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Vladimir Ivanovich Shcherbakov Владимир Иванович Щербаков The last Gosplan chairman who presided over the dissolution of Soviet planning Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions 1949–
Alexander Ivanovich Lebed Александр Иванович Лебедь The airborne deputy commander who, sent against the White House, switched sides and helped break the August coup Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1950–2002
Rustem Makhmutovich Nureyev Рустем Махмутович Нуреев The institutional economist who crystallized the 50-year debate over the Kosygin reform in a single book title Scholarship and theory 1950–2023
Grigory Alekseyevich Yavlinsky Григорий Алексеевич Явлинский Architect of the 500 Days Program: perestroika economist who drafted a rapid transition from planned economy to market Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1952–
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin Владимир Владимирович Путин A ruler who recast the loss of the Soviet Union as a narrative of state restoration Government and administration · Russian Federation state institutions 1952–
Aleksandr Fyodorovich Akimov Александр Фёдорович Акимов Soviet nuclear engineer and Unit 4 shift supervisor who directed the response and died of radiation exposure Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1953–1986
Gennady Vasilyevich Kostyrchenko Геннадий Васильевич Костырченко The archival historian of Stalin's state antisemitism who argued the 1953 deportation was a myth Scholarship and theory 1954–
Vladimir Alexandrovich Usov Владимир Александрович Усов The 37-year-old economist killed by a stray bullet while coming to Komar's aid at the barricades Economy, finance and planning 1954–1991
Sergei Vladimirovich Yevdokimov Сергей Владимирович Евдокимов The Tamanskaya Division battalion chief of staff who turned ten tanks to defend the White House during the August coup Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1955–
Yegor Timurovich Gaidar Егор Тимурович Гайдар Architect of shock therapy, the economist who dismantled the planned economy and laid the first stones of Russian capitalism Economy, finance and planning · Russian Federation state institutions 1956–2009
Vladislav Martinovich Zubok Владислав Мартинович Зубок The Cold War historian who read the Soviet collapse as 'a perfect storm and a hapless captain': a man-made disaster Scholarship and theory 1958–
Nikolai Sergeyevich Simonov Николай Сергеевич Симонов The VPK's chronicler, the historian who dissected the Soviet military-industrial complex Scholarship and theory 1959–
Oleg Vitalyevich Khlevniuk Олег Витальевич Хлевнюк An archival historian of Stalin's political power Scholarship and theory 1959–
Sergei Viktorovich Iarov Сергей Викторович Яров A historian who widened the blockade story from heroism to everyday ethics Scholarship and theory 1959–2015
Leonid Fedorovych Toptunov Леонид Фёдорович Топтунов The 25-year-old senior reactor control engineer who pressed the AZ-5 button at Chernobyl's Unit 4 Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions 1960–1986
Leonid Anatolyevich Naumov Леонид Анатольевич Наумов The Moscow history teacher who read the Great Terror through its regional statistics Scholarship and theory 1961–
Yuri Mikhailovich Kilin Юрий Михайлович Килин A historian who recalculated the Winter War casualty record Scholarship and theory 1961–
Ilya Maratovich Krichevsky Илья Маратович Кричевский The architect and poet shot dead rushing a BMP as the troops pulled back, the last of the coup's three martyrs Literature and arts 1963–1991
Kirill Anatolyevich Boldovsky Кирилл Анатольевич Болдовский A historian tracing what the Leningrad Affair left unresolved Scholarship and theory 1963–
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Pyzhikov Александр Владимирович Пыжиков A historian of the 1950s-60s USSR and the Russian church schism Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1965–2019
Aleksandr Vladlenovich Shubin Александр Владленович Шубин A historian who reads the Soviet collapse as elite power struggle Scholarship and theory 1965–
Sergey Vladimirovich Surovikin Сергей Владимирович Суровикин A Russian general shaped by obedience and uncompromising war Military command · Russian Federation state institutions 1966–
Dmitry Alexeyevich Komar Дмитрий Алексеевич Комарь Afghan war veteran, the youngest and last Hero of the Soviet Union, killed confronting an armored vehicle during the August coup Military command 1968–1991
Andrei Valerevich Sushkov Андрей Валерьевич Сушков Historian who advanced an alternative theory that corruption among Leningrad leaders provoked the late-Stalinist purge Scholarship and theory 1975–
Andrei Mikhailovich Markevich Андрей Михайлович Маркевич A quantitative reinterpreter of Russian economic history Scholarship and theory 1977–
Sergey Sergeyevich Radchenko Сергей Сергеевич Радченко Cold War historian who traced the Sino-Soviet split to inequality within the alliance and clashing national interests Scholarship and theory 1980–
Alexei Vasilyevich Safronov Алексей Васильевич Сафронов A historian of the Soviet economy's reform possibilities and limits Scholarship and theory 1987–
Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov Александр Васильевич Суворов Russian imperial field marshal and generalissimo, the 'Russian Hannibal' Military command · Russian Empire state institutions 1729/1730–1800
Alexander Sapozhkov Александр Сапожков Red Army division commander who raised the "Red Army of Truth" against grain requisitioning in 1920 Military command · Soviet Union state institutions ?–1920
Artemy Mikhailovich Kalinovsky Артемий Михайлович Калиновский Cold War historian who analyzed the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan as a 'long goodbye' Scholarship and theory 1979?–
Boris Mikhailov Борис Михайлов The chief designer of the Volga inflatable airlock that made Leonov's spacewalk possible Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
Leonid Petrovich Serebryakov Леонид Петрович Серебряков The Left Opposition secretary whom Lenin called a 'brilliant worker' Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1888/1890–1937
Leonid Moiseyevich Sabsovich Леонид Моисеевич Сабсович The economist who blueprinted Stalin's accelerated industrialization, standard-bearer of the 'socialist city' Urbanists Scholarship and theory ?–1938
Genrikh Lyushkov Генрих Люшков Far East NKVD chief, the highest-ranking defector Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions 1900/1902–1945
Mikhail Kozlovsky Михаил Козловский KGB security officer who commanded border troops under Andropov Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions ?–?
Nikita Yuryevich Pivovarov Никита Юрьевич Пивоваров A historian of the institutional limits of Soviet industrial reform Scholarship and theory ?–
Stepan Nikolayevich Khalturin Степан Николаевич Халтурин The carpenter-revolutionary who bombed the Winter Palace and founded Russia's first political workers' organization Social movements and organizing · Narodnaya Volya 1856/1857–1882
Pyotr Tokmakov Пётр Токмаков Peasant-born officer who commanded the United Partisan Army of Tambov and chaired the Union of Working Peasantry Military command · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) ?–1921
Sergei Semyonovich Biryuzov Сергей Семёнович Бирюзов Marshal who helped plan the liberation of the Balkans, then commanded the Strategic Rocket Forces Military command · Soviet Union state institutions 1904/1905–1964

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