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Grigory Vasilyevich Romanov Григорий Васильевич Романов From Leningrad to Moscow: the successor halted one step short Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1923–2008
Sergei Iosifovich Manyakin Сергей Иосифович Манякин The longest-serving regional party secretary in Soviet history, who led Omsk for 26 years Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1923–2010
Guy Môquet Guy Môquet A young Communist activist executed under occupation Social movements and organizing 1924–1941
Tengiz Evgenyevich Abuladze თენგიზ ევგენის ძე აბულაძე Georgian film director whose Repentance fired the cultural starting gun of glasnost Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1924–1994
Ruth First Ruth First The investigative journalist who exposed apartheid, the communist revolutionary who endured 117 days of solitary confinement Literature and arts · African National Congress (ANC) 1925–1982
Ramiz Alia Ramiz Alia Albania after Hoxha Political and party leadership · Party of Labour of Albania 1925–2011
Yuri Filippovich Solovyov Юрий Филиппович Соловьёв Ligachev protégé who led Leningrad during early perestroika Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1925–2011
Peter Fryer Peter Fryer A communist journalist who chose the scene over the party line Literature and arts · Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) 1927–2006
Boris Ivanovich Gostev Борис Иванович Гостев The last orthodox Soviet finance minister who rejected market reform during perestroika Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union 1927–2015
Oleg Timofeyevich Bogomolov Олег Тимофеевич Богомолов An economist of socialist economic integration and reform Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1927–2015
Nikolai Yefimovich Kruchina Николай Ефимович Кручина The last treasurer who guarded the party coffers through perestroika Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1928–1991
Yakov Petrovich Pogrebnyak Яков Петрович Погребняк CPU secretary who oversaw the anti-alcohol campaign in Ukraine and testified that Ligachev ordered the Massandra wine library destroyed Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1928–2016
Yakov Petrovich Ryabov Яков Петрович Рябов Yeltsin's political patron and CPSU defence secretary who forced the T-72 tank through against Ustinov's opposition Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1928–2018
Yevgeny Mikhailovich Tyazhelnikov Евгений Михайлович Тяжельников The model Brezhnev-era youth-cadre pipeline apparatchik Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1928–2020
Sergei Pavlovich Pavlov Сергей Павлович Павлов The anti-thaw Komsomol chief who delivered the Moscow Olympics Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1929–1993
Yuri Nikolayevich Khristoradnov Юрий Николаевич Христораднов Party chief who led the Gorky region for 14 years and the last Soviet overseer of religious affairs Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1929–2018
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
Merab Konstantinovich Mamardashvili Мераб Константинович Мамардашвили The philosopher who spoke consciousness aloud Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1930–1990
Yegor Vladimirovich Yakovlev Егор Владимирович Яковлев Editor of Moscow News who led the charge in breaking Soviet taboos during the glasnost era Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1930–2005
Viktor Sergeyevich Makarenko Виктор Сергеевич Макаренко Crimean party administrator who helped protect Massandra Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1931–2007
Vladimir Antonovich Ivashko Владимир Антонович Ивашко The last deputy general secretary before dissolution Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1932–1994
Boris Nikolayevich Pastukhov Борис Николаевич Пастухов The last Komsomol heavyweight who ran the Soviet publishing empire Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1933–2021
Ivan Kuzmich Polozkov Иван Кузьмич Полозков The conservative apparatchik who founded the Russian republic's Communist Party Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1935–
Valery Ivanovich Boldin Валерий Иванович Болдин The party apparatus gatekeeper who managed Gorbachev's documents, then betrayed him Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1935–2006
Georgy Petrovich Razumovsky Георгий Петрович Разумовский Architect of perestroika cadres, last surviving Politburo member Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1936–
Grigory Ivanovich Revenko Григорий Иванович Ревенко From Kiev regional party leader to Gorbachev's last chief of staff Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1936–2014
Grigory Petrovich Kharchenko Григорий Петрович Харченко Organizational-Party Work deputy chief who witnessed Sumgait, and said 'we were a day late' Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1936–
Oleg Semyonovich Shenin Олег Семёнович Шенин The last Politburo member who tried to save the USSR and went to prison for it Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1937–2009
Nikolai Yakovlevich Petrakov Николай Яковлевич Петраков An economist who carried price theory into the transition to a market economy Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1937–2014
Galina Vladimirovna Semyonova Галина Владимировна Семёнова Architect of women's and family policy in the perestroika era, the fourth woman ever on the Politburo Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1937–2017
Valentin Alexandrovich Kuptsov Валентин Александрович Купцов The last-generation secretary who rebuilt the Russian Communist Party Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1937–
Fuad Enver oglu Musayev Fuad Ənvər oğlu Musayev First Secretary of the Baku Party Committee who blocked buses from entering Baku, shifting the violence to Sumgait Social movements and organizing · Soviet Union 1938–2017
Nina Alexandrovna Andreyeva Нина Александровна Андреева The Leningrad chemistry lecturer whose 'I Cannot Forsake My Principles' became the manifesto of anti-perestroika forces Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1938–2020
Andrei Serafimovich Grachev Андрей Серафимович Грачёв An insider witness to the collapse of reform Government and administration · Soviet Union 1941–
Chris Hani Chris Hani The SACP leader who kept the revolutionary flame alive after laying down arms Political and party leadership · South African Communist Party (SACP) 1942–1993
Ruslan Imranovich Khasbulatov Руслан Имранович Хасбулатов The Supreme Soviet chairman who stood with Yeltsin against the coup, then fell to Yeltsin's tanks Legislature and state representation · Russian Federation state institutions 1942–2023
Viktor Imantovich Alksnis Виктор Имантович Алкснис Leader of the Soyuz faction who nearly turned a parliamentary session into a constitutional coup Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1950–2025
Igor Nikolayevich Gräzin Igor Nikolayevich Gräzin An Estonian legal scholar who challenged the Soviet official narrative in the language of law Law and justice · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1952–

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