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People
Activity
Affiliation
Position(set)
Citizenship
Background
Era
People of the Soviet Union
People of the Chinese revolution and the People’s Republic
People of the wider world
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Ivan Grigoryevich Kabanov Иван Григорьевич Кабанов
The wartime electrical industry chief who delivered lithium-6 for the hydrogen bomb, and Stalin's last foreign trade minister
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1898–1972
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Matvei Vasilevich Zakharov Матвей Васильевич Захаров
The staff officer who foresaw the blitzkrieg and saved the Odessa District, then rebuilt the Cold War General Staff
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1898–1972
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Nikolai Dmitrievich Yakovlev Николай Дмитриевич Яковлев
The supply marshal who ran Soviet artillery through the war and opened the rocket age
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1898–1972
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Peng Dehuai 彭德怀
PLA marshal who commanded Chinese forces in Korea, then was purged for criticizing the Great Leap Forward
Military command · People’s Republic of China state institutions
1898–1974
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Kang Sheng 康生
Mao’s inquisitor who ran party security and intelligence from the Yan’an “rescue” campaign to the Cultural Revolution
Security, intelligence and policing · People’s Republic of China state institutions
1898–1975
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Georgy Samoilovich Isserson Георгий Самойлович Иссерсон
The military theorist who completed the deep-operation trio, and the prophet cast aside
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1898–1976
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Trofim Denisovich Lysenko Трофим Денисович Лысенко
The agronomist whose Michurinist agrobiology dominated Soviet biology for three decades
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1898–1976
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Zhou Enlai 周恩来
The PRC's first premier and an architect of its foreign policy
Government and administration · People’s Republic of China state institutions
1898–1976
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Pyotr Nikolayevich Pospelov Пётр Николаевич Поспелов
The historian who wrote Stalin's biography, then dismantled his myth
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1898–1979
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Ernő Gerő Gerő Ernő
Hungary's last Stalinist First Secretary; his three months in power ignited the revolution
Political and party leadership · Hungarian Working People's Party (MDP)
1898–1980
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Lydia Feodosyevna Timashuk Лидия Феодосьевна Тимашук
The Kremlin cardiologist whose letter about Zhdanov's ECG became the seed of the Doctors' Plot
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1898–1983
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Harry Haywood Harry Haywood
Architect of the Comintern Black Belt thesis: Southern Blacks are an oppressed nation with the right to self-determination
Political and party leadership · Communist Party USA (CPUSA)
1898–1985
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Luís Carlos Prestes Luís Carlos Prestes
The Knight of Hope: Brazilian revolutionary who marched 25,000 km
Political and party leadership · Brazilian Communist Party (PCB)
1898–1990
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Yefim Pavlovich Slavsky Ефим Павлович Славский
'Yefim the Great,' who commanded the entire Soviet nuclear arsenal for 29 years
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1898–1991
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Qu Qiubai 瞿秋白
Marxist literary critic who first sang The Internationale in Chinese, and party leader in 1927
Political and party leadership · Communist Party of China
1899–1935
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Ignace Stanislavovich Reiss Игнатий Станиславович Рейсс
Soviet illegal who broke publicly with Stalin and was murdered by the NKVD
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1937
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Jan Ernestovich Sten Ян Эрнестович Стэн
Marxist philosopher who went from Stalin's Hegel tutor to Right Opposition conspirator
Scholarship and theory · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1899–1937
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Ivan Terentyevich Kleymenov Иван Терентьевич Клеймёнов
The organiser who turned rocket research into a state institution
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1938
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Alexei Ivanovich Vinogradov Алексей Иванович Виноградов
Commander of the 44th Rifle Division, shot in front of his troops after Suomussalmi
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1940
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Walter Germanovich Krivitsky Вальтер Германович Кривицкий
The defector who first told the West how Stalin's secret service worked
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1941
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Boris Arkadyevich Yartsev Борис Аркадьевич Рыбкин
Risky diplomacy conducted behind an intelligence officer’s cover
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1947
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Andrija Hebrang Andrija Hebrang
A leader caught between revolutionary national politics and party centralism
Political and party leadership · Communist Party / League of Communists of Yugoslavia (KPJ/SKJ)
1899–1949
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Andrei Platonovich Platonov Андрей Платонович Платонов
The engineer who wrote utopia's ruins
Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1899–1951
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Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria Лаврентий Павлович Берия
The secret-police chief who arrived carrying reforms
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1953
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Avksenty Narikievich Rapava Авксентий Нарикиевич Рапава
He ran the Georgian police apparatus for a decade
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1955
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Solomon Rafailovich Milshtein Соломон Рафаилович Мильштейн
The transport chief who assembled the deportation trains
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1955
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Stepan Akopovich Akopov Степан Акопович Акопов
Armenian production boss from wartime medium machine-building to the postwar auto industry
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1958
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Mikhail Sergeyevich Malinin Михаил Сергеевич Малинин
Rokossovsky's indispensable chief of staff, planner of the great offensives
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1960
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Heinrich Rau Heinrich Rau
Communist who chaired the German Economic Commission, the forerunner of the GDR government, and led East German economic policy
Economy, finance and planning · East Germany state institutions
1899–1961
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Andrei Grigorievich Kravchenko Андрей Григорьевич Кравченко
The tank army commander who led the Red Army's elite armor from Stalingrad to Manchuria
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1963
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Aleksander Zawadzki Aleksander Zawadzki
A communist leader who helped shape postwar Poland's state
Political and party leadership · Poland state institutions
1899–1964
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Li Lisan 李立三
Labour organiser whose 1930 urban-insurrection “Li Lisan line” led the party and cost him his position
Political and party leadership · Communist Party of China
1899–1967
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Nikolai Nikolayevich Voronov Николай Николаевич Воронов
Architect of Red Army artillery who wove the Stalingrad encirclement
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1968
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Pavel Fyodorovich Yudin Павел Фёдорович Юдин
Stalinist philosopher-diplomat who built orthodoxy, then incubated the foundations of Soviet cultural history
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1968
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Filipp Sergeyevich Oktyabrsky Филипп Сергеевич Октябрьский
Admiral who led the Black Sea Fleet in the defence of Odessa and Sevastopol, and remains at the centre of the evacuation controversy
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1969
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Lev Vladimirovich Kuleshov Лев Владимирович Кулешов
Creator of the Kuleshov Effect, the father of Soviet montage theory who proved editing, not the shot, creates meaning
Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1899–1970
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Fritz Selbmann Fritz Selbmann
East German heavy-industry minister who faced the striking workers outside the House of Ministries on 16 June 1953
Industry and production · East Germany state institutions
1899–1975
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Sreten Žujović Сретен Жујовић
A Stalin supporter at the heart of Tito’s party
Social movements and organizing · Communist Party / League of Communists of Yugoslavia (KPJ/SKJ)
1899–1976
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Semyon Moiseevich Krivoshein Семён Моисеевич Кривошеин
The Soviet tank general who reviewed the Brest parade with Guderian and held Oboyan at Kursk
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1978
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Aleksandr Nikolayevich Nesmeyanov Александр Николаевич Несмеянов
Academy president who founded organoelement chemistry
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1980
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Justas Ignovich Paleckis Justas Paleckis
A face of Soviet Lithuania
Legislature and state representation · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1980
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Naum Isaakovich Eitingon Наум Исаакович Эйтингон
The NKVD's master of covert action: from Trotsky's assassination to Soviet atomic espionage
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1981
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Alexei Alexandrovich Surkov Алексей Александрович Сурков
Poet of "Zemlyanka" and the Writers' Union enforcer who led the campaign against Pasternak
Literature and arts · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1983
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Arvīds Yanovich Pelše Арвид Янович Пельше
Brezhnev-era guardian of party discipline and Latvian-born Politburo member
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1899–1983
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Mikhail Mikhailovich Gromov Михаил Михайлович Громов
Record-setting aviator who flew Moscow to California via the North Pole, then commanded air armies on the Eastern Front
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1985
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Alexander Grigoryevich Barmine Александр Григорьевич Бармин
The Soviet GRU brigadier general who fled Stalin's purges and became one of the few defectors the hunters never caught
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–1987
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Boris Aleksandrovich Chagin Борис Александрович Чагин
The doyen of Soviet Marxist history of philosophy who alone survived his institute's purge
Scholarship and theory
1899–1987
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Nie Rongzhen 聂荣臻
Marshal who commanded the Jin-Cha-Ji base and then ran the “two bombs, one satellite” nuclear and missile programme
Military command · People’s Republic of China state institutions
1899–1992
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Nikolai Antonovich Dollezhal Николай Антонович Доллежаль
Chief designer of Soviet nuclear reactors
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1899–2000
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Vasily Abramovich Karutsky Василий Абрамович Каруцкий
NKVD chief who sat on a mass-operation troika and killed himself before his arrest
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1900–1938