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People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity(set)

Any Political and party leadership 139 Government and administration 40 Legislature and state representation 6 Monarchs and royalty 4 Military command 211 Security, intelligence and policing 110 Diplomacy and international organization 44 Economy, finance and planning 94 Industry and production 84 Agriculture and land policy 18 Ideology and propaganda 56 Social movements and organizing 179 Scholarship and theory 105 Education 8 Science and technology 108 Literature and arts 79 Religion 4 Law and justice 31

Affiliation

Most people

Any Soviet Unionstate 95 Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 39 United Russia 3 Ukrainian State (Hetmanate)state 1 Mensheviks (RSDLP) 1

All 5 affiliations

Russia

Mensheviks (RSDLP) 1 United Russia 3

Soviet Union

Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 39 Soviet Unionstate 95

Ukraine

Ukrainian State (Hetmanate)state 1

Position

Any Imperial establishment and White movement 1 Dissident 1 Marxism and communism 97

Citizenship

Any Soviet Union 104 Russia 4

Background(set)

Any Russia 108 Ukraine 10 Germany 4 Armenia 3 Poland 3 United States 3 Azerbaijan 2 Belarus 2 Georgia 2 Latvia 2 China 1 Czechia 1 Estonia 1 Finland 1 Lithuania 1 Netherlands 1 United Kingdom 1

Era

Any

People of the Soviet Union

The old regime and its challengers1905–1917 3 The revolutionary generation1917–1940 6 People of the Stalin era1929–1953 30 People of the thaw and the stagnation1953–1985 57 The last generation1985–1991 11

People of the wider world

Scholars of this history1892–현재 1

Science and technology Background: Russia Clear all

108 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Boris Vasilyevich Petrovsky Борис Васильевич Петровский Cardiovascular pioneer who ran Soviet healthcare for 15 years under Brezhnev Science and technology · Soviet Union 1908–2004
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kotelnikov Владимир Александрович Котельников The scientist–head of state who discovered the sampling theorem and led the first radar probe of Venus Science and technology · Soviet Union 1908–2005
Mikhail Sergeyevich Ryazansky Михаил Сергеевич Рязанский The 'radio man' of Soviet rocketry: Chief Designer of guidance and telemetry for every Soviet rocket and spacecraft Science and technology · Soviet Union 1909–1987
Nikolai Nikolayevich Bogolyubov Николай Николаевич Боголюбов The institutional titan of theoretical physics who led the Eastern Bloc's largest international research institute Science and technology · Soviet Union 1909–1992
Vladimir Pavlovich Barmin Владимир Павлович Бармин From Katyusha to Buran: the engineer who designed the ground beneath every Soviet rocket Science and technology · Soviet Union 1909–1993
Sergei Vladimirovich Kurashov Сергей Владимирович Курашов Khrushchev-era health minister who presided over the World Health Assembly Science and technology · Soviet Union 1910–1965
Vasily Stepanovich Fursov Василий Степанович Фурсов A physicist who linked reactor theory to scientific education Science and technology · Soviet Union 1910–1998
Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel Михаил Кузьмич Янгель Designer whose storable-propellant rockets became the backbone of the Strategic Rocket Forces Science and technology · Soviet Union 1911–1971
Nikolai D. Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov Николай Дмитриевич Кузнецов From the NK-12 to the NK-33: the chief engine designer who powered Soviet skies and space Science and technology · Soviet Union 1911–1995
Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich Леонид Витальевич Канторович The Nobel laureate who tried to optimize central planning with mathematics Science and technology · Soviet Union 1912–1986
Mikhail Dmitrievich Millionshchikov Михаил Дмитриевич Миллионщиков The scientist-statesman who built nuclear weapons and called for their abolition Science and technology · Soviet Union 1913–1973
Georgy Nikolayevich Flyorov Георгий Николаевич Флёров One letter that woke Stalin, one element that bears his name Science and technology · Soviet Union 1913–1990
Viktor Ivanovich Kuznetsov Виктор Иванович Кузнецов The tallest and most silent of the Great Six, the father of Soviet gyroscopic guidance, from Sputnik to Buran Science and technology · Soviet Union 1913–1991
Vladimir Alekseyevich Kirillin Владимир Алексеевич Кириллин Architect of Soviet civilian R&D policy in the age of the scientific-technical revolution Science and technology · Soviet Union 1913–1999
Georgy Nikolayevich Babakin Георгий Николаевич Бабакин Chief Designer behind Luna 9 and Lunokhod, the man whose robots reached the Moon and Venus first Science and technology · Soviet Union 1914–1971
Viktor Aleksandrovich Davidenko Виктор Александрович Давиденко A pioneer of two-stage thermonuclear design Science and technology · Soviet Union 1914–1983
Georgy Aleksandrovich Tyulin Георгий Александрович Тюлин The man who said 'go' for Tereshkova, Leonov, and Lunokhod Science and technology · Soviet Union 1914–1990
Igor Semyonovich Panasyuk Игорь Семёнович Панасюк Kurchatov's closest assistant who ran the F-1 reactor, then denounced his mentor and was sidelined Science and technology · Soviet Union 1917–1972
Yevgeny Ivanovich Zababakhin Евгений Иванович Забабахин Scientific director of the USSR's second nuclear weapons design centre Science and technology · Soviet Union 1917–1984
Vasily Pavlovich Mishin Василий Павлович Мишин Korolev's successor who delivered Soyuz and Salyut, and bore the N-1 lunar failure Science and technology · Soviet Union 1917–2001
Nikolai Prokofyevich Fedorenko Николай Прокофьевич Федоренко Founder of CEMI and architect of SOFE: the mathematician who tried to redesign the planned economy Science and technology · Soviet Union 1917–2006
Sergei Sergeevich Kryukov Сергей Сергеевич Крюков Korolev's key partner in shaping the R-7's packet design Science and technology · Soviet Union 1918–2005
Boris Yevgenyevich Paton Борис Евгеньевич Патон Father of electroslag welding who led Ukraine's Academy of Sciences for 58 years Science and technology · Soviet Union 1918–2020
Boris Grigorievich Dubovsky Борис Григорьевич Дубовский The physicist who built the dosimetry for F-1's first criticality and founded the Soviet reactor radiation safety system Science and technology · Soviet Union 1919–2008
Dmitry Ilyich Kozlov Дмитрий Ильич Козлов Korolev's right hand who led the R-7 through design, mass production, and every successive variant Science and technology · Soviet Union 1919–2009
Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov Михаил Тимофеевич Калашников The small-arms designer who became the face of Soviet defence industry: father of the AK-47 Science and technology · United Russia 1919–2013
Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov Андрей Дмитриевич Сахаров He built the hydrogen bomb, then turned on the system Science and technology · Soviet Union 1921–1989
Nikolai Gennadiyevich Basov Николай Геннадиевич Басов Nobel-winning physicist who laid the foundations of the maser and laser, then extended quantum electronics into missile defense Science and technology · Soviet Union 1922–2001
Oleg Genrikhovich Ivanovsky Олег Генрихович Ивановский The engineer who turned early Soviet spacecraft designs into tested machines Science and technology · Soviet Union 1922–2014
Viktor Mikhailovich Glushkov Виктор Михайлович Глушков Father of Soviet cybernetics whose OGAS network envisioned real-time socialist planning decades before the internet Science and technology · Soviet Union 1923–1982
Vladimir Fyodorovich Utkin Владимир Фёдорович Уткин Father of the SS-18 'Satan' and architect of the late Cold War nuclear balance Science and technology · Soviet Union 1923–2000
Viktor Petrovich Makeyev Виктор Петрович Макеев Founder of Soviet naval strategic rocketry, the man the CIA called 'the Ural Dragon' Science and technology · Soviet Union 1924–1985
Mikhail Fyodorovich Reshetnev Михаил Фёдорович Решетнёв The chief designer who built a Soviet satellite empire in the Siberian taiga Science and technology · Soviet Union 1924–1996
Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev Павел Иванович Беляев The fighter pilot who commanded the first spacewalk Science and technology · Soviet Union 1925–1970
Gury Ivanovich Marchuk Гурий Иванович Марчук Last President of the USSR Academy of Sciences and pioneer of computational mathematics in Siberia Science and technology · Soviet Union 1925–2013
Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov Владимир Михайлович Комаров Voskhod 1 commander and the first human to perish in a spaceflight Science and technology · Soviet Union 1927–1967
Lev Petrovich Feoktistov Лев Петрович Феоктистов From nuclear-weapon designer to critic of the arms race Science and technology · Soviet Union 1928–2002
German Arsenyevich Goncharov Герман Арсеньевич Гончаров Physicist from Sakharov's group who became the lead declassifier and historian of the Soviet H-bomb project Science and technology · Soviet Union 1928–2009
Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev Андриян Григорьевич Николаев Soviet cosmonaut who flew humanity's first multi-day spaceflight aboard Vostok 3 Science and technology · Soviet Union 1929–2004
Yevgeny Ivanovich Chazov Евгений Иванович Чазов The father of Soviet cardiology who ran Kremlin medicine for 20 years Science and technology · Soviet Union 1929–2021
Nikolai Pavlovich Laverov Николай Павлович Лавёров The last chairman of Soviet state science policy and a uranium geologist Science and technology · Soviet Union 1930–2016
Anatoly Stepanovich Dyatlov Анатолий Степанович Дятлов The deputy chief engineer who supervised the Chernobyl safety test and later argued the reactor's design was the real cause Science and technology · Soviet Union 1931–1995
Alexei Vladimirovich Yablokov Алексей Владимирович Яблоков An ecologist who tracked Chernobyl’s long-term human costs Science and technology 1933–2017
Valentina Leonidovna Ponomaryova Валентина Леонидовна Пономарёва The most qualified female cosmonaut candidate, grounded by politics Science and technology · Soviet Union 1933–2023
Grigori Grigoryevich Nelyubov Григорий Григорьевич Нелюбов Gagarin's second backup, the cosmonaut ranked third for the first flight who never reached orbit Science and technology · Soviet Union 1934–1966
Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin Юрий Алексеевич Гагарин The first human smile to leave the Earth Science and technology · Soviet Union 1934–1968
Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov Алексей Архипович Леонов First to open the door to the cosmos, and the first to draw it from inside Science and technology · Soviet Union 1934–2019
Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky Валерий Фёдорович Быковский The cosmonaut who spent five days alone in orbit, setting a solo spaceflight record that still stands Science and technology · Soviet Union 1934–2019
Sergei Nikitich Khrushchev Сергей Никитич Хрущёв Khrushchev's son and Chelomei's guidance-system engineer Science and technology · Soviet Union 1935–2020
Viktor Petrovich Bryukhanov Виктор Петрович Брюханов The first director of Chernobyl who built the plant and was held responsible for its catastrophe Science and technology · Soviet Union 1935–2021

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