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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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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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Józef Cyrankiewicz Józef Cyrankiewicz
A resistance survivor who became a guardian of the system
Government and administration · Poland state institutions
1911–1989
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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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Ferenc Vida Vida Ferenc
A communist judge who enforced political trials
Law and justice · Hungary state institutions
1911–1990
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Lê Đức Thọ Lê Đức Thọ
Vietnamese Politburo member who negotiated the Paris Peace Accords with Kissinger and declined the Nobel Peace Prize
Diplomacy and international organization · Vietnam state institutions
1911–1990
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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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Yang Dezhi 杨得志
General who fought in Korea, commanded the Kunming region on the western front in 1979 and became chief of the General Staff
Military command · People’s Republic of China state institutions
1911–1994
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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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Todor Hristov Zhivkov Тодор Христов Живков
The Eastern Bloc's longest-serving leader, 35 years as Moscow's most loyal Balkan ally
Political and party leadership · Bulgaria state institutions
1911–1998
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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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Nikolai Konstantinovich Baibakov Николай Константинович Байбаков
Long-serving Gosplan chairman of the stagnation era
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1911–2008
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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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Võ Nguyên Giáp Võ Nguyên Giáp
The history teacher who defeated two empires without ever attending a military academy
Military command · Vietnam state institutions
1911–2013
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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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Boris Kidrič Boris Kidrič
Yugoslav revolutionary who designed the economic theory of workers' self-management
Economy, finance and planning · Yugoslavia state institutions
1912–1953
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Deng Tuo 邓拓
People’s Daily editor whose Evening Chats at Yanshan were read as satire of the Great Leap, the Cultural Revolution’s first victim
Ideology and propaganda · People’s Republic of China state institutions
1912–1966
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Ivan Ignatyevich Yakubovsky Иван Игнатьевич Якубовский
Belarusian-born marshal who commanded the Warsaw Pact forces for nine years
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–1976
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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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Sabit Atayevich Orudzhev Сабит Атаевич Оруджев
The Azeri engineer who built the Soviet gas industry into the world's largest
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–1981
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Mikhail Porfiryevich Georgadze Михаил Порфирьевич Георгадзе
The institutional anchor who co-signed every Soviet decree across four heads of state for 25 years
Agriculture and land policy · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–1982
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Vladimir Bakarić Vladimir Bakarić
A communist leader who negotiated republican interests within federal socialism
Political and party leadership · Yugoslavia state institutions
1912–1983
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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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Roman Fidelski Roman Fidelski
The minister whose broken promise sparked the Poznań Uprising
Industry and production · Poland state institutions
1912–1988
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János Kádár Kádár János
Architect of 'goulash communism', enforcer of the 1956 reprisals
Political and party leadership · Hungary state institutions
1912–1989
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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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Dinmukhamed Akhmetuly Kunaev Дінмұхамед Ахметұлы Қонаев
The republic-builder who led Kazakhstan for 24 years as Brezhnev's partner, whose dismissal sparked the Zheltoksan uprising
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1912–1993
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Erich Honecker Erich Honecker
The long-serving East German leader of the walled republic
Political and party leadership · East Germany state institutions
1912–1994
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Kim Il Sung 김일성
The founder of North Korea returned from the Soviet Far East
Political and party leadership · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea state institutions
1912–1994
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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 Filimonovich Shauro Василий Филимонович Шауро
The 'Great Mute' who presided as the party's gatekeeper of Soviet culture for 21 years
Ideology and propaganda · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1912–2007
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Pyotr Andreyevich Abrassimov Пётр Андреевич Абрасимов
The Soviet 'governing ambassador' who managed Cold War Berlin
Diplomacy and international organization · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–2009
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Boris Yevseyevich Chertok Борис Евсеевич Черток
Korolev's deputy who designed the brains of Sputnik and then wrote the history of the Soviet space program
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1912–2011
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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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Nikita Arkadyevich Krimyan Никита Аркадьевич Кримян
The investigator who became Armenia's security minister at thirty-one
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1913–1955
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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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Nam Il 남일
The Soviet-Korean general who signed the Korean Armistice at Panmunjom
Military command · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea state institutions
1913–1976
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Jabbor Rasulovich Rasulov Джабар Расулович Расулов
Agronomist who led Tajikistan for 21 years, a communist of ascetic modesty and incorruptibility
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1913–1982
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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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Ferenc Donáth Donáth Ferenc
A politician who linked revolution and reform while carrying the wounds of dictatorship
Agriculture and land policy · Hungary state institutions
1913–1986
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Wei Guoqing 韦国清
Zhuang general sent in 1950 to head the Chinese Military Advisory Group to the Viet Minh, who also attended the Geneva conference
Military command · People’s Republic of China state institutions
1913–1989