Lake Khasan and Khalkhin Gol, purged Far Eastern Front commander
Military command · Soviet Union
1900–1941
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Vladimir Filippovich Tributs Владимир Филиппович Трибуц
Longest-serving wartime fleet commander, from the Tallinn breakout to Königsberg
Military command · Soviet Union
1900–1977
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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
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Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov Василий Иванович Чуйков
“There is no land for us beyond the Volga”
Military command · Soviet Union
1900–1982