SettingsRecipients of the Order of Lenin
Aksel Berg
Aksel Ivanovich Berg (Orenburg 1893 – Moscow 1979) was a Soviet scientist and Navy Admiral (in Engineering).
Aksel Ivanovich Berg (Orenburg 1893 – Moscow 1979) was a Soviet scientist and Navy Admiral (in Engineering).
Aleksandr Deyneka
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Deyneka (Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Дейне́ка; May 20, 1899, Kursk - June 12, 1969, Moscow) was a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist and sculptor, regarded as one of t...
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Deyneka (Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Дейне́ка; May 20, 1899, Kursk - June 12, 1969, Moscow) was a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist and sculptor, regarded as one of t...
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Orlov
Alexander Mikhailovich Orlov, born Lev Feldbin, 21 August 1895 – 25 March 1973, was a General in the Soviet secret police and NKVD Rezident in the Second Spanish Republic.
Alexander Mikhailovich Orlov, born Lev Feldbin, 21 August 1895 – 25 March 1973, was a General in the Soviet secret police and NKVD Rezident in the Second Spanish Republic.
Aleksandr Vasilevsky
Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevsky (Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Василе́вский,, Vichuga – December 5, 1977) was a Russian career officer in the Red Army, promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1943.
Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevsky (Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Василе́вский,, Vichuga – December 5, 1977) was a Russian career officer in the Red Army, promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1943.
Aleksandr Viktorenko
Aleksandr Stepanovich Viktorenko (Александр Степанович Викторенко) is a Soviet cosmonaut.
Aleksandr Stepanovich Viktorenko (Александр Степанович Викторенко) is a Soviet cosmonaut.
Aleksandr Yefremov (politician)
Alexander Illarionovich Yefremov was a Soviet statesman, party figure and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Moscow City Council of Workers', Peasants' and Red Armymen's Deputies from 3 ...
Alexander Illarionovich Yefremov was a Soviet statesman, party figure and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Moscow City Council of Workers', Peasants' and Red Armymen's Deputies from 3 ...
Aleksey Krylov
Alexei Nikolaevich Krylov (Алексе́й Никола́евич Крыло́в) ( - October 26, 1945) was a Russian Naval engineer, applied mathematician and memoirist.
Alexei Nikolaevich Krylov (Алексе́й Никола́евич Крыло́в) ( - October 26, 1945) was a Russian Naval engineer, applied mathematician and memoirist.
Alexander Altunin
Alexander Terentyevich Altunin (Алекса́ндр Тере́нтьевич Алту́нин; 14 August 1921 - 15 July 1989) was a Soviet general and politician.
Alexander Terentyevich Altunin (Алекса́ндр Тере́нтьевич Алту́нин; 14 August 1921 - 15 July 1989) was a Soviet general and politician.
Alexander Novikov
Alexander Alexandrovich Novikov was the Chief Marshal of Aviation for the Soviet Air Force during Russia's involvement in the Second World War.
Alexander Alexandrovich Novikov was the Chief Marshal of Aviation for the Soviet Air Force during Russia's involvement in the Second World War.
Alexander Prokhorov
Alexander Mikhaylovich Prokhorov was a Soviet physicist known for his pioneering research on lasers and masers for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1964 with Charles Hard Townes and...
Alexander Mikhaylovich Prokhorov was a Soviet physicist known for his pioneering research on lasers and masers for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1964 with Charles Hard Townes and...
Alexander Saburov
Alexander Nikolayevich Saburov (Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Сабу́ров; (August 1, 1908- April 15, 1974), one of the leaders of Soviet partisan movement in Ukraine and western Russia during the German-...
Alexander Nikolayevich Saburov (Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Сабу́ров; (August 1, 1908- April 15, 1974), one of the leaders of Soviet partisan movement in Ukraine and western Russia during the German-...
Alexander Serafimovich
Alexander Serafimovich (Алекса́ндр Серафимо́вич, born Alexander Serafimovich Popov) (O.S. January 7 (N.S. January 19), 1863, stanitsa Nizhnekurmoyarskaya, today's Tsimlyansky District, Ros...
Alexander Serafimovich (Алекса́ндр Серафимо́вич, born Alexander Serafimovich Popov) (O.S. January 7 (N.S. January 19), 1863, stanitsa Nizhnekurmoyarskaya, today's Tsimlyansky District, Ros...
Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev
Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev (Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Я́ковлев) (August 22, 1989) was a Soviet aeronautical engineer.
Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev (Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Я́ковлев) (August 22, 1989) was a Soviet aeronautical engineer.
Alexander Vasilyevich Belyakov
Alexander Vasilyevich Belyakov was a Soviet flight navigator who, together with command pilot Valery Chkalov and co-pilot Georgy Baydukov, set a record for the longest uninterrupted flight in 19...
Alexander Vasilyevich Belyakov was a Soviet flight navigator who, together with command pilot Valery Chkalov and co-pilot Georgy Baydukov, set a record for the longest uninterrupted flight in 19...
Alexander Vekman
Alexander Karlovich Vekman (Александр Карлович Векман) (July 31, 1884 - April 10, 1955) was a Soviet military leader and vice admiral.
Alexander Karlovich Vekman (Александр Карлович Векман) (July 31, 1884 - April 10, 1955) was a Soviet military leader and vice admiral.
Alexander Vologin
Guards Junior Sergeant Alexander Dmitrivich Vologin (Александр Дмитриевич Вологин (October 8, 1924 - October 17, 1943) was a Soviet soldier who was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union...
Guards Junior Sergeant Alexander Dmitrivich Vologin (Александр Дмитриевич Вологин (October 8, 1924 - October 17, 1943) was a Soviet soldier who was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union...
Alexander Zaytsev (artist)
Alexander Dmitrievich Zaytsev was a Russian and Soviet painter and art educator, who lived and worked in Leningrad.
Alexander Dmitrievich Zaytsev was a Russian and Soviet painter and art educator, who lived and worked in Leningrad.
Alexandra Kollontai
Alexandra Mikhailovna Kollontai (Алекса́ндра Миха́йловна Коллонта́й — née Domontovich, Домонто́вич) (March 9, 1952) was a Russian Communist revolutionary, first as a member of the Menshevi...
Alexandra Mikhailovna Kollontai (Алекса́ндра Миха́йловна Коллонта́й — née Domontovich, Домонто́вич) (March 9, 1952) was a Russian Communist revolutionary, first as a member of the Menshevi...
Alexei Burdeinei
Oleksi Semenovich Burdeinei (Ukrainian: Олексій Семенович Бурдейний, Russified: Алексей Семёнович Бурдейный Alexei Semionovich Burdeinei.
Oleksi Semenovich Burdeinei (Ukrainian: Олексій Семенович Бурдейний, Russified: Алексей Семёнович Бурдейный Alexei Semionovich Burdeinei.
Alexei Kosygin
Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin (Алексе́й Никола́евич Косы́гин, Aleksej Nikolajevič Kosygin; ( – 18 December 1980) was a Soviet-Russian statesman during the Cold War.
Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin (Алексе́й Никола́евич Косы́гин, Aleksej Nikolajevič Kosygin; ( – 18 December 1980) was a Soviet-Russian statesman during the Cold War.
Alexei Krylov
Alexei Nikolaevich Krylov (Алексе́й Никола́евич Крыло́в) ( - October 26, 1945) was a Russian Naval engineer, applied mathematician and memoirist.
Alexei Nikolaevich Krylov (Алексе́й Никола́евич Крыло́в) ( - October 26, 1945) was a Russian Naval engineer, applied mathematician and memoirist.
Alexei Sorokin
Alexei Ivanovich Sorokin born 1922 is a retired Soviet Admiral of the Fleet and former member of the Council of Peoples Deputies.
Alexei Ivanovich Sorokin born 1922 is a retired Soviet Admiral of the Fleet and former member of the Council of Peoples Deputies.
Alexey Leonov
Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov (Алексе́й Архи́пович Лео́нов) (born 30 May 1934 in Listvyanka, Kemerovo Oblast, Soviet Union) is a retired Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and Air Force Major General who, on ...
Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov (Алексе́й Архи́пович Лео́нов) (born 30 May 1934 in Listvyanka, Kemerovo Oblast, Soviet Union) is a retired Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and Air Force Major General who, on ...
Alexey Stakhanov
Alexey Grigoryevich Stakhanov (Алексе́й Григо́рьевич Стаха́нов; 3 January 1906– 5 November 1977) was a miner in the Soviet Union, Hero of Socialist Labor (1970), and a membe...
Alexey Grigoryevich Stakhanov (Алексе́й Григо́рьевич Стаха́нов; 3 January 1906– 5 November 1977) was a miner in the Soviet Union, Hero of Socialist Labor (1970), and a membe...
Alla Tarasova
Alla Konstantinovna Tarasova (Алла Константиновна Тарасова, in Kiev – 5 April 1973 in Moscow) was a leading actress of Constantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre from the late 1920s onward.
Alla Konstantinovna Tarasova (Алла Константиновна Тарасова, in Kiev – 5 April 1973 in Moscow) was a leading actress of Constantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre from the late 1920s onward.
Anatoly Sagalevich
Anatoly Mikhailovich Sagalevich (Анатолий Михайлович Сагалевич) (born September 5, 1938) is a Russian explorer, who works at the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Scienc...
Anatoly Mikhailovich Sagalevich (Анатолий Михайлович Сагалевич) (born September 5, 1938) is a Russian explorer, who works at the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Scienc...
Andrei Grechko
Andrei Antonovich Grechko (Андре́й Анто́нович Гре́чко; 17 October 1903 – 26 April 1976) was a Soviet general, Marshal of the Soviet Union and Minister of Defense.
Andrei Antonovich Grechko (Андре́й Анто́нович Гре́чко; 17 October 1903 – 26 April 1976) was a Soviet general, Marshal of the Soviet Union and Minister of Defense.
Andrei Lupan
Andrei Lupan (15 February 1912, Mihuleni - 24 August 1992, Chişinău) was a writer, politician, and chairman of Moldovan Writers' Union (1946-1955; 1958-1961).
Andrei Lupan (15 February 1912, Mihuleni - 24 August 1992, Chişinău) was a writer, politician, and chairman of Moldovan Writers' Union (1946-1955; 1958-1961).
Andrei Mylnikov
Andrei Andreevich Mylnikov was a Russian and Soviet painter and art educator, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, Stalin Prize winner, Lenin Prize winner, who lived and worked in Saint Pe...
Andrei Andreevich Mylnikov was a Russian and Soviet painter and art educator, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, Stalin Prize winner, Lenin Prize winner, who lived and worked in Saint Pe...
Andrei Sakharov
Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov was a Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and human rights activist.
Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov was a Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and human rights activist.
Andrey Vitruk
Andrey Nikiforovich Vitruk was a Soviet military officer, a Major General of the Soviet Air Forces and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Andrey Nikiforovich Vitruk was a Soviet military officer, a Major General of the Soviet Air Forces and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Andrey Yeryomenko
Andrey Ivanovich Yeryomenko or Yeremenko or Eremenko was a Soviet general during World War II, Marshal of the Soviet Union.
Andrey Ivanovich Yeryomenko or Yeremenko or Eremenko was a Soviet general during World War II, Marshal of the Soviet Union.
Andriyan Nikolayev
Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev (Chuvash and Андриян Григорьевич Николаев; September 5, 1929 – July 3, 2004) was a Soviet cosmonaut.
Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev (Chuvash and Андриян Григорьевич Николаев; September 5, 1929 – July 3, 2004) was a Soviet cosmonaut.
Anton Lopatin
Anton Ivanovich Lopatin (Антон Иванович Лопатин) (January 18, 1897 - April 9, 1965) was a Soviet officer during the Second World War, and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Anton Ivanovich Lopatin (Антон Иванович Лопатин) (January 18, 1897 - April 9, 1965) was a Soviet officer during the Second World War, and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Archil Gelovani
Prince Archil Gelovani of the princely House of Gelovani was a Soviet Georgian military commander, Marshal of Engineering Troops.
Prince Archil Gelovani of the princely House of Gelovani was a Soviet Georgian military commander, Marshal of Engineering Troops.
Arnold Rüütel
Arnold Rüütel OIH (born May 10, 1928) was the third President of the Republic of Estonia from October 8, 2001 to October 9, 2006.
Arnold Rüütel OIH (born May 10, 1928) was the third President of the Republic of Estonia from October 8, 2001 to October 9, 2006.
Arseniy Golovko
Arseniy Grigoriyevich Golovko (Арсений Григорьевич Головко) (June 10, 1906 – May 17, 1962) was a Soviet admiral, whose naval service extended from the 1920s through the early Cold War.
Arseniy Grigoriyevich Golovko (Арсений Григорьевич Головко) (June 10, 1906 – May 17, 1962) was a Soviet admiral, whose naval service extended from the 1920s through the early Cold War.
Arturs Sproģis
Arturs Sproģis was a Latvian colonel and commander of the Soviet partisans during the occupation of Latvia by Nazi Germany in World War II.
Arturs Sproģis was a Latvian colonel and commander of the Soviet partisans during the occupation of Latvia by Nazi Germany in World War II.
Asaf Abdrakhmanov
Asaf Kutdusovich Abdrakhmanov was a Soviet naval figure of Tatar ethnicity and a Hero of the Soviet Union during World War II.
Asaf Kutdusovich Abdrakhmanov was a Soviet naval figure of Tatar ethnicity and a Hero of the Soviet Union during World War II.
Avraami Pavlovich Zavenyagin
Lieutenant-General Avraami Pavlovich Zavenyagin (1 May 1901, Nodal - 31 December 1956; his first name is also sometimes given as Avram or Abraham) was a leading figure in the Soviet nuclear pro...
Lieutenant-General Avraami Pavlovich Zavenyagin (1 May 1901, Nodal - 31 December 1956; his first name is also sometimes given as Avram or Abraham) was a leading figure in the Soviet nuclear pro...
Avraami Zavenyagin
Lieutenant-General Avraami Pavlovich Zavenyagin (1 May 1901, Uzlovaya - 31 December 1956; his first name is also sometimes given as Avram or Abraham) was a leading figure in the Soviet nuclear ...
Lieutenant-General Avraami Pavlovich Zavenyagin (1 May 1901, Uzlovaya - 31 December 1956; his first name is also sometimes given as Avram or Abraham) was a leading figure in the Soviet nuclear ...
Baurzhan Momyshuly
Baurzhan Momyshuly, also spelled Baurjan Momish-Uli was a Kazakh-Soviet military officer and author, posthumously awarded with the titles Hero of the Soviet Union and People's Hero of Kaza...
Baurzhan Momyshuly, also spelled Baurjan Momish-Uli was a Kazakh-Soviet military officer and author, posthumously awarded with the titles Hero of the Soviet Union and People's Hero of Kaza...
Boris Chertok
Boris Evseyevich Chertok was a prominent Soviet and Russian rocket designer, responsible for control systems of a number of ballistic missiles and spacecraft.
Boris Evseyevich Chertok was a prominent Soviet and Russian rocket designer, responsible for control systems of a number of ballistic missiles and spacecraft.
Boris Lisunov
Boris Pavlovich Lisunov was a Soviet aerospace engineer.
Boris Pavlovich Lisunov was a Soviet aerospace engineer.
Boris Lyatoshinsky
Borys Mykolayovych Liatoshynskyi or Lyatoshynsky (Бори́с Ми́колайович Лятоши́нський, Borys Latoszyński) (January 3, 1895 - April 15, 1968) was a composer, conductor, teacher, and leading m...
Borys Mykolayovych Liatoshynskyi or Lyatoshynsky (Бори́с Ми́колайович Лятоши́нський, Borys Latoszyński) (January 3, 1895 - April 15, 1968) was a composer, conductor, teacher, and leading m...
Boris Mikhailov (ice hockey)
Boris Petrovich Mikhailov (Борис Петрович Михайлов) (born October 6, 1944 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a former Soviet ice hockey player.
Boris Petrovich Mikhailov (Борис Петрович Михайлов) (born October 6, 1944 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a former Soviet ice hockey player.
Boris Rauschenbach
Boris Viktorovich Rauschenbach was a prominent Soviet physicist and rocket engineer, who developed the theory and instruments for interplanetary flight control and navigation in 1955-1960s.
Boris Viktorovich Rauschenbach was a prominent Soviet physicist and rocket engineer, who developed the theory and instruments for interplanetary flight control and navigation in 1955-1960s.
Boris Shaposhnikov
Boris Mikhailovitch Shaposhnikov (Бори́с Миха́йлович Ша́пошников) ( — March 26, 1945) was a Soviet military commander.
Boris Mikhailovitch Shaposhnikov (Бори́с Миха́йлович Ша́пошников) ( — March 26, 1945) was a Soviet military commander.
Boris Volynov
Boris Valentinovich Volynov is a Soviet cosmonaut who flew two space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 5, and Soyuz 21.
Boris Valentinovich Volynov is a Soviet cosmonaut who flew two space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 5, and Soyuz 21.
Borys Lyatoshynsky
Borys Mykolayovych Liatoshynskyi or Lyatoshynsky was a composer, conductor, teacher, and leading member of the new generation of twentieth century Ukrainian composers.
Borys Mykolayovych Liatoshynskyi or Lyatoshynsky was a composer, conductor, teacher, and leading member of the new generation of twentieth century Ukrainian composers.
Cecilia Bobrovskaya
Cecilia Samoylovna Bobrovskaya (Цецилия Самойловна Бобровская, née Zelikson Зеликсон
Velizh6 July 1960, Moscow) was an early Bolshevik activist, revolutionary, and memoirist.
Cecilia Samoylovna Bobrovskaya (Цецилия Самойловна Бобровская, née Zelikson Зеликсон
Velizh6 July 1960, Moscow) was an early Bolshevik activist, revolutionary, and memoirist.
Chelpan Konstantin Fyodorovich
Chelpan Konstantin Fyodorovich (Челпан, Константин Фёдорович) (27 May 1899 – 10 May 1938) – prominent Ukrainian-Soviet engineer of Greek background.
Chelpan Konstantin Fyodorovich (Челпан, Константин Фёдорович) (27 May 1899 – 10 May 1938) – prominent Ukrainian-Soviet engineer of Greek background.
Constantin Stanislavski
Constantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski was a Russian actor and theatre director.
Constantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski was a Russian actor and theatre director.
Demyan Bedny
Demyan Bedny, was the pen name of Soviet Russian poet, Bolshevik and satirist Yefim Alekseevich Pridvorov.
Demyan Bedny, was the pen name of Soviet Russian poet, Bolshevik and satirist Yefim Alekseevich Pridvorov.
Dmitriy Ustinov
Dmitriy Feodorovich Ustinov was Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union from 1976 until his death.
Dmitriy Feodorovich Ustinov was Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union from 1976 until his death.
Dmitry Chechulin
Dmitry Nikolaevich Chechulin - was a Russian Soviet architect, city planner, author, and leading figure of Stalinist architecture.
Dmitry Nikolaevich Chechulin - was a Russian Soviet architect, city planner, author, and leading figure of Stalinist architecture.
Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov
Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov was a Russian / Soviet optical engineer and amateur astronomer.
Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov was a Russian / Soviet optical engineer and amateur astronomer.
Dmitry Karbyshev
Dmitry Mikhaylovich Karbyshev was an officer of the Russian Imperial Army, a Red Army general, professor of the Soviet General Staff Academy, and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Dmitry Mikhaylovich Karbyshev was an officer of the Russian Imperial Army, a Red Army general, professor of the Soviet General Staff Academy, and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Dmitry Timofeyevich Kozlov
Dmitry Timofeyevich Kozlov was a Soviet military commander.
Dmitry Timofeyevich Kozlov was a Soviet military commander.
Dolores Ibárruri
Isidora Dolores Ibárruri Gómez, known more famously as "La Pasionaria" was a Spanish Republican leader of the Spanish Civil War and communist politician of Basque origin.
Isidora Dolores Ibárruri Gómez, known more famously as "La Pasionaria" was a Spanish Republican leader of the Spanish Civil War and communist politician of Basque origin.
Dumitru Prunariu
Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu (; born September 27, 1952) is a retired Romanian astronaut who flew aboard Soyuz 40.
Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu (; born September 27, 1952) is a retired Romanian astronaut who flew aboard Soyuz 40.
Emilian Bukov
Emilian Bukov (Емилиа́н Не́стерович Бу́ков; Kiliya, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine — 1984) was a Soviet Moldavian writer and poet, recognized with the State Prize of the Moldavian SSR and honorar...
Emilian Bukov (Емилиа́н Не́стерович Бу́ков; Kiliya, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine — 1984) was a Soviet Moldavian writer and poet, recognized with the State Prize of the Moldavian SSR and honorar...
Erich Honecker
Erich Honecker was a German socialist politician who led the German Democratic Republic as General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party from 1971 until 1989, serving as Head of State as well a...
Erich Honecker was a German socialist politician who led the German Democratic Republic as General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party from 1971 until 1989, serving as Head of State as well a...
Erich Mielke
Erich Fritz Emil Mielke was a German communist politician and Minister of State Security—and as such head of the Stasi—of the German Democratic Republic between 1957 and 1989.
Erich Fritz Emil Mielke was a German communist politician and Minister of State Security—and as such head of the Stasi—of the German Democratic Republic between 1957 and 1989.
Evgeny Velikhov
Evgeny Pavlovich Velikhov (born on February 2, 1935; in Russian: Евгений Велихов) is a physicist and scientific leader in the Russian Federation.
Evgeny Pavlovich Velikhov (born on February 2, 1935; in Russian: Евгений Велихов) is a physicist and scientific leader in the Russian Federation.
Fedor Falaleyev
Fedor Yakovlevich Falaleyev was a Soviet Marshal of the Air Force.
Fedor Yakovlevich Falaleyev was a Soviet Marshal of the Air Force.
Fedor Zinchenko
Fedor Matveevich Zinchenko (Russian: Фёдор Матвеевич Зинченко; 19 September 1902, Stavskovo, Tomsk Oblast, Russian Empire - 15 October 1991, Cherkasy, Ukrainian SSR) was a Soviet officer who...
Fedor Matveevich Zinchenko (Russian: Фёдор Матвеевич Зинченко; 19 September 1902, Stavskovo, Tomsk Oblast, Russian Empire - 15 October 1991, Cherkasy, Ukrainian SSR) was a Soviet officer who...
Fyodor Zozulya
Fyodor Vladimirovich Zozulya was a Soviet military leader and admiral.
Fyodor Vladimirovich Zozulya was a Soviet military leader and admiral.
Galaktion Alpaidze
Galaktion Yeliseyevich Alpaidze (გალაქტიონ ალფაიძე; - 2 May 2006) (Галактио́н Елисе́евич Алпаи́дзе) was a Soviet Lieutenant General, Hero of the Soviet Union, chief of the Plesetsk rocket provi...
Galaktion Yeliseyevich Alpaidze (გალაქტიონ ალფაიძე; - 2 May 2006) (Галактио́н Елисе́евич Алпаи́дзе) was a Soviet Lieutenant General, Hero of the Soviet Union, chief of the Plesetsk rocket provi...
Galina Vishnevskaya
Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya (Гали́на Па́вловна Вишне́вская) (born 25 October 1926) is a Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1966.
Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya (Гали́на Па́вловна Вишне́вская) (born 25 October 1926) is a Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1966.
Gennady Mesyats
Gennady Andreyevich Mesyats is a Russian physicist, founder of several scientific schools — high-current electronics and pulse electrophysics, one of the acknowledged world leaders in these...
Gennady Andreyevich Mesyats is a Russian physicist, founder of several scientific schools — high-current electronics and pulse electrophysics, one of the acknowledged world leaders in these...
Genrikh Yagoda
Genrikh Grigoryevich Yagoda, born Enokh Gershevich Ieguda, was a Soviet state security official who served as director of the NKVD, the Soviet Union's Stalin-era security and intelligence ...
Genrikh Grigoryevich Yagoda, born Enokh Gershevich Ieguda, was a Soviet state security official who served as director of the NKVD, the Soviet Union's Stalin-era security and intelligence ...
Georgi Vasilyev
Georgi Nikolaevich Vasilyev (Георгий Николаевич Васильев) (25 November 1899 – 18 June 1946) was a Soviet film director, editor, and screenwriter.
Georgi Nikolaevich Vasilyev (Георгий Николаевич Васильев) (25 November 1899 – 18 June 1946) was a Soviet film director, editor, and screenwriter.
Georgi Zakharov
Georgi Nefiodovich Zakharov (Russian: Георгий Нефёдович Захаров; 24 April 1908, Old Semionkin, Samara Oblast, Russian Empire - 6 January 1996, Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Soviet Air Force ge...
Georgi Nefiodovich Zakharov (Russian: Георгий Нефёдович Захаров; 24 April 1908, Old Semionkin, Samara Oblast, Russian Empire - 6 January 1996, Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Soviet Air Force ge...
Georgiy Yegorov
Georgiy Mikhailovich Yegorov (Гео́ргий Миха́йлович Его́ров; 30 October 1918 – 9 February 2008) was a Soviet Admiral of the Fleet and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Georgiy Mikhailovich Yegorov (Гео́ргий Миха́йлович Его́ров; 30 October 1918 – 9 February 2008) was a Soviet Admiral of the Fleet and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Georgiy Zakharov
Georgiy Fedotovich Zakharov was a Soviet general officer, mainly notable for his service in World War II.
Georgiy Fedotovich Zakharov was a Soviet general officer, mainly notable for his service in World War II.
Georgiy Zhzhonov
Georgiy Stepanovich Zhzhonov (Гео́ргий Степа́нович Жжёнов, ; March 22, 1915 – December 8, 2005) was a Soviet actor and writer.
Georgiy Stepanovich Zhzhonov (Гео́ргий Степа́нович Жжёнов, ; March 22, 1915 – December 8, 2005) was a Soviet actor and writer.
Georgy Ushakov
Georgy Alexeyevich Ushakov (Георгий Алексеевич Ушаков) (January 17(30), 1901 - December 3, 1963) was a Soviet explorer of the Arctic, Doctor of Geographic Sciences (1950).
Georgy Alexeyevich Ushakov (Георгий Алексеевич Ушаков) (January 17(30), 1901 - December 3, 1963) was a Soviet explorer of the Arctic, Doctor of Geographic Sciences (1950).
Georgy Zhukov
Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (Гео́ргий Константи́нович Жу́ков; – 18 June 1974), was a Soviet career officer in the Red Army who, in the course of World War II, play...
Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (Гео́ргий Константи́нович Жу́ков; – 18 June 1974), was a Soviet career officer in the Red Army who, in the course of World War II, play...
Gordey Levchenko
Gordey Ivanovich Levchenko (Гордей Иванович Левченко, February 1, 1897, Dubrovka, Ukraine - 1981) was a Soviet naval commander and admiral from 1944.
Gordey Ivanovich Levchenko (Гордей Иванович Левченко, February 1, 1897, Dubrovka, Ukraine - 1981) was a Soviet naval commander and admiral from 1944.
Grigori Shchedrin
Grigori Ivanovich Shchedrin Григо́рий Ива́нович Щедри́н (1912–1995) was a Soviet Navy submarine commander and admiral.
Grigori Ivanovich Shchedrin Григо́рий Ива́нович Щедри́н (1912–1995) was a Soviet Navy submarine commander and admiral.
Grigory Oriol
Grigory Nikolaevich Oriol was a Soviet armored corps general.
Grigory Nikolaevich Oriol was a Soviet armored corps general.
Gury Marchuk
Gury Ivanovich Marchuk is a prominent Soviet and Russian scientist in the fields of computational mathematics, and physics of atmosphere.
Gury Ivanovich Marchuk is a prominent Soviet and Russian scientist in the fields of computational mathematics, and physics of atmosphere.
Gus Hall
Gus Hall (born Arvo Kustaa Halberg; October 8, 1910 – October 13, 2000) was a leader and Chairman of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and its four-time U.S. presidential candidate.
Gus Hall (born Arvo Kustaa Halberg; October 8, 1910 – October 13, 2000) was a leader and Chairman of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and its four-time U.S. presidential candidate.
Hamazasp Babadzhanian
Hamazasp Khachaturi Babadzhanian was Chief Marshal of the Mechanized Forces of the USSR and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Hamazasp Khachaturi Babadzhanian was Chief Marshal of the Mechanized Forces of the USSR and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Heinz Hoffmann
Heinz Hoffmann was Minister of National Defense in the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic, and since October 2, 1973 Member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the S...
Heinz Hoffmann was Minister of National Defense in the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic, and since October 2, 1973 Member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the S...
Heydar Aliyev
Heydar Alirza oglu Aliyev, also spelled as Heidar Aliev, Geidar Aliev, Haydar Aliyev, Geydar Aliyev was the third President of Azerbaijan for the New Azerbaijan Party fro...
Heydar Alirza oglu Aliyev, also spelled as Heidar Aliev, Geidar Aliev, Haydar Aliyev, Geydar Aliyev was the third President of Azerbaijan for the New Azerbaijan Party fro...
Hovhannes Bagramyan
Hovhannes Khachaturi Baghramyan (Հովհաննես Խաչատուրի (alternatively, Քրիստափորի, Kristapori) Բաղրամյան; Оване́с Хачату́рович Баграмя́н), – 21 September 1982, was a Soviet Armenian military comm...
Hovhannes Khachaturi Baghramyan (Հովհաննես Խաչատուրի (alternatively, Քրիստափորի, Kristapori) Բաղրամյան; Оване́с Хачату́рович Баграмя́н), – 21 September 1982, was a Soviet Armenian military comm...
Hunan Avetisyan
Hunan Avetisyan was a Soviet Red Army senior sergeant from the 89th Rifle Division who sacrificed his life by covering the embrasure of a German machine gun pillbox with his body so that his fel...
Hunan Avetisyan was a Soviet Red Army senior sergeant from the 89th Rifle Division who sacrificed his life by covering the embrasure of a German machine gun pillbox with his body so that his fel...
Ilya Pavlovich Mazuruk
Ilya Pavlovich Mazuruk was a pilot, polar explorer, and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Ilya Pavlovich Mazuruk was a pilot, polar explorer, and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Ion Druţă
Ion Druţă, generally spelled "Ion Drutse" in English, (born September 3, 1928, Horodişte) is a writer from Moldova.
Ion Druţă, generally spelled "Ion Drutse" in English, (born September 3, 1928, Horodişte) is a writer from Moldova.
Irina Kolpakova
Irina Kolpakova (Ирина Колпакова) (born in Leningrad on either May 22, 1933 or May 22, 1935) is a Russian ballerina.
Irina Kolpakova (Ирина Колпакова) (born in Leningrad on either May 22, 1933 or May 22, 1935) is a Russian ballerina.
Israel Fisanovich
Israel Ilyich Fisanovich (Изра́иль Ильи́ч Фисано́вич sometimes transliterated as Izrail Fisanovich) born 1914, died 1944, was a Soviet Navy submarine commander and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Israel Ilyich Fisanovich (Изра́иль Ильи́ч Фисано́вич sometimes transliterated as Izrail Fisanovich) born 1914, died 1944, was a Soviet Navy submarine commander and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Ivan Bagramyan
Ivan Khristoforovich Bagramyan, also known as Hovhannes Khachaturi Baghramyan, was a Soviet Armenian military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union.
Ivan Khristoforovich Bagramyan, also known as Hovhannes Khachaturi Baghramyan, was a Soviet Armenian military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union.
Ivan Banov
Ivan Nikolayevich Banov (Ива́н Никола́евич Ба́нов;, Tatsinskaya stanitsa - 9 February 1982, Moscow) was a Soviet military intelligence officer and partisan movement leader in World War II.
Ivan Nikolayevich Banov (Ива́н Никола́евич Ба́нов;, Tatsinskaya stanitsa - 9 February 1982, Moscow) was a Soviet military intelligence officer and partisan movement leader in World War II.
Ivan Chernyakhovsky
Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky, also Cherniakhovsky, (Ива́н Дани́лович Черняхо́вский); Oksanina, Uman, Russian Empire (today Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine), - Mehlsack, today P...
Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky, also Cherniakhovsky, (Ива́н Дани́лович Черняхо́вский); Oksanina, Uman, Russian Empire (today Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine), - Mehlsack, today P...
Ivan Călin
Ivan Petrovici Călin was a Moldovan politician.
Ivan Petrovici Călin was a Moldovan politician.
Ivan Dubasov
Ivan Ivanovich Dubasov (Иван Иванович Дубасов) (30 November 1897, Odintsovo, Moscow Oblast – 15 March 1988, Moscow) was a Russian artist active in the Soviet Union.
Ivan Ivanovich Dubasov (Иван Иванович Дубасов) (30 November 1897, Odintsovo, Moscow Oblast – 15 March 1988, Moscow) was a Russian artist active in the Soviet Union.
Ivan Dzerzhinsky
Ivan Ivanovich Dzerzhinsky (Иван Иванович Дзержинский) (April 9, 1909–January 18, 1978) was a Russian composer.
Ivan Ivanovich Dzerzhinsky (Иван Иванович Дзержинский) (April 9, 1909–January 18, 1978) was a Russian composer.
Ivan Isakov
Hovhannes Stepani Isakov (Հովհաննես Ստեփանի Իսակով, Иван Степанович Исаков, Ivan Stepanovich Isakov; ( – October 11, 1967), an ethnic Armenian, was a Soviet military commander, Chief o...
Hovhannes Stepani Isakov (Հովհաննես Ստեփանի Իսակով, Иван Степанович Исаков, Ivan Stepanovich Isakov; ( – October 11, 1967), an ethnic Armenian, was a Soviet military commander, Chief o...
Ivan Kapitanets
Ivan Matveyevich Kapitanets is a retired Soviet Navy Admiral of the Fleet Kapitanets entered the Navy in 1946 and graduated from the Caspian Higher Naval School in 1950.
Ivan Matveyevich Kapitanets is a retired Soviet Navy Admiral of the Fleet Kapitanets entered the Navy in 1946 and graduated from the Caspian Higher Naval School in 1950.
Ivan Kazanets
Ivan Pavlovych Kazanets (Іван Павлович Казанець; October 12, 1918) was a Ukrainian and Soviet politician, who served as the Chairmen of the Council of Ministers of Ukrainian SSR (today's equival...
Ivan Pavlovych Kazanets (Іван Павлович Казанець; October 12, 1918) was a Ukrainian and Soviet politician, who served as the Chairmen of the Council of Ministers of Ukrainian SSR (today's equival...
Ivan Konev
Ivan Stepanovich Konev, was a Soviet military commander, who led Red Army forces on the Eastern Front during World War II, retook much of Eastern Europe from occupation by the Axis Powers, and h...
Ivan Stepanovich Konev, was a Soviet military commander, who led Red Army forces on the Eastern Front during World War II, retook much of Eastern Europe from occupation by the Axis Powers, and h...
Ivan Kozhedub
Marshal of Aviation Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub was a Soviet Ukrainian military aviator and a World War II fighter ace.
Marshal of Aviation Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub was a Soviet Ukrainian military aviator and a World War II fighter ace.
Ivan Nosenko
Ivan Isidorovich Nosenko (Russian Иван Исидорович Носенко) (19 April 1902 - 2 August 1956) was a Soviet politician and from 1939 until his death in 1956, People's Commissar for Shipbuilding of t...
Ivan Isidorovich Nosenko (Russian Иван Исидорович Носенко) (19 April 1902 - 2 August 1956) was a Soviet politician and from 1939 until his death in 1956, People's Commissar for Shipbuilding of t...
Ivan Panfilov
Ivan Vasilyevich Panfilov was a Soviet general and a posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union, known for his command of the 316th Rifle Division during the defense of Moscow at the Second World War.
Ivan Vasilyevich Panfilov was a Soviet general and a posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union, known for his command of the 316th Rifle Division during the defense of Moscow at the Second World War.
Ivan Papanin
Ivan Dmitrievich Papanin was a Russian Polar Explorer, Scientist, Counter Admiral, twice Hero of the Soviet Union awarded nine Orders of Lenin Ivan was born in Sevastopol into the family of a s...
Ivan Dmitrievich Papanin was a Russian Polar Explorer, Scientist, Counter Admiral, twice Hero of the Soviet Union awarded nine Orders of Lenin Ivan was born in Sevastopol into the family of a s...
Ivan Senin
Ivan Senin was the First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist party, Member of the Presidium of the Communist Party of Ukraine.
Ivan Senin was the First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist party, Member of the Presidium of the Communist Party of Ukraine.
Ivan Shepetov
Ivan Mikhaylovich Shepetov was a Soviet infantry officer who enlisted in the Red Army as a Civil War volunteer in 1918 and rose to command the 96th Mountain Rifle Division in the months followin...
Ivan Mikhaylovich Shepetov was a Soviet infantry officer who enlisted in the Red Army as a Civil War volunteer in 1918 and rose to command the 96th Mountain Rifle Division in the months followin...
Ivan Silayev
Ivan Stepanovich Silayev (Ива́н Степа́нович Сила́ев; born on 21 October 1930 in Baktyzino, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Soviet official who became a Russian po...
Ivan Stepanovich Silayev (Ива́н Степа́нович Сила́ев; born on 21 October 1930 in Baktyzino, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Soviet official who became a Russian po...
Ivan Sovetnikov
Ivan Gerasimovich Sovetnikov (Иван Герасимович Советников) (June 13, 1897 - February 1, 1957) was a Soviet military leader.
Ivan Gerasimovich Sovetnikov (Иван Герасимович Советников) (June 13, 1897 - February 1, 1957) was a Soviet military leader.
Ivan Stepanovich Yumashev
Ivan Stepanovich Yumashev was a Soviet Navy admiral, Hero of the Soviet Union, and Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Naval Forces from January 1947 to July 1951.
Ivan Stepanovich Yumashev was a Soviet Navy admiral, Hero of the Soviet Union, and Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Naval Forces from January 1947 to July 1951.
Ivan Travkin
Ivan Vasilyevich Travkin was a Soviet submarine commander, Captain 1st Rank, Hero of the Soviet Union.
Ivan Vasilyevich Travkin was a Soviet submarine commander, Captain 1st Rank, Hero of the Soviet Union.
Ivan Tyulenev
Ivan Vladimirovich Tyulenev was a Soviet military commander, one of the first to be promoted Soviet General of the Army in 1940.
Ivan Vladimirovich Tyulenev was a Soviet military commander, one of the first to be promoted Soviet General of the Army in 1940.
Ivan Yakubovsky
Ivan Ignatyevich Yakubovsky (Ива́н Игна́тьевич Якубо́вский; 7 January 1912, Zaitsava, now Horki Raion, Mahilyow Voblast, Belarus – 30 November 1976, Moscow) was a Marshal of the Soviet Uni...
Ivan Ignatyevich Yakubovsky (Ива́н Игна́тьевич Якубо́вский; 7 January 1912, Zaitsava, now Horki Raion, Mahilyow Voblast, Belarus – 30 November 1976, Moscow) was a Marshal of the Soviet Uni...
Ivan Yefimovich Petrov
Ivan Yefimovich Petrov (Иван Ефимович Петров; September 18, 1896, Trubchevsk — April 7, 1958, Moscow) was a Soviet Army General from 1941.
Ivan Yefimovich Petrov (Иван Ефимович Петров; September 18, 1896, Trubchevsk — April 7, 1958, Moscow) was a Soviet Army General from 1941.
Jean-Loup Chrétien
Jean-Loup Jacques Marie Chrétien, is a French engineer, a retired Général de Brigade in the Armée de l'Air, and a former CNES astronaut.
Jean-Loup Jacques Marie Chrétien, is a French engineer, a retired Général de Brigade in the Armée de l'Air, and a former CNES astronaut.
Josip Broz Tito
Marshal Josip Broz Tito (; born Josip Broz; Cyrillic: Јосип Броз Тито; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman, serving in various roles from 1945 until his dea...
Marshal Josip Broz Tito (; born Josip Broz; Cyrillic: Јосип Броз Тито; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman, serving in various roles from 1945 until his dea...
Karakoz Abdaliev
Lieutenant Karakoz Abdaliev (Каракозы Абдалиев (1908 - October 22, 1943) was a Soviet soldier who was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union posthumously in 1943 when he was killed by inv...
Lieutenant Karakoz Abdaliev (Каракозы Абдалиев (1908 - October 22, 1943) was a Soviet soldier who was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union posthumously in 1943 when he was killed by inv...
Kirill Lavrov
Kirill Yuryevich Lavrov was a well-known Soviet and Russian film and theatre actor and director.
Kirill Yuryevich Lavrov was a well-known Soviet and Russian film and theatre actor and director.
Kirill Moskalenko
Kirill Semyonovich Moskalenko was a Marshal of the Soviet Union.
Kirill Semyonovich Moskalenko was a Marshal of the Soviet Union.
Kliment Voroshilov
Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov, popularly known as Klim Voroshilov was a Soviet military officer, politician, and statesman.
Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov, popularly known as Klim Voroshilov was a Soviet military officer, politician, and statesman.
Konstantin Igumnov
Konstantin Nicolayevich Igumnov was a Russian virtuoso pianist and the teacher of many famous Russian pianists.
Konstantin Nicolayevich Igumnov was a Russian virtuoso pianist and the teacher of many famous Russian pianists.
Konstantin Leselidze
Konstantin Nikolaevich Leselidze (Константин Николаевич Леселидзе, კონსტანტინე ლესელიძე, Konstantine Leselidze) (October 15, 1903 - February 21, 1944), was a Soviet Colonel-General of Geor...
Konstantin Nikolaevich Leselidze (Константин Николаевич Леселидзе, კონსტანტინე ლესელიძე, Konstantine Leselidze) (October 15, 1903 - February 21, 1944), was a Soviet Colonel-General of Geor...
Konstantin Makarov
Konstantin Valentinovich Makarov (Russian: Константи́н Валенти́нович Мака́ров) (born 1931) is a retired Soviet Navy Admiral of the Fleet Makarov entered the Soviet Navy in 1949 and graduated fro...
Konstantin Valentinovich Makarov (Russian: Константи́н Валенти́нович Мака́ров) (born 1931) is a retired Soviet Navy Admiral of the Fleet Makarov entered the Soviet Navy in 1949 and graduated fro...
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Konstantin Rokossovskiy was a Polish-origin Soviet career officer who was a Marshal of the Soviet Union, as well as Marshal of Poland and Polish Defence Minister, who was famously known for his ...
Konstantin Rokossovskiy was a Polish-origin Soviet career officer who was a Marshal of the Soviet Union, as well as Marshal of Poland and Polish Defence Minister, who was famously known for his ...
Konstantin Yuon
Konstantin Fyodorovich Yuon or Juon was a noted Russian painter and theatre designer associated with the Mir Iskusstva.
Konstantin Fyodorovich Yuon or Juon was a noted Russian painter and theatre designer associated with the Mir Iskusstva.
Kuybyshev Railway
The Kuybyshevskaya Railway (Куйбышевская железная дорога) is a subsidiary of the Russian Railways operating in Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Mordovia, Ryazan Oblast, Penza, Tambov, Ulyanovsk, Samara...
The Kuybyshevskaya Railway (Куйбышевская железная дорога) is a subsidiary of the Russian Railways operating in Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Mordovia, Ryazan Oblast, Penza, Tambov, Ulyanovsk, Samara...
Kuzma Galitsky
Kuzma Nikitovich Galitsky (Кузьма́ Ники́тович Гали́цкий; 24 October 189714 March 1973) was a Soviet army general who earned the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
Kuzma Nikitovich Galitsky (Кузьма́ Ники́тович Гали́цкий; 24 October 189714 March 1973) was a Soviet army general who earned the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
Leonid Belakhov
Leonid Yulianovich Belakhov was a general and a senior Soviet administrator at the time of World War II, and managed several strategic logistical programs that influenced the course of the war, ...
Leonid Yulianovich Belakhov was a general and a senior Soviet administrator at the time of World War II, and managed several strategic logistical programs that influenced the course of the war, ...
Leonid Govorov
Leonid Aleksandrovich Govorov (Леони́д Алекса́ндрович Го́воров) ( – 19 March 1955) was a Soviet military commander.
Leonid Aleksandrovich Govorov (Леони́д Алекса́ндрович Го́воров) ( – 19 March 1955) was a Soviet military commander.
Leonid I. Sedov
Leonid Ivanovitch Sedov (14 November 1907 – 5 September 1999) was a leading physicist of the Soviet Union.
Leonid Ivanovitch Sedov (14 November 1907 – 5 September 1999) was a leading physicist of the Soviet Union.
Leonid Leonov
Leonid Maximovich Leonov (Леони́д Макси́мович Лео́нов; — 8 August 1994) was a Soviet novelist and playwright.
Leonid Maximovich Leonov (Леони́д Макси́мович Лео́нов; — 8 August 1994) was a Soviet novelist and playwright.
Leonid Ramzin
Leonid Konstantinovich Ramzin was a Soviet thermal engineer, and the inventor of a type of flow-through boiler known as the straight-flow boiler, or Ramzin boiler.
Leonid Konstantinovich Ramzin was a Soviet thermal engineer, and the inventor of a type of flow-through boiler known as the straight-flow boiler, or Ramzin boiler.
Leonid Sandalov
Leonid Mikhaylovich Sandalov was a Soviet military leader.
Leonid Mikhaylovich Sandalov was a Soviet military leader.
Leonty Cheremisov
Leonty Georgiyevich Cheremisov (Леонтий Георгиевич Черемисов; 1 July 1893 - 17 November 1967) was a Soviet Red Army commander and general who led the 16th Army in the Soviet Far East during Worl...
Leonty Georgiyevich Cheremisov (Леонтий Георгиевич Черемисов; 1 July 1893 - 17 November 1967) was a Soviet Red Army commander and general who led the 16th Army in the Soviet Far East during Worl...
Lev Galler
Lev Mikhailovich Galler was a Soviet military leader and admiral.
Lev Mikhailovich Galler was a Soviet military leader and admiral.
Lev Landau
Lev Davidovich Landau was a prominent Soviet physicist who made fundamental contributions to many areas of theoretical physics.
Lev Davidovich Landau was a prominent Soviet physicist who made fundamental contributions to many areas of theoretical physics.
Lev Mekhlis
Lev Zakharovich Mekhlis was a Jewish-Soviet statesman and party figure.
Lev Zakharovich Mekhlis was a Jewish-Soviet statesman and party figure.
Lev Skvirsky
Lev Solomonovich Skvirsky (Лев Соломонович Сквирский; 15 September 1903 - 5 April 1990) was a Soviet military leader and lieutenant-general.
Lev Solomonovich Skvirsky (Лев Соломонович Сквирский; 15 September 1903 - 5 April 1990) was a Soviet military leader and lieutenant-general.
Lev Vladimirsky
Lev Anatolevich Vladimirsky, was a Soviet naval officer and an Admiral.
Lev Anatolevich Vladimirsky, was a Soviet naval officer and an Admiral.
Lev Zhiltsov
Lev Mikhailovich Zhiltsov (Russian: Жильцо́в Лев Миха́йлович) (1928-1996) was a Soviet Navy submarine commander and Admiral of the Cold War Zhiltsov joined a Naval school in 1942 and joined ...
Lev Mikhailovich Zhiltsov (Russian: Жильцо́в Лев Миха́йлович) (1928-1996) was a Soviet Navy submarine commander and Admiral of the Cold War Zhiltsov joined a Naval school in 1942 and joined ...
Ludvig Faddeev
Ludvig Dmitrievich Faddeev, also Ludwig Dmitriyevich is a Soviet and Russian theoretical physicist and mathematician.
Ludvig Dmitrievich Faddeev, also Ludwig Dmitriyevich is a Soviet and Russian theoretical physicist and mathematician.
Magomed Tankayev
Magomed Tankayevich Tankayev was a Soviet military leader of Dagestani origin who served as chief of the Northern Group of Forces in 1968-1973 and representative of the Warsaw Pact Supreme Comma...
Magomed Tankayevich Tankayev was a Soviet military leader of Dagestani origin who served as chief of the Northern Group of Forces in 1968-1973 and representative of the Warsaw Pact Supreme Comma...
Magomet Gadzhiyev
Magomet Imadutinovich Gadzhiyev was a Soviet Navy submarine commander and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Magomet Imadutinovich Gadzhiyev was a Soviet Navy submarine commander and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Maksim Purkayev
Maksim Alexeyevich Purkayev (Максим Алексеевич Пуркаев) (August 14(26), 1894, in the village Nalitovo, DubenskyUyezd, VolynskayaGuberniya of the Russian Empire (now Mordovia) - January 1, 1953, ...
Maksim Alexeyevich Purkayev (Максим Алексеевич Пуркаев) (August 14(26), 1894, in the village Nalitovo, DubenskyUyezd, VolynskayaGuberniya of the Russian Empire (now Mordovia) - January 1, 1953, ...
Marcel Albert
Marcel Albert (November 25, 1917 – August 23, 2010) was a French World War II pilot.
Marcel Albert (November 25, 1917 – August 23, 2010) was a French World War II pilot.
Marian Spychalski
Marian "Marek" Spychalski was a Polish architect, military commander, and communist politician.
Marian "Marek" Spychalski was a Polish architect, military commander, and communist politician.
Mark Shevelev
Mark Shevelev (Шевелёв, Марк Иванович) (1904–1991) was a Soviet pilot during World War II and was one of founders and Chief of Staff of Soviet Long Range Aviation.
Mark Shevelev (Шевелёв, Марк Иванович) (1904–1991) was a Soviet pilot during World War II and was one of founders and Chief of Staff of Soviet Long Range Aviation.
Matvei Zakharov
Matvei Vasilevich Zakharov (Матве́й Васи́льевич Заха́ров, August 17, 1898 – January 31, 1972) Marshal of the Soviet Union, Chief of General Staff, Deputy Defense Minister, was born in Tver, to p...
Matvei Vasilevich Zakharov (Матве́й Васи́льевич Заха́ров, August 17, 1898 – January 31, 1972) Marshal of the Soviet Union, Chief of General Staff, Deputy Defense Minister, was born in Tver, to p...
Max Reyter
Max Andreyevich Reyter was an Imperial Russian and Soviet military officer of Latvian origin.
Max Andreyevich Reyter was an Imperial Russian and Soviet military officer of Latvian origin.
Maxim Gorky
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, primarily known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian and Soviet author, a founder of the Socialist Realism literary method and a political activist.
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, primarily known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian and Soviet author, a founder of the Socialist Realism literary method and a political activist.
Michael Tsiselsky
Michael Petrovich Tsiselsky (Михайло Петрович Цисельський Михаил Петрович Цисельский); May 20, 1909 – November 3, 1989) was a Soviet naval pilot during World War II (German-Soviet War).
Michael Petrovich Tsiselsky (Михайло Петрович Цисельський Михаил Петрович Цисельский); May 20, 1909 – November 3, 1989) was a Soviet naval pilot during World War II (German-Soviet War).
Mikayil Huseynov
Mikayil Alesger oglu Huseynov – the Soviet architect and historian of architecture, People’s Architect of the USSR, Professor; Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, real member of ...
Mikayil Alesger oglu Huseynov – the Soviet architect and historian of architecture, People’s Architect of the USSR, Professor; Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, real member of ...
Mikhail Artamonov
Mikhail Illarionovich Artamonov was a Soviet historian and archaeologist, who came to be recognized as the founding father of modern Khazar studies.
Mikhail Illarionovich Artamonov was a Soviet historian and archaeologist, who came to be recognized as the founding father of modern Khazar studies.
Mikhail Baranov
Mikhail Dmitrievich Baranov (in Russian: Михаил Дмитриевич Баранов) (born 21 October 1921 - died 15 January 1943) was a WWII Soviet pilot, who during the early stages of the Battle of Stalingrad...
Mikhail Dmitrievich Baranov (in Russian: Михаил Дмитриевич Баранов) (born 21 October 1921 - died 15 January 1943) was a WWII Soviet pilot, who during the early stages of the Battle of Stalingrad...
Mikhail Devyatayev
Mikhail Petrovich Devyatayev was a Soviet fighter pilot known for his incredible escape from a Nazi concentration camp on the island of Usedom, in the Baltic Sea.
Mikhail Petrovich Devyatayev was a Soviet fighter pilot known for his incredible escape from a Nazi concentration camp on the island of Usedom, in the Baltic Sea.
Mikhail Feofanovich Potapov
Mikhail Feofanovich Potapov was a Soviet Red Army artillery captain and commander of an anti-tank artillery battery from the 1188th Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment of the 13th Anti-Tank Artillery B...
Mikhail Feofanovich Potapov was a Soviet Red Army artillery captain and commander of an anti-tank artillery battery from the 1188th Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment of the 13th Anti-Tank Artillery B...
Mikhail Girshovich
Mikhail Grigoryevich Girshovich (Михаи́л Григо́рьевич Гиршо́вич) (1904 – 1947), was Major General (since 18 November 1944) of the Red Army.
Mikhail Grigoryevich Girshovich (Михаи́л Григо́рьевич Гиршо́вич) (1904 – 1947), was Major General (since 18 November 1944) of the Red Army.
Mikhail Malinin
Mikhail Sergeevich Malinin (Russian: Михаил Сергеевич Малинин;, Polutino, Kostroma, Russian Empire - 24 January 1960, Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Soviet general.
Mikhail Sergeevich Malinin (Russian: Михаил Сергеевич Малинин;, Polutino, Kostroma, Russian Empire - 24 January 1960, Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Soviet general.
Mikhail Mil
Mikhail Leontyevich Mil; 22 November 1909 – 31 January 1970 was a Soviet aerospace engineer.
Mikhail Leontyevich Mil; 22 November 1909 – 31 January 1970 was a Soviet aerospace engineer.
Mikhail Pervukhin
Mikhail Gyeorgievich Pervukhin was a Soviet official during the Stalin Era, Khrushchev Era and the early Brezhnev Era.
Mikhail Gyeorgievich Pervukhin was a Soviet official during the Stalin Era, Khrushchev Era and the early Brezhnev Era.
Mikhail Solomentsev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Solomentsev (Михаи́л Серге́евич Соло́менцев; 7 November 1913 – 15 February 2008) was a high-ranking Soviet politician.
Mikhail Sergeyevich Solomentsev (Михаи́л Серге́евич Соло́менцев; 7 November 1913 – 15 February 2008) was a high-ranking Soviet politician.
Mikhail Tukhachevsky
Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky (Михаи́л Никола́евич Тухаче́вский; – June 12, 1937) was a Marshal of the Soviet Union, commander in chief of the Red Army (1925–1928), and one of the most...
Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky (Михаи́л Никола́евич Тухаче́вский; – June 12, 1937) was a Marshal of the Soviet Union, commander in chief of the Red Army (1925–1928), and one of the most...
Mikhail Viktorov
Mikhail Vladimirovich Viktorov (Михаил Владимирович Викторов) (December 24, 1893, Yaroslavl - August 1, 1938) was a Russian military leader and Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Naval Forces from...
Mikhail Vladimirovich Viktorov (Михаил Владимирович Викторов) (December 24, 1893, Yaroslavl - August 1, 1938) was a Russian military leader and Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Naval Forces from...
Mikhail Vodopianov
Mikhail Vasilyevich Vodopianov (Михаил Васильевич Водопьянов, November 18, 1899 - August 11, 1980) was a Soviet aircraft pilot, one of the first Heroes of the Soviet Union, and a Major General o...
Mikhail Vasilyevich Vodopianov (Михаил Васильевич Водопьянов, November 18, 1899 - August 11, 1980) was a Soviet aircraft pilot, one of the first Heroes of the Soviet Union, and a Major General o...
Mikhail Vodopyanov
Mikhail Vasilyevich Vodopyanov was a Soviet aircraft pilot, one of the first Heroes of the Soviet Union, and a Major General of the Soviet Air Force.
Mikhail Vasilyevich Vodopyanov was a Soviet aircraft pilot, one of the first Heroes of the Soviet Union, and a Major General of the Soviet Air Force.
Mintimer Shaimiev
Mintimer Sharipovich Shaimiev was the first President of Tatarstan, a republic within Russia.
Mintimer Sharipovich Shaimiev was the first President of Tatarstan, a republic within Russia.
Muhammed Faris
Muhammed Ahmed Faris (محمد أحمد فارس) (born May 26, 1951) is a Syrian military aviator.
Muhammed Ahmed Faris (محمد أحمد فارس) (born May 26, 1951) is a Syrian military aviator.
Nachman Dushanski
Nachman Dushanski (also spelled Nachman Dushansky, Nachman Dushanskiy, Nachmanas Dušanskis, Нахман Ноахович Душанский; December 29, 1919 in Šiauliai – February 20, 2008 in Haifa) was an officer...
Nachman Dushanski (also spelled Nachman Dushansky, Nachman Dushanskiy, Nachmanas Dušanskis, Нахман Ноахович Душанский; December 29, 1919 in Šiauliai – February 20, 2008 in Haifa) was an officer...
Naum Sorkin
Naum Semyonovich Sorkin was a Soviet military officer and diplomat.
Naum Semyonovich Sorkin was a Soviet military officer and diplomat.
Nicolae Coval
Nicolae Coval was a Moldavian SSR politician.
Nicolae Coval was a Moldavian SSR politician.
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (, – September 11, 1971) led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War.
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (, – September 11, 1971) led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War.
Nikolai Ivanovich Smirnov
Nikolai Ivanovich Smirnov was a Soviet Navy Admiral and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Nikolai Ivanovich Smirnov was a Soviet Navy Admiral and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Nikolai Krylenko
Nikolai Vasilyevich Krylenko was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet politician.
Nikolai Vasilyevich Krylenko was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet politician.
Nikolai Myaskovsky
Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky (Никола́й Я́ковлевич Мяско́вский; – 8 August 1950) was a Russian and Soviet composer.
Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky (Никола́й Я́ковлевич Мяско́вский; – 8 August 1950) was a Russian and Soviet composer.
Nikolai N. Inozemtsev
Nikolai Nikolaevich Inozemtsev was a Russian economist and journalist.
Nikolai Nikolaevich Inozemtsev was a Russian economist and journalist.
Nikolai Ogarkov
Nikolai Vasilyevich Ogarkov (Николай Васильевич Огарков; October 30, 1917 in the village of Molokovo, near Tver - January 23, 1994), was promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1977.
Nikolai Vasilyevich Ogarkov (Николай Васильевич Огарков; October 30, 1917 in the village of Molokovo, near Tver - January 23, 1994), was promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1977.
Nikolai Ryzhkov
Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov is a former Soviet official who became a Russian politician following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov is a former Soviet official who became a Russian politician following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Nikolai Sergeyev (Admiral)
Nikolai Dmitriyevich Sergeyev was an Admiral of the Fleet and Chief of staff of the Soviet Navy Sergeyev joined the Navy in 1928 and completed the M.V. Frunze Higher Naval School in 1931.
Nikolai Dmitriyevich Sergeyev was an Admiral of the Fleet and Chief of staff of the Soviet Navy Sergeyev joined the Navy in 1928 and completed the M.V. Frunze Higher Naval School in 1931.
Nikolai Simonov
Nikolai Simonov (December 4, 1901–April 20, 1973) was a Soviet film and stage actor.
Nikolai Simonov (December 4, 1901–April 20, 1973) was a Soviet film and stage actor.
Nikolai Smirnov (Soviet Navy officer)
Nikolai Ivanovich Smirnov was a Soviet Navy Admiral and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Nikolai Ivanovich Smirnov was a Soviet Navy Admiral and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Nikolai Tikhonov
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Tikhonov (Николай Александрович Тихонов; Kharkiv, – Moscow, 1 June 1997) was a Soviet Russian-Ukrainian statesman during the Cold War.
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Tikhonov (Николай Александрович Тихонов; Kharkiv, – Moscow, 1 June 1997) was a Soviet Russian-Ukrainian statesman during the Cold War.
Nikolai Vashugin
Nikolai Nikolaevich Vashugin was a Soviet general and a political officer.
Nikolai Nikolaevich Vashugin was a Soviet general and a political officer.
Nikolai Vlasik
Nikolai Vlasik was a Soviet security official and General, best known as a head of Joseph Stalin's personal security from 1931 to 1952.
Nikolai Vlasik was a Soviet security official and General, best known as a head of Joseph Stalin's personal security from 1931 to 1952.
Nikolai Yezhov
Nikolai Ivanovich Yezhov or Ezhov was the senior figure in the NKVD under Joseph Stalin during the period of the Great Purge.
Nikolai Ivanovich Yezhov or Ezhov was the senior figure in the NKVD under Joseph Stalin during the period of the Great Purge.
Nikolay Devyatkov
Nikolay Devyatkov — was a Soviet/Russian scientist and inventor of microwave vacuum tubes and medical equipment.
Nikolay Devyatkov — was a Soviet/Russian scientist and inventor of microwave vacuum tubes and medical equipment.
Nikolay Fyodorovich Makarov
Nikolay Fyodorovich Makarov (Никола́й Фёдорович Мака́ров; ) was a Soviet firearms designer, most notable for his Makarov PM.
Nikolay Fyodorovich Makarov (Никола́й Фёдорович Мака́ров; ) was a Soviet firearms designer, most notable for his Makarov PM.
Nikolay Gamaleya
Nikolay Fyodorovich Gamaleya (Микола Федорович Гамалія; Никола́й Фёдорович Гамале́я; – 29 March 1949) was a Ukrainian physician and scientist who played a pioneering role in microbiology and va...
Nikolay Fyodorovich Gamaleya (Микола Федорович Гамалія; Никола́й Фёдорович Гамале́я; – 29 March 1949) was a Ukrainian physician and scientist who played a pioneering role in microbiology and va...
Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov
Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (Николай Герасимович Кузнецов) (July 24, 1904, Medvedki – December 6, 1974, Moscow) was a Soviet naval officer who achieved the rank of Admiral of the Fleet ...
Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (Николай Герасимович Кузнецов) (July 24, 1904, Medvedki – December 6, 1974, Moscow) was a Soviet naval officer who achieved the rank of Admiral of the Fleet ...
Nikolay Inozemtsev
Nikolay Nikolayevich Inozemtsev was a Russian economist and journalist.
Nikolay Nikolayevich Inozemtsev was a Russian economist and journalist.
Nikolay Karabulin
Nikolay Mikhaylovich Karabulin was a Soviet World War II Il-2 pilot and commanding officer of an ground-attack group whose pilots destroyed twenty enemy aircraft in a raid on a German airbase du...
Nikolay Mikhaylovich Karabulin was a Soviet World War II Il-2 pilot and commanding officer of an ground-attack group whose pilots destroyed twenty enemy aircraft in a raid on a German airbase du...
Nikolay Krasovsky
Nikolay Nikolayevich Krasovsky was a prominent Russian mathematician who worked in the mathematical theory of control, the theory of dynamical systems, and the theory of differential games.
Nikolay Nikolayevich Krasovsky was a prominent Russian mathematician who worked in the mathematical theory of control, the theory of dynamical systems, and the theory of differential games.
Nikolay Mikhaylovich Afanasyev
Nikolay Mikhailovich Afanasyev Николай Михайлович Афанасьев (November 14, 1916 – March 15, 2009) was a Soviet firearms designer.
Nikolay Mikhailovich Afanasyev Николай Михайлович Афанасьев (November 14, 1916 – March 15, 2009) was a Soviet firearms designer.
Nikolay Mikhaylovich Kharlamov
Nikolay Mikhaylovich Kharlamov was a Soviet military leader and admiral.
Nikolay Mikhaylovich Kharlamov was a Soviet military leader and admiral.
Nikolay Pukhov
Nikolay Pavlovich Pukhov (January 25, 1895 n.s.-March 28, 1958) - Soviet military commander during World War II, Colonel General.
Nikolay Pavlovich Pukhov (January 25, 1895 n.s.-March 28, 1958) - Soviet military commander during World War II, Colonel General.
Nikolay Semyonov
Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov FRS Никола́й Никола́евич Семёнов was a Russian/Soviet physicist and chemist.
Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov FRS Никола́й Никола́евич Семёнов was a Russian/Soviet physicist and chemist.
Nikolay Voronov
Nikolay Nikolayevich Voronov was a Soviet military leader, Chief Marshal of Artillery, and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Nikolay Nikolayevich Voronov was a Soviet military leader, Chief Marshal of Artillery, and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Norat Ter-Grigoryants
Norat Grigoryevich Ter-Grigoryants is a retired Soviet and Armenian lieutenant-general who played a leading role in developing the Armed Forces of Armenia during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in...
Norat Grigoryevich Ter-Grigoryants is a retired Soviet and Armenian lieutenant-general who played a leading role in developing the Armed Forces of Armenia during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in...
Oleg Baklanov
Oleg Dmitriyevich Baklanov was a Soviet politician, high functionary in government and industry, and is now a scientist and businessman.
Oleg Dmitriyevich Baklanov was a Soviet politician, high functionary in government and industry, and is now a scientist and businessman.
Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov
Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov (Оле́г Григо́рьевич Мака́ров) (January 6, 1933 – May 28, 2003) was a Soviet cosmonaut.
Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov (Оле́г Григо́рьевич Мака́ров) (January 6, 1933 – May 28, 2003) was a Soviet cosmonaut.
Oleg Yefremov
Oleg Nikolayevich Yefremov was a Soviet/Russian actor and Moscow Art Theatre producer.
Oleg Nikolayevich Yefremov was a Soviet/Russian actor and Moscow Art Theatre producer.
Oleksandr Liashko
Oleksandr Pavlovych Liashko (Олександр Павлович Ляшко; December 30, 1915 - October 9, 2002) was a Ukrainian and Soviet politician.
Oleksandr Pavlovych Liashko (Олександр Павлович Ляшко; December 30, 1915 - October 9, 2002) was a Ukrainian and Soviet politician.
Olga Lepeshinskaya (biologist)
Olga Borisovna Lepeshinskaya born as Protopopova, was a Soviet biologist, a personal protegée of Vladimir Lenin, later Joseph Stalin, Trofim Lysenko and Alexander Oparin.
Olga Borisovna Lepeshinskaya born as Protopopova, was a Soviet biologist, a personal protegée of Vladimir Lenin, later Joseph Stalin, Trofim Lysenko and Alexander Oparin.
Olga Lepeshinskaya (dancer)
Olga Vasiliyevna Lepeshinskaya (Ольга Васильевна Лепешинская; – December 20, 2008) was a Soviet ballerina.
Olga Vasiliyevna Lepeshinskaya (Ольга Васильевна Лепешинская; – December 20, 2008) was a Soviet ballerina.
Otto Grotewohl
Otto Grotewohl (; 11 March 1894 - 21 September 1964) was a German politician and prime minister of the German Democratic Republic from 1949 until his death.
Otto Grotewohl (; 11 March 1894 - 21 September 1964) was a German politician and prime minister of the German Democratic Republic from 1949 until his death.
Pavel Antseborenko
Private Pavel Afanasevich Antseborenko (; 1925 - August 20, 1944) was a Soviet soldier who was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union posthumously in 1944 when he was killed during the de...
Private Pavel Afanasevich Antseborenko (; 1925 - August 20, 1944) was a Soviet soldier who was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union posthumously in 1944 when he was killed during the de...
Pavel Belyayev
Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev,, was a Soviet fighter pilot with extensive experience in piloting different types of aircraft.
Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev,, was a Soviet fighter pilot with extensive experience in piloting different types of aircraft.
Pavel K. Oshchepkov
Pavel Kondratyevich Oshchepkov was a Russian physicist who had a leading role in the development of radio-location in the USSR. During the Great Purge he was sent to a Gulag labor camp for 10 years.
Pavel Kondratyevich Oshchepkov was a Russian physicist who had a leading role in the development of radio-location in the USSR. During the Great Purge he was sent to a Gulag labor camp for 10 years.
Pavel Soloviev
Dr. Pavel Aleksandrovich Soloviev (Па́вел Алекса́ндрович Соловьёв) (June 26, 1917 – October 13, 1996) was a Russian engineer born in Alekino in Kineshemsky District of Ivanovo Oblast.
Dr. Pavel Aleksandrovich Soloviev (Па́вел Алекса́ндрович Соловьёв) (June 26, 1917 – October 13, 1996) was a Russian engineer born in Alekino in Kineshemsky District of Ivanovo Oblast.
Pavel Stepanovich Kutakhov
Pavel Stepanovich Kutakhov (Кутахов, Павел Степанович) was Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Forces between 1969 and 1984, Chief Marshal of Aviation since 1972, twice Hero of Soviet Union (19...
Pavel Stepanovich Kutakhov (Кутахов, Павел Степанович) was Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Forces between 1969 and 1984, Chief Marshal of Aviation since 1972, twice Hero of Soviet Union (19...
Petrus Brovka
Pyotr Ustinovich Brovka (Пётр Усці́навіч Бро́ўка, Пётр Усти́нович Бро́вка;, Putilkovichi24 March 1980, Minsk) was a Soviet Belarusian poet, more commonly recognized by his literary pseudonym ...
Pyotr Ustinovich Brovka (Пётр Усці́навіч Бро́ўка, Пётр Усти́нович Бро́вка;, Putilkovichi24 March 1980, Minsk) was a Soviet Belarusian poet, more commonly recognized by his literary pseudonym ...
Phạm Tuân
Phạm Tuân, Hero of the Soviet Union (born February 14, 1947) is a retired Vietnam Air Force aviator.
Phạm Tuân, Hero of the Soviet Union (born February 14, 1947) is a retired Vietnam Air Force aviator.
Pinkhus G. Turjan
Pinkhus G. Turjan (Russian: Пинхус Г.
Pinkhus G. Turjan (Russian: Пинхус Г.
Pyotr Alexandrovich Smirnov
Pyotr Alexandrovich Smirnov (Пётр Александрович Смирнов) (1897-1939) was a Soviet Commissar, Deputy Minister of Defence and Commander of the Soviet Navy.
Pyotr Alexandrovich Smirnov (Пётр Александрович Смирнов) (1897-1939) was a Soviet Commissar, Deputy Minister of Defence and Commander of the Soviet Navy.
Pyotr Chernyshev
Pyotr Sergeevich Chernyshev (also written as Tchernyshev, Пётр Сергеевич Чернышев; 1914—1979) was a Chief Engineer of the Leningradsky Metallichesky Zavod, a major pipe-construction specialist.
Pyotr Sergeevich Chernyshev (also written as Tchernyshev, Пётр Сергеевич Чернышев; 1914—1979) was a Chief Engineer of the Leningradsky Metallichesky Zavod, a major pipe-construction specialist.
Pyotr Kapitsa
Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa (Russian Пётр Леони́дович Капи́ца) ( – 8 April 1984) was a leading Soviet physicist and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate.
Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa (Russian Пётр Леони́дович Капи́ца) ( – 8 April 1984) was a leading Soviet physicist and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate.
Pyotr Klimuk
Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk (Пётр Ільіч Кліму́к; Пётр Ильич Климу́к; born July 10, 1942 in Kamaroŭka, Brest Voblast, Byelorussian SSR, is a former Soviet cosmonaut and the first Belarusian to perform sp...
Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk (Пётр Ільіч Кліму́к; Пётр Ильич Климу́к; born July 10, 1942 in Kamaroŭka, Brest Voblast, Byelorussian SSR, is a former Soviet cosmonaut and the first Belarusian to perform sp...
Pyotr Koshevoy
Petr Kirillovich Koshevoi was a Soviet military leader.
Petr Kirillovich Koshevoi was a Soviet military leader.
Pyotr Shafranov
Pyotr Grigoryevich Shafranov (Пётр Григорьевич Шафранов) (January 19, 1901 - November 4, 1972) was a Soviet military leader and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Pyotr Grigoryevich Shafranov (Пётр Григорьевич Шафранов) (January 19, 1901 - November 4, 1972) was a Soviet military leader and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Quddus Khojamyarov
Quddus Khojamyarov was an Uyghur Soviet composer from Kazakhstan.
Quddus Khojamyarov was an Uyghur Soviet composer from Kazakhstan.
Rodion Malinovsky
Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky was a Soviet military commander in World War II and Defense Minister of the Soviet Union in the late 1950s and 1960s.
Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky was a Soviet military commander in World War II and Defense Minister of the Soviet Union in the late 1950s and 1960s.
Roland de la Poype
Roland Paulze d'Ivoy de la Poype is a World War II fighter ace, member of the Normandie-Niemen fighter group that fought on the Soviet front.
Roland Paulze d'Ivoy de la Poype is a World War II fighter ace, member of the Normandie-Niemen fighter group that fought on the Soviet front.
Roza Eldarova
Roza Abdulbasirovna Eldarova is a Soviet and Russian journalist, writer, and politician who was the first woman to hold the highest political office in Dagestan.
Roza Abdulbasirovna Eldarova is a Soviet and Russian journalist, writer, and politician who was the first woman to hold the highest political office in Dagestan.
Rubén Ruiz Ibárruri
Rubén Ruíz Ibárruri (9 January 1920, Somorostro, Kingdom of Spain - 4 September 1942, Srednyaya Akhtuba, Soviet Union) was the son of Spanish communist leader Dolores Ibárruri and a posthumous ...
Rubén Ruíz Ibárruri (9 January 1920, Somorostro, Kingdom of Spain - 4 September 1942, Srednyaya Akhtuba, Soviet Union) was the son of Spanish communist leader Dolores Ibárruri and a posthumous ...
Sadriddin Ayni
Sadriddin Ayni was a Tajik intellectual who wrote poetry, fictional writing, journalism, history and lexicography.
Sadriddin Ayni was a Tajik intellectual who wrote poetry, fictional writing, journalism, history and lexicography.
Sagadat Nurmagambetov
Sagadat Kozhahmetovich Nurmagambetov is a retired Soviet and Kazakhstani general who served as Chairman of Kazakhstan's State Defense Committee in 1991-1992 and Kazakhstan's first Minister of De...
Sagadat Kozhahmetovich Nurmagambetov is a retired Soviet and Kazakhstani general who served as Chairman of Kazakhstan's State Defense Committee in 1991-1992 and Kazakhstan's first Minister of De...
Samand Siabandov
Samand Aliyevich Siabandov (Саманд Алиевич Сиабандов; 20 November 1909 - 14 November 1989) was a Soviet Red Army officer and politician of Kurdish origin who was awarded the title Hero of the So...
Samand Aliyevich Siabandov (Саманд Алиевич Сиабандов; 20 November 1909 - 14 November 1989) was a Soviet Red Army officer and politician of Kurdish origin who was awarded the title Hero of the So...
Samuil Feinberg
Samuil Yevgenyevich Feinberg (Самуи́л Евге́ньевич Фе́йнберг; 26 May 1890, Odessa – 22 October 1962, Moscow) was a Russian and Soviet composer and pianist.
Samuil Yevgenyevich Feinberg (Самуи́л Евге́ньевич Фе́йнберг; 26 May 1890, Odessa – 22 October 1962, Moscow) was a Russian and Soviet composer and pianist.
Semyon Krivoshein
Semyon Moiseevich Krivoshein (Семён Моисе́евич Кривоше́ин, November 28, 1899, Voronezh, Russian Empire - September 16, 1978, Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Soviet tank commander, who played a vital...
Semyon Moiseevich Krivoshein (Семён Моисе́евич Кривоше́ин, November 28, 1899, Voronezh, Russian Empire - September 16, 1978, Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Soviet tank commander, who played a vital...
Semyon Kurkotkin
Semyon Konstantinovich Kurkotkin (Семё́н Константи́нович Курко́ткин; February 13, 1917 – September 16, 1990) was appointed Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1983.
Semyon Konstantinovich Kurkotkin (Семё́н Константи́нович Курко́ткин; February 13, 1917 – September 16, 1990) was appointed Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1983.
Semyon Lavochkin
Semyon Alekseyevich Lavochkin (Семён Алексе́евич Ла́вочкин; August 29, 1900 - June 9, 1960), a Soviet aerospace engineer, Soviet aircraft designer who founded the Lavochkin aircraft design bureau.
Semyon Alekseyevich Lavochkin (Семён Алексе́евич Ла́вочкин; August 29, 1900 - June 9, 1960), a Soviet aerospace engineer, Soviet aircraft designer who founded the Lavochkin aircraft design bureau.
Semyon Lobov
Semyon Mikhailovich Lobov (Russian Семён Михайлович Лобов) born 15 February 1913 died 12 June 1977 was an Admiral of the Fleet in the Soviet Navy.
Semyon Mikhailovich Lobov (Russian Семён Михайлович Лобов) born 15 February 1913 died 12 June 1977 was an Admiral of the Fleet in the Soviet Navy.
Semyon Timoshenko
Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko was a Ukrainian military commander and senior professional officer of the Red Army at the beginning of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.
Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko was a Ukrainian military commander and senior professional officer of the Red Army at the beginning of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.
Sergei Eisenstein
Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein, né Eizenshtein, was a pioneering Soviet Russian film director and film theorist, often considered to be the "Father of Montage".
Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein, né Eizenshtein, was a pioneering Soviet Russian film director and film theorist, often considered to be the "Father of Montage".
Sergei Khudyakov
Sergei Alexandrovich Khudyakov (Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Худяко́в; – April 18, 1950), born Armenak Artem Khanferiants (Արմենակ Արտեմ Խանֆերյանց), was a Soviet Armenian chief Marshal of the ...
Sergei Alexandrovich Khudyakov (Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Худяко́в; – April 18, 1950), born Armenak Artem Khanferiants (Արմենակ Արտեմ Խանֆերյանց), was a Soviet Armenian chief Marshal of the ...
Sergei Korolev
Sergei Pavlovich Korolev was the lead Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer in the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the 1950s and 1960s.
Sergei Pavlovich Korolev was the lead Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer in the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the 1950s and 1960s.
Sergei Rudenko (general)
Serhi Gnatovich Rudenko (Ukrainian: Сергій Гнатович Руденко, Russified: Сергей Игнатьевич Руденко Sergei Ignatevich Rudenko
Korop, Russian Empire - 10 July 1990, Moscow, Soviet...
Serhi Gnatovich Rudenko (Ukrainian: Сергій Гнатович Руденко, Russified: Сергей Игнатьевич Руденко Sergei Ignatevich Rudenko
Korop, Russian Empire - 10 July 1990, Moscow, Soviet...
Sergei Shtemenko
Sergei Matveevich Shtemenko (Сергей Матвеевич Штеменко; 20 April 1907, Uryupinsk, Russian Empire – 23 April 1976, Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Soviet general, who served as the Chief of...
Sergei Matveevich Shtemenko (Сергей Матвеевич Штеменко; 20 April 1907, Uryupinsk, Russian Empire – 23 April 1976, Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Soviet general, who served as the Chief of...
Sergei Siniakov
Sergei Pavlovich Siniakov was a Soviet Air Force general.
Sergei Pavlovich Siniakov was a Soviet Air Force general.
Sergey Akhromeyev
Sergey Fyodorovich Akhromeyev (Серге́й Фёдорович Ахроме́ев; May 5, 1923 – August 24, 1991) was a soviet military figure, Hero of the Soviet Union (1982), Marshal of the Soviet Union (1983).
Sergey Fyodorovich Akhromeyev (Серге́й Фёдорович Ахроме́ев; May 5, 1923 – August 24, 1991) was a soviet military figure, Hero of the Soviet Union (1982), Marshal of the Soviet Union (1983).
Sergey Biryuzov
Sergey Semyonovich Biryuzov (Серге́й Семёнович Бирюзо́в) (August 21, 1904 – October 19, 1964) was a Marshal of the Soviet Union and Chief of the General Staff.
Sergey Semyonovich Biryuzov (Серге́й Семёнович Бирюзо́в) (August 21, 1904 – October 19, 1964) was a Marshal of the Soviet Union and Chief of the General Staff.
Sergey Gorshkov
Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Sergey Georgiyevich Gorshkov was a Soviet naval officer during the Cold War who oversaw the expansion of the Soviet Navy into a global force.
Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Sergey Georgiyevich Gorshkov was a Soviet naval officer during the Cold War who oversaw the expansion of the Soviet Navy into a global force.
Sergey Ilyushin
Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin was a Soviet aircraft designer who founded the Ilyushin aircraft design bureau.
Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin was a Soviet aircraft designer who founded the Ilyushin aircraft design bureau.
Sergey Kirov
Sergei Mironovich Kirov, born Sergei Mironovich Kostrikov, was a prominent early Bolshevik leader in the Soviet Union.
Sergei Mironovich Kirov, born Sergei Mironovich Kostrikov, was a prominent early Bolshevik leader in the Soviet Union.
Shakir Geniatullin
Shakir Nigmatulinovich Geniatullin was an ethnic Tatar military officer in the cavalry forces of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and the pro-Bolshevik Bukharan People's Soviet R...
Shakir Nigmatulinovich Geniatullin was an ethnic Tatar military officer in the cavalry forces of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and the pro-Bolshevik Bukharan People's Soviet R...
Solomon Milshtein
Sołomon Milsztejn was a Russian general.
Sołomon Milsztejn was a Russian general.
Stanislav Poplavsky
Stanislav Gilyarovich Poplavsky (Станислав Гилярович Поплавский, Stanisław Popławski) (22 April 1902—10 August 1973) was a general in the Soviet and Polish armies.
Stanislav Gilyarovich Poplavsky (Станислав Гилярович Поплавский, Stanisław Popławski) (22 April 1902—10 August 1973) was a general in the Soviet and Polish armies.
Stepan Krasovsky
Sczyapan Yakimavich Krasuisky was a Soviet Air Force marshal.
Sczyapan Yakimavich Krasuisky was a Soviet Air Force marshal.
Stepan Kucherov
Stepan Grigorievich Kucherov was a Soviet naval officer.
Stepan Grigorievich Kucherov was a Soviet naval officer.
Stepan Repin
Private Stepan Spiridonovich Repin (Степан Спиридонович Репин, December 28, 1906 - October 18, 1982) was a Soviet soldier and medic who was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in 1944 ...
Private Stepan Spiridonovich Repin (Степан Спиридонович Репин, December 28, 1906 - October 18, 1982) was a Soviet soldier and medic who was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in 1944 ...
Sverdlovsk Railway
The Sverdlovsk Railway is a subsidiary of the Russian Railways headquartered in Yekaterinburg.
The Sverdlovsk Railway is a subsidiary of the Russian Railways headquartered in Yekaterinburg.
Sydir Kovpak
Sydir Artemovych Kovpak (Сидір Артемович Ковпак; Си́дор Арте́мьевич Ковпа́к, Sidor Artеmуevich Kovpak), June 7, 1887December 11, 1967) was a prominent Soviet partisan leader in Ukraine.
Sydir Artemovych Kovpak (Сидір Артемович Ковпак; Си́дор Арте́мьевич Ковпа́к, Sidor Artеmуevich Kovpak), June 7, 1887December 11, 1967) was a prominent Soviet partisan leader in Ukraine.
Tagir Kusimov
Tagir Taipovich Kusimov was a Soviet military leader of Bashkir origin.
Tagir Taipovich Kusimov was a Soviet military leader of Bashkir origin.
Tihon Konstantinov
Tihon Konstantinov was a Moldavian SSR and Moldavian ASSR politician.
Tihon Konstantinov was a Moldavian SSR and Moldavian ASSR politician.
Toktar Aubakirov
Toktar Ongarbayuly Aubakirov is a retired Kazakhstani Air Force officer and a former cosmonaut.
Toktar Ongarbayuly Aubakirov is a retired Kazakhstani Air Force officer and a former cosmonaut.
Valentin Pavlov
Valentin Sergeyevich Pavlov (Валентин Сергеевич Павлов; 27 September 1937 – 30 March 2003) was a Soviet official who became a Russian banker following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Valentin Sergeyevich Pavlov (Валентин Сергеевич Павлов; 27 September 1937 – 30 March 2003) was a Soviet official who became a Russian banker following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is a retired Soviet cosmonaut, and was the first woman in space.
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is a retired Soviet cosmonaut, and was the first woman in space.
Valerian A. Frolov
Valerian Alexandrovich Frolov (Валериан Александрович Фролов) (June 7 (O.S. May 26), 1895, (1895, Petrograd - 1961, Leningrad) was a Soviet Colonel General (1943).
Valerian Alexandrovich Frolov (Валериан Александрович Фролов) (June 7 (O.S. May 26), 1895, (1895, Petrograd - 1961, Leningrad) was a Soviet Colonel General (1943).
Valery Bykovsky
Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew three manned space mission space flights: Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, and Soyuz 31.
Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew three manned space mission space flights: Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, and Soyuz 31.
Valery Legasov
Valery Alexeyevich Legasov was a prominent Soviet inorganic chemist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. He is most famous for his work as the chief of the committee investigatin...
Valery Alexeyevich Legasov was a prominent Soviet inorganic chemist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. He is most famous for his work as the chief of the committee investigatin...
Valery Shumakov
Valery Ivanovich Shumakov (Шумаков Валерий Иванович; November 9, 1931 – January 27, 2008) was a Russian surgeon and transplantologist, famous for being the founding father of organ t...
Valery Ivanovich Shumakov (Шумаков Валерий Иванович; November 9, 1931 – January 27, 2008) was a Russian surgeon and transplantologist, famous for being the founding father of organ t...
Vasil Bykaŭ
Vasil Uładzimiravič Bykaŭ was a prolific author of novels and novellas about World War II, is a monumental figure in Belarusian literature and civic thought.
Vasil Uładzimiravič Bykaŭ was a prolific author of novels and novellas about World War II, is a monumental figure in Belarusian literature and civic thought.
Vasili Blokhin
Vasili Mikhailovich Blokhin was a Soviet Major-General who served as the chief executioner of the Stalinist NKVD under the administrations of Genrikh Yagoda, Nikolai Yezhov, and Lavrenty Beria.
Vasili Mikhailovich Blokhin was a Soviet Major-General who served as the chief executioner of the Stalinist NKVD under the administrations of Genrikh Yagoda, Nikolai Yezhov, and Lavrenty Beria.
Vasiliy Alekseyev
Vasiliy Ivanovich Alekseyev (Василий Иванович Алексеев; born January 7, 1942 in the village of Pokrovo-Shishkino, Ryazan Oblast) is a former competitor from the Soviet Union, He set 80 world re...
Vasiliy Ivanovich Alekseyev (Василий Иванович Алексеев; born January 7, 1942 in the village of Pokrovo-Shishkino, Ryazan Oblast) is a former competitor from the Soviet Union, He set 80 world re...
Vasily Alekseyev
Vasiliy Ivanovich Alekseyev (Василий Иванович Алексеев; born January 7, 1942 in the village of Pokrovo-Shishkino, Ryazan Oblast) is a former competitor from the Soviet Union, He set 80 world re...
Vasiliy Ivanovich Alekseyev (Василий Иванович Алексеев; born January 7, 1942 in the village of Pokrovo-Shishkino, Ryazan Oblast) is a former competitor from the Soviet Union, He set 80 world re...
Vasily Badanov
Vasily Mikhaylovich Badanov (Васи́лий Миха́йлович Бада́нов; 14 December 1895, Verkhnyaya Yakushka1 April 1971, Moscow) was a Soviet military officer and general, best known for his leadership i...
Vasily Mikhaylovich Badanov (Васи́лий Миха́йлович Бада́нов; 14 December 1895, Verkhnyaya Yakushka1 April 1971, Moscow) was a Soviet military officer and general, best known for his leadership i...
Vasily Belov
Vasily Ivanovich Belov (Васи́лий Ива́нович Бело́в, born October 23, 1932, Timonikha, Kharovsky District, Northern Krai, now Vologda oblast) is a Soviet/Russian writer, poet and dramatist, who pu...
Vasily Ivanovich Belov (Васи́лий Ива́нович Бело́в, born October 23, 1932, Timonikha, Kharovsky District, Northern Krai, now Vologda oblast) is a Soviet/Russian writer, poet and dramatist, who pu...
Vasily Blyukher
Vasily Konstantinovich Blücher (also spelled Blyukher, Blukher, Bliukher etc., (Васи́лий Константи́нович Блю́хер) ( – November 9, 1938), Soviet military commander, was among the prominent victim...
Vasily Konstantinovich Blücher (also spelled Blyukher, Blukher, Bliukher etc., (Васи́лий Константи́нович Блю́хер) ( – November 9, 1938), Soviet military commander, was among the prominent victim...
Vasily Blücher
Vasily Konstantinovich Blücher (also spelled Blyukher, Blukher, Bliukher etc., (Васи́лий Константи́нович Блю́хер) ( – November 9, 1938), Soviet military commander, was among the prominent victim...
Vasily Konstantinovich Blücher (also spelled Blyukher, Blukher, Bliukher etc., (Васи́лий Константи́нович Блю́хер) ( – November 9, 1938), Soviet military commander, was among the prominent victim...
Vasily Boryagin
Vasily Pavlovich Boryagin (Василий Павлович Борягин, 1919—1998) was a prominent Russian fitter and production-rationalizer, Honored citizen of Berezniki, Hero of Socialist Labor.
Vasily Pavlovich Boryagin (Василий Павлович Борягин, 1919—1998) was a prominent Russian fitter and production-rationalizer, Honored citizen of Berezniki, Hero of Socialist Labor.
Vasily Ivanovich Petrov
Vasily Ivanovich Petrov, in Stavropol Krai.
Vasily Ivanovich Petrov, in Stavropol Krai.
Vasily Korzh
Vasily (Vasil) Zakharovich Korzh (Васіль Захаравіч Корж, Василий Захарович Корж; 13 January 18995 May 1967), also known under the Soviet partisan nom de guerre "Komarov", was a Belarus...
Vasily (Vasil) Zakharovich Korzh (Васіль Захаравіч Корж, Василий Захарович Корж; 13 January 18995 May 1967), also known under the Soviet partisan nom de guerre "Komarov", was a Belarus...
Vasily Kozlov (politician)
Vasil Ivanavich Kazlow was a Soviet politician.
Vasil Ivanavich Kazlow was a Soviet politician.
Vasily Kuznetsov (general)
Vasily Ivanovich Kuznetsov was a Soviet General and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Vasily Ivanovich Kuznetsov was a Soviet General and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Vasily Molokov
Vasily Sergeyevich Molokov was a Soviet aircraft pilot, major general of aviation, and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Vasily Sergeyevich Molokov was a Soviet aircraft pilot, major general of aviation, and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Vasily Shatilov
Vasily Mitrofanovich Shatilov was a Soviet general who commanded the 150th Rifle Division during the Battle of Berlin.
Vasily Mitrofanovich Shatilov was a Soviet general who commanded the 150th Rifle Division during the Battle of Berlin.
Vasily Starodubtsev
Vasily Alexandrovich Starodubtsev (Василий Александрович Стародубцев) (December 25, 1931, Volovchik village, Lipetsk Oblast - December 30, 2011, Novomoskovsk, Tula Oblast) was a Soviet/Russian p...
Vasily Alexandrovich Starodubtsev (Василий Александрович Стародубцев) (December 25, 1931, Volovchik village, Lipetsk Oblast - December 30, 2011, Novomoskovsk, Tula Oblast) was a Soviet/Russian p...
Vasily Zaytsev
Vasily Grigoryevich Zaytsev (; March 23, 1915 – December 15, 1991) was a Soviet sniper during World War II, notable particularly for his activities between November 10 and December 17, 1942, dur...
Vasily Grigoryevich Zaytsev (; March 23, 1915 – December 15, 1991) was a Soviet sniper during World War II, notable particularly for his activities between November 10 and December 17, 1942, dur...
Viacheslav Fetisov
Viacheslav "Slava" Alexandrovich Fetisov (Russian: Вячеслав (Слава) Александрович Фетисов, Vjačeslav (Slava) Aleksandrovič Fetisov; born April 20, 1958) is a retired professional ice hockey ...
Viacheslav "Slava" Alexandrovich Fetisov (Russian: Вячеслав (Слава) Александрович Фетисов, Vjačeslav (Slava) Aleksandrovič Fetisov; born April 20, 1958) is a retired professional ice hockey ...
Vija Artmane
Alīda "Vija" Artmane (August 21, 1929, Kaive, Sēme parish – October 11, 2008, Strenči) was a Latvian / Soviet theatre and cinema actress.
Alīda "Vija" Artmane (August 21, 1929, Kaive, Sēme parish – October 11, 2008, Strenči) was a Latvian / Soviet theatre and cinema actress.
Viktor Astafyev
Viktor Petrovich Astafyev also spelled Astafiev or Astaf'ev, was a Soviet and Russian writer of short stories and novels.
Viktor Petrovich Astafyev also spelled Astafiev or Astaf'ev, was a Soviet and Russian writer of short stories and novels.
Viktor Kulikov
Viktor Georgiyevich Kulikov (Виктор Георгиевич Куликов; born July 5, 1921) was the Warsaw Pact commander-in-chief from 1977 to 1989.
Viktor Georgiyevich Kulikov (Виктор Георгиевич Куликов; born July 5, 1921) was the Warsaw Pact commander-in-chief from 1977 to 1989.
Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasyev
Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasyev Виктор Михайлович Афанасьев; born 31 December 1948 is a colonel in the Russian Air Force and a test cosmonaut of the Yu. A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasyev Виктор Михайлович Афанасьев; born 31 December 1948 is a colonel in the Russian Air Force and a test cosmonaut of the Yu. A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
Viktor Pugachyov
Viktor Georgiyevich Pugachyov (Ви́ктор Гео́ргиевич Пугачёв) (born August 8, 1948 in Taganrog) is a Russian test pilot who was the first to show the so called Pugachev's Cobra maneuver ...
Viktor Georgiyevich Pugachyov (Ви́ктор Гео́ргиевич Пугачёв) (born August 8, 1948 in Taganrog) is a Russian test pilot who was the first to show the so called Pugachev's Cobra maneuver ...
Vissarion Shebalin
Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin (Russian: Виссарион Яковлевич Шебалин, May 29, 1963) was a Soviet composer.
Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin (Russian: Виссарион Яковлевич Шебалин, May 29, 1963) was a Soviet composer.
Vitaly Ginzburg
Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg, ForMemRS was a Soviet theoretical physicist, astrophysicist, Nobel laureate, a member of the Soviet and Russian Academies of Sciences and one of the fathers of Soviet...
Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg, ForMemRS was a Soviet theoretical physicist, astrophysicist, Nobel laureate, a member of the Soviet and Russian Academies of Sciences and one of the fathers of Soviet...
Vladimir Alexeyev (admiral)
Vladimir Nikolaevich Alexeyev (Влади́мир Никола́евич Алексе́ев;, Kimiltev, Irkutsk Oblast, Russian Empire - 24 July 1999, Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Soviet admiral.
Vladimir Nikolaevich Alexeyev (Влади́мир Никола́евич Алексе́ев;, Kimiltev, Irkutsk Oblast, Russian Empire - 24 July 1999, Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Soviet admiral.
Vladimir Bure
Vladimir Valeryevich Bure (Владимир Валерьевич Буре) (born December 4, 1950 in Norilsk, USSR) is a retired Soviet Olympic swimmer and a fitness coach for the New Jersey Devils of the NHL. Bure i...
Vladimir Valeryevich Bure (Владимир Валерьевич Буре) (born December 4, 1950 in Norilsk, USSR) is a retired Soviet Olympic swimmer and a fitness coach for the New Jersey Devils of the NHL. Bure i...
Vladimir Chernavin
Fleet Admiral Vladimir Nikolayevich Chernavin (Владимир Николаевич Чернавин; born April 22, 1928) was the last Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy 1985-91 and the first Commander-in-Chief of t...
Fleet Admiral Vladimir Nikolayevich Chernavin (Владимир Николаевич Чернавин; born April 22, 1928) was the last Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy 1985-91 and the first Commander-in-Chief of t...
Vladimir Dolgikh
Vladimir Ivanovich Dolgikh (Владимир Иванович Долгих; 5 December 1924) was a Soviet-Russian political figure; a head of the Metallurgical Department of the Central Committee Secretariat.
Vladimir Ivanovich Dolgikh (Владимир Иванович Долгих; 5 December 1924) was a Soviet-Russian political figure; a head of the Metallurgical Department of the Central Committee Secretariat.
Vladimir Govyrin
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Govyrin was Soviet and Russian physiologist, Academician of Academy of Sciences of USSR and Russian Academy of Sciences, who discovered regularity of the sympathetic inne...
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Govyrin was Soviet and Russian physiologist, Academician of Academy of Sciences of USSR and Russian Academy of Sciences, who discovered regularity of the sympathetic inne...
Vladimir Ilyushin
Major General Vladimir Sergeyevich Ilyushin was a Soviet general and noted test pilot, and the son of aerospace engineer Sergei Ilyushin.
Major General Vladimir Sergeyevich Ilyushin was a Soviet general and noted test pilot, and the son of aerospace engineer Sergei Ilyushin.
Vladimir Kasatonov
Vladimir Afanasyevich Kasatonov was a Soviet military leader, fleet admiral, and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Vladimir Afanasyevich Kasatonov was a Soviet military leader, fleet admiral, and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Vladimir Komarov
Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov was a Soviet test pilot, aerospace engineer and cosmonaut in the first group of cosmonauts selected in 1960.
Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov was a Soviet test pilot, aerospace engineer and cosmonaut in the first group of cosmonauts selected in 1960.
Vladimir Konovalov
Rear Admiral Vladimir Konstantinovich Konovalov, Владимир Константинович Коновалов (December 5, 1911 – November 29, 1967) was a Soviet Navy distinguished submarine commander during World War II.
Rear Admiral Vladimir Konstantinovich Konovalov, Владимир Константинович Коновалов (December 5, 1911 – November 29, 1967) was a Soviet Navy distinguished submarine commander during World War II.
Vladimir Mikhailin
Vladimir Vasilyevich Mikhailin (Владимир Васильевич Михайлин) (born July 12(25), 1915, Moscow) is a Soviet military leader (now retired), admiral, and Hero of the Soviet Union (November 18, 1989).
Vladimir Vasilyevich Mikhailin (Владимир Васильевич Михайлин) (born July 12(25), 1915, Moscow) is a Soviet military leader (now retired), admiral, and Hero of the Soviet Union (November 18, 1989).
Vladimir Teplyakov
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Teplyakov (Владимир Александрович Тепляков) (November 6, 1925 – December 10, 2009) was a Russian physicist best known for his work on particle accelerators.
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Teplyakov (Владимир Александрович Тепляков) (November 6, 1925 – December 10, 2009) was a Russian physicist best known for his work on particle accelerators.
Vladimir Velichko
Vladimir Makarovich Velichko was a Soviet official and entrepreneur appointed as the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers in 1991.
Vladimir Makarovich Velichko was a Soviet official and entrepreneur appointed as the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers in 1991.
Vladislav Malkevich
Vladislav Leonidovich Malkevich General Director of Expocentre ZAO (from November 2002 to Marth 2012), member of the Board of Directors of UFI – the Global Association of Exhibition Industry (20...
Vladislav Leonidovich Malkevich General Director of Expocentre ZAO (from November 2002 to Marth 2012), member of the Board of Directors of UFI – the Global Association of Exhibition Industry (20...
Vladislav Tretiak
Vladislav Aleksandrovich Tretiak, MSM is a former goaltender for the Soviet Union's national ice hockey team.
Vladislav Aleksandrovich Tretiak, MSM is a former goaltender for the Soviet Union's national ice hockey team.
Volodymyr Shcherbytsky
Volodymyr Vasylyovych Shcherbytsky (Володимир Васильович Щербицький, Владимир Васильевич Щербицкий) (17 February 1918, Verkhnodniprovsk - 17 February 1990) was a Ukrainian and Soviet politician.
Volodymyr Vasylyovych Shcherbytsky (Володимир Васильович Щербицький, Владимир Васильевич Щербицкий) (17 February 1918, Verkhnodniprovsk - 17 February 1990) was a Ukrainian and Soviet politician.
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski is a retired Polish military officer and Communist politician.
Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski is a retired Polish military officer and Communist politician.
Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich
Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich FRS (Якаў Барысавіч Зяльдовіч, Я́ков Бори́сович Зельдо́вич) (8 March 1914 – 2 December 1987) was a prolific Soviet physicist born in Belarus.
Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich FRS (Якаў Барысавіч Зяльдовіч, Я́ков Бори́сович Зельдо́вич) (8 March 1914 – 2 December 1987) was a prolific Soviet physicist born in Belarus.
Yakov Cherevichenko
Yakov Timofeyevich Cherevichenko (Яков Тимофеевич Черевиченко) (October 12, 1894 - July 4, 1976), Army General (1965), was a Soviet military leader.
Yakov Timofeyevich Cherevichenko (Яков Тимофеевич Черевиченко) (October 12, 1894 - July 4, 1976), Army General (1965), was a Soviet military leader.
Yakov Dashevsky
Yakov Sergeyevich Dashevsky (Яков Сергеевич Дашевский; 18 April 1902, Kherson - 8 February 1972, Moscow) was a Soviet Red Army military intelligence officer and lieutenant-general.
Yakov Sergeyevich Dashevsky (Яков Сергеевич Дашевский; 18 April 1902, Kherson - 8 February 1972, Moscow) was a Soviet Red Army military intelligence officer and lieutenant-general.
Yakov Kreizer
Yakov Grigorevich Kreizer (Яков Григорьевич Крейзер; 4 November 1905, Voronezh – 29 November 1969, Moscow) was a Soviet field commander.
Yakov Grigorevich Kreizer (Яков Григорьевич Крейзер; 4 November 1905, Voronezh – 29 November 1969, Moscow) was a Soviet field commander.
Yakov Pavlov
Yakov Fedotovich Pavlov was a Soviet Red Army soldier awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for his role in defending "Pavlov's House" during the Battle of Stalingrad.
Yakov Fedotovich Pavlov was a Soviet Red Army soldier awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for his role in defending "Pavlov's House" during the Battle of Stalingrad.
Yaroslav Iosseliani
Yaroslav Iosseliani was a Soviet Navy submarine commander of Georgian ethnicity.
Yaroslav Iosseliani was a Soviet Navy submarine commander of Georgian ethnicity.
Yekaterina Geltzer
Yekaterina Vasilyevna Geltzer was a prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet who danced in the theatre from 1898 to 1935.
Yekaterina Vasilyevna Geltzer was a prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet who danced in the theatre from 1898 to 1935.
Yevgeny Gabrilovich
Yevgeny Iosifovich Gabrilovich (Евге́ний Ио́сифович Габрило́вич; 29 September 1899 – 6 December 1993) was a Soviet screenwriter.
Yevgeny Iosifovich Gabrilovich (Евге́ний Ио́сифович Габрило́вич; 29 September 1899 – 6 December 1993) was a Soviet screenwriter.
Yevgeny Khrunov
Yevgeni Vassilyevich Khrunov (Евгений Васильевич Хрунов; September 10, 1933 – May 19, 2000) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 5/Soyuz 4 mission.
Yevgeni Vassilyevich Khrunov (Евгений Васильевич Хрунов; September 10, 1933 – May 19, 2000) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 5/Soyuz 4 mission.
Yevgeny Nikonov
Yevgeny Alexandrovich Nikonov was a Russian war hero martyred during the Soviet defense of Estonia in 1941.
Yevgeny Alexandrovich Nikonov was a Russian war hero martyred during the Soviet defense of Estonia in 1941.
Yuli Mikhailovich Vorontsov
Yuli Mikhailovich Vorontsov was a Russian diplomat, President of International Centre of the Roerichs.
Yuli Mikhailovich Vorontsov was a Russian diplomat, President of International Centre of the Roerichs.
Yuri Ovchinnikov (biochemist)
Yuri Anatolievich Ovchinnikov was a Soviet bioorganic chemist.
Yuri Anatolievich Ovchinnikov was a Soviet bioorganic chemist.
Yury Luzhkov
Yury Mikhaylovich Luzhkov (Ю́рий Миха́йлович Лужко́в) (born 21 September 1936) is a Russian politician who was the Mayor of Moscow from 1992 to 2010.
Yury Mikhaylovich Luzhkov (Ю́рий Миха́йлович Лужко́в) (born 21 September 1936) is a Russian politician who was the Mayor of Moscow from 1992 to 2010.
Yury Vasilyevich Malyshev
Yury Vasilyevich Malyshev was born in the village Nikolayevsk, Stalingrad Oblast,USSR on August 27, 1941.
Yury Vasilyevich Malyshev was born in the village Nikolayevsk, Stalingrad Oblast,USSR on August 27, 1941.
Yury Yakovlev
Yury Vasilyevich Yakovlev (Ю́рий Васи́льевич Я́ковлев; born 25 April 1928 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed Soviet film actors.
Yury Vasilyevich Yakovlev (Ю́рий Васи́льевич Я́ковлев; born 25 April 1928 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed Soviet film actors.
Yusif Mammadaliyev
Yusif Haydar oglu Mammadaliyev (Yusif Heydər oğlu Məmmədəliyev;December 31, 1905-December 15, 1961) - Azerbaijani chemist.
Yusif Haydar oglu Mammadaliyev (Yusif Heydər oğlu Məmmədəliyev;December 31, 1905-December 15, 1961) - Azerbaijani chemist.
Zhores Alferov
Zhores Ivanovich Alferov is a Soviet and Russian physicist and academic who contributed significantly to the creation of modern heterostructure physics and electronics.
Zhores Ivanovich Alferov is a Soviet and Russian physicist and academic who contributed significantly to the creation of modern heterostructure physics and electronics.
Zurab Tsereteli
Zurab Konstantines dze Tsereteli is a Georgian-Russian painter, sculptor and architect who holds the office of President of the Russian Academy of Arts.
Zurab Konstantines dze Tsereteli is a Georgian-Russian painter, sculptor and architect who holds the office of President of the Russian Academy of Arts.