Soviet Union

People 7

• VMVyacheslav Molotovforeign minister1 sourceSoviet politician who served as foreign minister of the Soviet Union and signed the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact with Nazi Germany.
• AMAnastas Mikoyanin charge of food1 sourceArmenian-born Soviet politician and veteran Bolshevik who headed Soviet food supply in the 1920s and oversaw Soviet foreign policy in 1956.
• GZGeorgy Zhukovdefence minister1 sourceSoviet marshal and defence minister who commanded Red Army forces in the Second World War, including the victory over Nazi Germany.
• JSJoseph Stalinleader1 sourceSoviet leader and dictator who ruled the Soviet Union from the 1920s until his death in 1953, serving as General Secretary of the Communist Party.
• MSMikhail Suslovchief communist ideologue1 sourceSoviet communist ideologue and longtime Central Committee secretary who served as the Communist Party's chief guardian of ideological orthodoxy.
• NKNikita Khrushchevleader1 sourceSoviet leader who served as first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and premier of the Soviet government, succeeding Stalin and denouncing Stalinism.
• YAYuri Andropovgeneral secretary1 sourceSoviet politician who led the KGB and later served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, leading the Soviet Union from 1982 to 1984.