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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 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
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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
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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
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Sergei Matveyevich Shtemenko Сергей Матвеевич Штеменко
The staff officer who designed Stalin's war plans and fell twice
Military command · Soviet Union
1907–1976
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Petro Grigoryevich Grigorenko Пётр Григорьевич Григоренко
Soviet major general who turned dissident to defend human rights and deported nations
Military command · Soviet Union
1907–1987
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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
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Otto Skorzeny Otto Skorzeny
A Nazi commando leader magnified by propaganda
Military command · Nazi party and regime
1908–1975
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Dmitry Fyodorovich Ustinov Дмитрий Фёдорович Устинов
The defence-industry man who became defence minister
Military command · Soviet Union
1908–1984
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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
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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
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Henri Rol-Tanguy Henri Rol-Tanguy
Communist Resistance leader who directed the Paris uprising
Military command · France state institutions
1908–2002
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Jonas Žemaitis Jonas Žemaitis
Officer who founded the Union of Lithuanian Freedom Fighters in 1949 and led the partisan resistance as its chairman
Military command
1909–1954
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Ivan Grigoryevich Pavlovsky Иван Григорьевич Павловский
The ground forces commander who invaded Czechoslovakia and opposed Afghanistan
Military command · Soviet Union
1909–1999
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Deng Hua 邓华
A field commander who read the course of war
Military command · People’s Republic of China
1910–1980
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Pavel Fyodorovich Batitsky Павел Фёдорович Батицкий
The marshal who built Soviet air defence and personally executed Beria
Military command · Soviet Union
1910–1984
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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
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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
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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
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Pavel Vasilyevich Rychagov Павел Васильевич Рычагов
The ace who told Stalin Soviet planes were flying coffins
Military command · Soviet Union
1911–1941
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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
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Sergei Leonidovich Sokolov Сергей Леонидович Соколов
The defence minister removed after the Rust affair
Military command · Soviet Union
1911–2012
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Võ Nguyên Giáp Võ Nguyên Giáp
The history teacher who defeated two empires without ever attending a military academy
Military command · Vietnam
1911–2013
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Marina Mikhaylovna Raskova Марина Михайловна Раскова
Record-breaking aviator who created the women's combat air regiments
Military command · Soviet Union
1912–1943
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Ivan Ignatyevich Yakubovsky Иван Игнатьевич Якубовский
Belarusian-born marshal who commanded the Warsaw Pact forces for nine years
Military command · Soviet Union
1912–1976
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Béla Király Király Béla
The general and contested witness of 1956
Military command · Hungary
1912–2009
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Nam Il 남일
The Soviet-Korean general who signed the Korean Armistice at Panmunjom
Military command · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
1913–1976
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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
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Nol Lon លន់ នល់
Cambodian military officer and politician who led the Khmer Republic as prime minister and president
Military command · Cambodia state institutions
1913–1985
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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
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Jimmy Durrant James Thom Durrant
A wartime commander who confronted the limits of long-range air supply
Military command · South Africa state institutions
1913–1990
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Peko Dapčević Пеко Дапчевић
A Partisan commander who helped turn insurgent formations into a regular army
Military command · Yugoslavia
1913–1999
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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
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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
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William Westmoreland William Westmoreland
US Army general who commanded American forces in South Vietnam from 1964 to 1968 and pursued a strategy of attrition measured by body count
Military command · United States state institutions
1914–2005
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Georgy Ageevich Lobov Георгий Агеевич Лобов
The Soviet fighter commander who led the battle over MiG Alley
Military command · Soviet Union
1915–1994
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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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Chae Byeong-deok 채병덕
A general whose colonial military career met failure at the war’s outbreak
Military command · South Korea state institutions
1916–1950
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Dương Văn Minh Dương Văn Minh
South Vietnamese general who led the 1963 coup and ordered the 1975 surrender
Military command · Vietnam
1916–2001
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Kim Jong-suk 김정숙
Anti-Japanese guerrilla fighter on Mt. Paektu, posthumously revered as one of the 'Three Generals'
Military command
1917–1949
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Pál Maléter Maléter Pál
A soldier caught between negotiation and armed resistance
Military command · Hungary
1917–1958
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Semyon Konstantinovich Kurkotkin Семён Константинович Куркоткин
One of the last Marshals, who ran the Soviet rear for 16 years
Military command · Soviet Union
1917–1990
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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
1917–1994
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Christopher Montague Woodhouse Christopher Montague Woodhouse
A Greece expert at the boundary of resistance and empire
Military command · United Kingdom state institutions
1917–2001
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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
1917–2002
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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
1917–2014
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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
1918–1950
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Adolfas Ramanauskas Adolfas Ramanauskas
Partisan commander “Vanagas” who led the Union of Lithuanian Freedom Fighters from 1952, the last commander to be captured
Military command
1918–1957
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Igor Demyanovich Statsenko Игорь Демьянович Стаценко
Commander of the 51st Missile Division that deployed R-12 missiles to Cuba
Military command · Soviet Union
1918–1987
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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
1918–1991
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Yevgeny Georgievich Pepelyayev Евгений Георгиевич Пепеляев
A Soviet ace of MiG Alley
Military command · Soviet Union
1918–2013