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People of the Revolution and the USSR
Activity(set)
Affiliation
Position
Citizenship
Background(set)
Era
People of the Soviet Union
People of the wider world
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Rozaliya Samoilovna Zemlyachka Розалия Самойловна Землячка
The 'Demon' Underground and the Only Woman Vice-Chair of Sovnarkom
Social movements and organizing · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP)
1876–1947
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Jan Sierada Ян Серада
Veterinarian who chaired the First All-Belarusian Congress and, as chairman of the Rada, presided over the declaration of independence
Legislature and state representation · Belarus state institutions
1879–1943 이후
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Piotra Krečeŭski Пётра Крэчэўскі
Chairman of the Rada of the Belarusian People’s Republic from 1919 until his death, leading it in exile from Prague
Legislature and state representation · Belarus state institutions
1879–1928
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Abram Yakovlevich Belenky Абрам Яковлевич Беленький
Cheka founding member who guarded Lenin personally
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1882–1941
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Nikolay Nikolayevich Krestinsky Николай Николаевич Крестинский
An early Bolshevik responsible secretary later put in the dock
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1883–1938
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Anton Luckievič Антон Луцкевіч
Founder of the Hramada who, as prime minister of the Belarusian People’s Republic, sought its recognition at the Paris Peace Conference
Government and administration · Belarus state institutions
1884–1942
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Zmicier Zhylunovich Зміцер Жылуновіч
Worker-poet known as Tsishka Hartny who headed the first Soviet government of Byelorussia
Government and administration · Soviet Union
1887–1937
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Yakov Isaakovich Serebryansky Яков Исаакович Серебрянский
Builder of Soviet covert ops who kidnapped a White general in Paris, then tortured by his own service
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1892–1956
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Yakov Saulovich Agranov Яков Саулович Агранов
The Cheka’s architect of political investigations
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1893–1938
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Naum Isaakovich Eitingon Наум Исаакович Эйтингон
The NKVD's master of covert action: from Trotsky's assassination to Soviet atomic espionage
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union
1899–1981
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Iosif Mikhailovich Turko Иосиф Михайлович Турко
A Kuznetsov appointee to the Yaroslavl obkom who was sentenced to 15 years instead of death in the Leningrad Affair
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1908–1994
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Nikolai Nikitovich Slyunkov Николай Никитович Слюньков
From tractor factory to Politburo: the 'director of the Central Committee'
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1929–2022