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People
Activity
Affiliation
Position
Citizenship
Background(set)
Era
People of the Soviet Union
People of the wider world
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Semyon Ariyevich Kosberg Семён Ариевич Косберг
The OKB-154 Chief Designer whose third-stage engines pushed Luna and Gagarin into space
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1903–1965
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Nikolai Ilyich Belyaev Николай Ильич Беляев
Khrushchev loyalist who defended him in 1957, undone by the Temirtau riots
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1903–1966
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Nikolai Konstantinovich Cherkasov Николай Константинович Черкасов
The actor of transformation, whose profile is stamped on the Order of Alexander Nevsky
Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1903–1966
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Alexander Alfredovich Bek Александр Альфредович Бек
Author of Volokolamsk Highway, whose novel of Stalinist bureaucracy was banned until glasnost
Literature and arts
1903–1972
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Nikolai Ivanovich Krylov Николай Иванович Крылов
From Stalingrad to the Strategic Rocket Forces: the marshal who built the nuclear triad's third leg
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1903–1972
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Averky Borisovich Aristov Аверкий Борисович Аристов
Presidium member born a fisherman's son, party cadres chief who loved to fish
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1903–1973
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Andrei Antonovich Grechko Андрей Антонович Гречко
Brezhnev-era defence minister
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1903–1976
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Alexei Nikolayevich Leontiev Алексей Николаевич Леонтьев
Founder of activity theory who laid the institutional foundations of Marxist psychology
Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1903–1979
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Issa Alexandrovich Pliyev Исса Александрович Плиев
The only cavalryman twice Hero of the Soviet Union, who went to the brink of nuclear war in Cuba
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1903–1979
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Boris Pavlovich Beshchev Борис Павлович Бещев
The longest-serving Soviet minister, who led the railways for 29 years
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1903–1981
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Yuri Yevgenyevich Maksarev Юрий Евгеньевич Максарёв
The industrial architect who mass-produced the T-34 and shaped Soviet tank power
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1903–1982
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Bonifaty Mikhailovich Kedrov Бонифатий Михайлович Кедров
Philosopher of science who systematized dialectical materialism for natural science and created the Kedrov Triangle
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1903–1985
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Andrey Nikolayevich Kolmogorov Андрей Николаевич Колмогоров
The mathematician who axiomatized modern probability theory
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1903–1987
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Nikolai Vasilyevich Novikov Николай Васильевич Новиков
Soviet diplomat whose Novikov Telegram answered Kennan's Long Telegram, framing US policy as imperialist expansion
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions
1903–1989
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Anatoly Petrovich Alexandrov Анатолий Петрович Александров
Physicist who pioneered the Soviet nuclear navy and nuclear power, brought down by Chernobyl
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1903–1994
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Zinaida Vasilyevna Yershova Зинаида Васильевна Ершова
A radiochemist who helped build the Soviet atomic project
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1903–1995
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Leonid Gatovsky Лев Маркович Гатовский
The editor who built the political economy of socialism as a discipline
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1903–1997
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Anatoly Antonovich Volin Анатолий Антонович Волин
The Supreme Court chairman who purged judges and was removed for rehabilitation measures
Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions
1903–2007
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Nikolai Alekseyevich Ostrovsky Николай Алексеевич Островский
Author of How the Steel Was Tempered, paragon of socialist realism
Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1904–1936
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Valery Pavlovich Chkalov Валерий Павлович Чкалов
Stalin's falcon who flew nonstop over the North Pole to America, and fell on his final test flight
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1904–1938
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Yakov Fyodorovich Kapustin Яков Фёдорович Капустин
The engineer who ran Leningrad's industry as second city secretary, shot as a lead defendant in the Leningrad Affair
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1904–1950
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Kuzma Nikolayevich Derevyanko Кузьма Николаевич Деревянко
The Soviet general who signed Japan's surrender, ending World War II
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1904–1954
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Nikolai Leonidovich Dukhov Николай Леонидович Духов
From KV and IS heavy tanks to nuclear warheads: the designer who anchored both pillars of the Soviet military-industrial complex
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1904–1964
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Vasily Alekseevich Makhnev Василий Алексеевич Махнёв
An organiser of the secret atomic administration
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1904–1965
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Sergei Romanovich Savchenko Сергей Романович Савченко
The state security chief who dismantled the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church by force, then ran Soviet foreign intelligence in late Stalinism
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1904–1966
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Alexei Andreyevich Poskonov Алексей Андреевич Посконов
The Bashkir-born financial technocrat who ran Gosbank through the Kosygin reform
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1904–1969
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Grigory Nikolayevich Safonov Григорий Николаевич Сафонов
USSR Prosecutor General who served at Nuremberg and was removed for refusing to sanction Beria's arrest
Law and justice · Soviet Union state institutions
1904–1972
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Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov Николай Герасимович Кузнецов
Architect of the Soviet Navy who ordered combat readiness hours before Barbarossa, twice demoted and posthumously restored
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1904–1974
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Aleksei Ivanovich Shakhurin Алексей Иванович Шахурин
The commissar who directed wartime aviation and out-produced the Luftwaffe
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1904–1975
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Alexander Yevgeniyevich Golovanov Александр Евгеньевич Голованов
Red Army's youngest marshal: Stalin's personal commander of strategic bomber aviation
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1904–1975
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Ivan Terentyevich Peresypkin Иван Терентьевич Пересыпкин
The architect of communications at Stalingrad and Kursk: first Marshal of the Signal Troops
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1904–1978
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Mikhail Georgievich Pervukhin Михаил Георгиевич Первухин
State commission chair for the first atomic bomb test, demoted in 1957 for opposing Khrushchev
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1904–1978
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Alexander Alexandrovich Morozov Александр Александрович Морозов
The face of Soviet tank design: T-34, T-54/55, and T-64
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1904–1979
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Boris Glebovich Muzrukov Борис Глебович Музруков
The industrial commander who delivered tanks at Uralmash, plutonium at Mayak, and nuclear warheads at Arzamas-16
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1904–1979
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Fyodor Fedotovich Kuznetsov Фёдор Федотович Кузнецов
GRU to GlavPUR: the colonel general who led wartime intelligence and late Stalinist army political control
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1904–1979
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Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin Алексей Николаевич Косыгин
The premier who tried to plant profit inside the plan
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1904–1980
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Vladimir Alexandrovich Sudets Владимир Александрович Судец
Marshal of Aviation who led the 17th Air Army to Prague and commanded Soviet Air Defence Forces
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1904–1981
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Stepan Afanasyevich Balezin Степан Афанасьевич Балезин
Kaftanov's senior assistant who did the day-to-day organizational work that launched the Soviet atomic project
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1904–1982
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Nikolai Nikolayevich Shatalin Николай Николаевич Шаталин
Malenkov's cadres chief: party organizer who oversaw the security organs after Stalin's death, then sidelined by Khrushchev
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Union state institutions
1904–1984
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Yakov Yermolayevich Chadayev Яков Ермолаевич Чадаев
The Gosplan economist who co-signed wartime decrees with Stalin
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1904–1985
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Mikhail Borisovich Khrapchenko Михаил Борисович Храпченко
Soviet arts chief felled by the Zhdanov anti-formalism campaign, who rebuilt a career as a leading Gogol and Tolstoy scholar
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1904–1986
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Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov Павел Алексеевич Черенков
The Soviet Nobel physicist who discovered the Cherenkov effect
Science and technology · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1904–1990
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Pyotr Faddeyevich Lomako Пётр Фаддеевич Ломако
Founder of Soviet non-ferrous metallurgy and Gosplan chairman
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1904–1990
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Aleksei Sergeyevich Zheltov Алексей Сергеевич Желтов
Chief political commissar of the post-Stalin Soviet military who helped bring down Zhukov
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1904–1991
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Yulii Borisovich Khariton Юлий Борисович Харитон
Chief designer who led the Soviet nuclear weapons design bureau for 46 years
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1904–1996
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Fyodor Grigorievich Uglov Фёдор Григорьевич Углов
The oldest practicing surgeon in history and the key propagandist of Gorbachev's anti-alcohol campaign
Science and technology · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1904–2008
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Zalman Isaevich Passov Зельман Исаевич Пассов
Foreign intelligence chief who led the Polish Operation mass arrests
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1905–1940
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Alexei Alexandrovich Kuznetsov Алексей Александрович Кузнецов
Postwar No. 2 in the Party Secretariat, purged in the Leningrad Affair
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1905–1950
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Pyotr Georgievich Lazutin Пётр Георгиевич Лазутин
Chairman of the Leningrad City Executive Committee and one of the six executed in the Leningrad Affair
Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions
1905–1950
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Viktor Grigorievich Nasedkin Виктор Григорьевич Наседкин
The camp empire's administrator who ran the GULAG through the Great Patriotic War
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1905–1950