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People of the Revolution and the USSR
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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Andrei Vasilyevich Khrulev Андрей Васильевич Хрулёв
The invisible commander who moved the war, the only supply general Stalin toasted as architect of victory
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1892–1962
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Andrei Ivanovich Yeryomenko Андрей Иванович Ерёменко
The cavalryman who closed Stalingrad's southern pincer
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1892–1970
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Viktor Valentinovich Novozhilov Виктор Валентинович Новожилов
Co-founder of the Soviet economic-mathematical school who bridged Marx's value theory with mathematical optimization
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1892–1970
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Mátyás Rákosi Rákosi Mátyás
Architect of Hungary's Sovietization who built one-party rule through 'salami tactics'
Political and party leadership · Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP)
1892–1971
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Max Fechner Max Fechner
First East German justice minister, dismissed and imprisoned in 1953 after opposing the prosecution of striking workers
Law and justice · East Germany state institutions
1892–1973
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Konstantin Aleksandrovich Fedin Константин Александрович Федин
Novelist who began as a Serapion Brother and became the chief gatekeeper of Soviet literature for 18 years
Literature and arts · Soviet Union state institutions
1892–1977
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Ivan Vladimirovich Tyulenev Иван Владимирович Тюленев
The cavalry general who bolted the Caucasus gate, witness to three wars
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1892–1978
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Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz Tito
Yugoslavia's partisan leader who chose non-alignment
Political and party leadership · Yugoslavia state institutions
1892–1980
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Liu Bocheng 刘伯承
The “one-eyed dragon”, Red Army chief of staff and Deng Xiaoping’s partner who commanded at Huaihai
Military command · People’s Republic of China state institutions
1892–1986
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Sanzo Nosaka 野坂参三
International communist who founded the JCP, ran the Comintern's Pacific networks, and led the party for 24 years
Political and party leadership · Japanese Communist Party (JCP)
1892–1993
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Sükhbaatar Сүхбаатар
Military leader of Mongolia's 1921 revolution, posthumously canonized as its 'father'
Military command · Mongolia state institutions
1893–1923
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky Владимир Владимирович Маяковский
The revolution’s megaphone and satirist
Literature and arts · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP)
1893–1930
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Mykola Hryhorovych Khvylovy Микола Григорович Хвильовий
Founder of modern Ukrainian Soviet prose
Literature and arts · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1893–1933
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Boris Mikhailovich Hessen Борис Михайлович Гессен
The Marxist historian of science who revealed the socio-economic roots of Newton's mechanics; first dean of MSU physics
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1893–1936
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Nestor Apollonovich Lakoba Нестор Аполлонович Лакоба
Stalin's closest friend turned Beria's first victim: the red prince of Abkhazia
Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions
1893–1936
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Karl Viktorovich Pauker Карл Викторович Паукер
The operations chief who guarded Stalin
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1893–1937
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Mendel Markovich Khataevich Мендель Маркович Хатаевич
The party secretary who warned Molotov that grain seizures would leave nobody to plant, shot four years later
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1893–1937
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Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky Михаил Николаевич Тухачевский
“The Red Napoleon,” killed by the army he built
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1893–1937
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Sergei Ivanovich Syrtsov Сергей Иванович Сырцов
The RSFSR premier who turned against Stalin from Siberia
Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1893–1937
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Vladimir Ivanovich Polonsky Владимир Иванович Полонский
Bolshevik Orgotdel chief and trade-union officer purged in 1937
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1893–1937
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Valery Ivanovich Mezhlauk Валерий Иванович Межлаук
A planner purged by the system he served
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1893–1938
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Yakov Saulovich Agranov Яков Саулович Агранов
The Cheka’s architect of political investigations
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1893–1938
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Nikolai Iosifovich Antonov-Gritsyuk Николай Иосифович Антонов-Грицюк
Chekist who went from chairing the Kabardino-Balkar troika to heading the NKVD prison department
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1893–1939
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Klavdiya Ivanovna Nikolaeva Клавдия Ивановна Николаева
The printworker who rose to the Central Committee: a proletarian woman revolutionary
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1893–1944
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Grigory Naumovich Voitinsky Григорий Наумович Войтинский
The Comintern's first envoy who midwifed the Chinese Communist Party
Diplomacy and international organization · Comintern
1893–1953
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Wilhelm Zaisser Wilhelm Zaisser
First East German Minister for State Security, purged in 1953 after trying to replace Ulbricht
Security, intelligence and policing · East Germany state institutions
1893–1958
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Ana Pauker Ana Pauker
The world's first woman foreign minister and head of the Romanian party's "Muscovite faction", brought down by Gheorghiu-Dej's 1952 purge
Political and party leadership · Romania state institutions
1893–1960
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Palmiro Togliatti Palmiro Togliatti
'Il Migliore': the strategist who led Western Europe's largest communist party for forty years
Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Italy / Italian Communist Party (PCdI/PCI)
1893–1964
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Hermann Matern Hermann Matern
SED Politburo member and chairman of the Central Party Control Commission who stood by Ulbricht in 1953
Political and party leadership · Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1893–1971
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Walter Ulbricht Walter Ulbricht
German communist leader who built the GDR and erected the Berlin Wall
Political and party leadership · Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
1893–1973
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Mao Zedong 毛泽东
He rewrote the grammar of revolution for a peasant country
Political and party leadership · People’s Republic of China state institutions
1893–1976
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Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich Михаил Иосифович Гуревич
Co-founder of MiG: the Soviet Union's foremost fighter designer who never joined the Communist Party
Industry and production · Soviet Union state institutions
1893–1976
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Aksel Ivanovich Berg Аксель Иванович Берг
Admiral-engineer who built Soviet radar and revived cybernetics
Science and technology · Soviet Union state institutions
1893–1979
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Soong Ching-ling 宋庆龄
Sun Yat-sen’s widow who stayed with the Kuomintang left and became a vice-chair of the People’s Republic
Social movements and organizing · Communist Party of China
1893–1981
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Jānis Eduardovich Kalnbērziņš Ян Эдуардович Калнберзинь
Founding leader of Soviet Latvia and the longest-serving republican First Secretary among the Baltic republics
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1893–1986
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Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich Лазарь Моисеевич Каганович
'Iron Lazar', Stalin's hard-line enforcer
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1893–1991
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Ottó Korvin Korvin Ottó
Communist who ran the political police of the Hungarian Soviet Republic as head of its political investigation department
Security, intelligence and policing · Hungary state institutions
1894–1919
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Sergei Georgiyevich Lazo Сергей Георгиевич Лазо
Moldovan nobleman turned Bolshevik revolutionary who established Soviet power in the Far East
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1894–1920
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Vladimir Kiriakovich Triandafillov Владимир Кириакович Триандафиллов
“Father of Soviet operational art”: architect of deep operations doctrine
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1894–1931
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Nikolai Matveyevich Goloded Николай Матвеевич Голодед
The decade-long head of Byelorussia's government who signed the Academy purge, then stood in the same dock
Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions
1894–1937
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Yan Borisovich Gamarnik Ян Борисович Гамарник
The Red Army's political chief who backed the purges, then shot himself as they closed in
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1894–1937
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Eduard Petrovich Berzin Эдуард Петрович Берзин
The Latvian Chekist who built Dalstroy and colonised Kolyma with forced labour for gold
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1894–1938
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Iosif Mikhailovich Vareikis Иосиф Михайлович Варейкис
Regional party boss of collectivization and the Great Terror who heard Stalin ask why there were so many spies on his watch
Social movements and organizing · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
1894–1938
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Leonid Mikhailovich Zakovsky Леонид Михайлович Заковский
The Hammer of Leningrad
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1894–1938
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Lev Yefimovich Maryasin Лев Ефимович Марьясин
The Gosbank chairman Stalin called 'our Red banker' and removed a week later
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1894–1938
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Nikolai Kirillovich Antipov Николай Кириллович Антипов
The control commissar who ran Stalin's personnel-appointment machinery
Economy, finance and planning · Soviet Union state institutions
1894–1938
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Turar Ryskulovich Ryskulov Турар Рыскулович Рыскулов
The Kazakh Bolshevik strategist who argued for a unified Turkestan against Stalin's national delimitation
Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions
1894–1938
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Sergei Naumovich Mironov Сергей Наумович Миронов
The 'North Caucasian' Chekist who opened the mass operations in West Siberia
Security, intelligence and policing · Soviet Union state institutions
1894–1940
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Pavel Semyonovich Rybalko Павел Семёнович Рыбалко
Twice Hero who drove the 3rd Guards Tank Army from Stalingrad to Prague
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1894–1948
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Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin Фёдор Иванович Толбухин
The marshal who liberated the Balkans and prized soldiers' lives above glory
Military command · Soviet Union state institutions
1894–1949