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People of the Soviet Union
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Yekaterina Alexeyevna Furtseva Екатерина Алексеевна Фурцева
Long-serving culture minister between thaw and control
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1974
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Olga Fyodorovna Berggolts Ольга Фёдоровна Берггольц
The radio voice of the besieged city
Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1910–1975
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Ivan Dmitrievich Serbin Иван Дмитриевич Сербин
The party's 'Ivan the Terrible' who oversaw the entire Soviet military-industrial complex for 23 years
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1981
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Viktor Yakovlevich Litvinov Виктор Яковлевич Литвинов
The factory director who led Soviet aircraft and rocket mass production for 33 years
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1983
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Nikolai Anisimovich Shchelokov Николай Анисимович Щёлоков
Brezhnev's 16-year police chief who rebuilt the MVD into a modern force
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
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 state institutions
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 state institutions
1910–1989
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Georgy Sergeyevich Pavlov Георгий Сергеевич Павлов
Brezhnev's 18-year steward of the party treasury and 'party gold'
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1910–1991
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Veniamin Emmanuilovich Dymshits Вениамин Эммануилович Дымшиц
The Jewish construction technocrat who was Soviet deputy premier for 23 years
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1993
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Gennady Ivanovich Voronov Геннадий Иванович Воронов
The RSFSR premier who never stopped speaking bluntly to Brezhnev
Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1994
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Iosif Iosifovich Kuzmin Иосиф Иосифович Кузьмин
The planner who executed Khrushchev's sovnarkhoz reform
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1996
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Nikolai Vasilyevich Martynov Николай Васильевич Мартынов
From munitions to material supply, the technocrat who managed the arteries of the planned economy
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1998
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Vasily Stepanovich Fursov Василий Степанович Фурсов
A physicist who linked reactor theory to scientific education
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1998
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Mikhail Alekseyevich Prokofyev Михаил Алексеевич Прокофьев
The scientist-minister who led Soviet education for 18 years
Education · Soviet Union state institutions
1910–1999
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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 state institutions
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 state institutions
1911–1941
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Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov Николай Иванович Кузнецов
Soviet spy who posed as a German officer in Nazi-occupied Ukraine and personally eliminated high-ranking officials
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1944
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Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel Михаил Кузьмич Янгель
Designer whose storable-propellant rockets became the backbone of the Strategic Rocket Forces
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1971
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Alexander Mikhailovich Tarasov Александр Михайлович Тарасов
The man who opened the Soviet mass-automobile era: father of the Lada
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1975
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Konstantin Nikolayevich Rudnev Константин Николаевич Руднев
The defence-industry administrator who sent Gagarin into space
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1980
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Mefody Naumovich Sveshnikov Мефодий Наумович Свешников
A career banker of peasant stock who rose to the summit of the Soviet monobank
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1981
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Nikolai Timofeyevich Grishin Иван Тимофеевич Гришин
Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade for 26 years who steered industrial import deals across the Brezhnev era
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1985
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Vasily Fyodorovich Garbuzov Василий Фёдорович Гарбузов
The long-serving finance minister of stagnation
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1985
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Lev Nikolayevich Smirnov Лев Николаевич Смирнов
From Nuremberg assistant prosecutor to chief justice of the USSR, the Supreme Court chairman who presided over political trials
Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1986
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Grigory Sergeyevich Zolotukhin Григорий Сергеевич Золотухин
A Brezhnev-era agricultural functionary who ran Tambov and Krasnodar, then oversaw Soviet grain procurement for 14 years
Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1988
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Lev Markovich Volodarsky Лев Маркович Володарский
Keeper of Soviet state statistics who managed the planned economy's numbers as the younger brother of a revolutionary martyr
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1989
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Georgy Mokeevich Markov Георгий Мокеевич Марков
The Brezhnev-era literary gatekeeper who celebrated Siberia while enforcing official aesthetics as head of the Writers' Union for 15 years
Literature and arts · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1991
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Vladimir Semyonovich Semyonov Владимир Семёнович Семёнов
Four-decade architect of Soviet German policy
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–1992
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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 state institutions
1911–1995
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Mikhail Timofeyevich Yefremov Михаил Тимофеевич Ефремов
From Volga orphanage boy to Kosygin's deputy premier: a party cadres specialist who ran three obkoms
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1911–2000
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Sergei Leonidovich Sokolov Сергей Леонидович Соколов
The defence minister removed after the Rust affair
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–2012
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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 state institutions
1912–1943
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Sergei Alekseyevich Zverev Сергей Алексеевич Зверев
The Defense Industry Minister who ran Soviet conventional arms production for 13 years under Brezhnev
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–1978
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Sergei Pavlovich Trapeznikov Сергей Павлович Трапезников
The gatekeeper of academic orthodoxy in the Brezhnev era
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–1984
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Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko Константин Устинович Черненко
The last General Secretary of the Brezhnev order
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1912–1985
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Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich Леонид Витальевич Канторович
The Nobel laureate who tried to optimize central planning with mathematics
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–1986
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Vladimir Ilyich Stepakov Владимир Ильич Степаков
Brezhnev-era Agitprop chief removed over a misattributed Lenin quote
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–1987
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Sergey Georgiyevich Lapin Сергей Георгиевич Лапин
Brezhnev's broadcasting czar who ran all Soviet TV and radio for 15 years
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–1990
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Aleksei Pavlovich Shitikov Алексей Павлович Шитиков
From Khabarovsk party boss to Chairman of the Soviet of the Union: the institutional face of federal legislation in the Brezhnev era
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1912–1993
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Boris Fyodorovich Bratchenko Борис Фёдорович Братченко
The coal minister who led the Soviet mining industry for twenty years across the Brezhnev era
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–2004
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Leonid Nikolayevich Yefremov Леонид Николаевич Ефремов
The party man who handed Stavropol to Gorbachev, then called him a renegade
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1912–2007
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Vasily Mikhailovich Vinevitin Василий Михайлович Виневитин
The NKVD sniper lieutenant who shot the Japanese gendarme on Frinovsky's order
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–1938
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Mikhail Dmitrievich Ryumin Михаил Дмитриевич Рюмин
Engineer of the Doctors' Plot, NKVD bookkeeper turned deputy minister
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–1954
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Nikolai Romanovich Mironov Николай Романович Миронов
The party's overseer of the power ministries who organized Khrushchev's removal
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1913–1964
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Mikhail Dmitrievich Millionshchikov Михаил Дмитриевич Миллионщиков
The scientist-statesman who built nuclear weapons and called for their abolition
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–1973
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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 state institutions
1913–1985
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Georgy Nikolayevich Flyorov Георгий Николаевич Флёров
One letter that woke Stalin, one element that bears his name
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–1990
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Sergei Mitrofanovich Kovalev Сергей Митрофанович Ковалёв
Soviet ideologue who codified the Brezhnev Doctrine in the pages of Pravda
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–1990
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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 state institutions
1913–1991
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Nikolai Ivanovich Savinkin Николай Иванович Савинкин
The personnel gatekeeper of the Soviet power ministries for 19 years under Brezhnev
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1913–1993