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Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dzе Jughashvili; 18 December [O.S. 6 December] 1878 – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and political leader who governed the Soviet ...
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Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak (Russian: Лидия Владимировна Литвяк; 18 August 1921, in Moscow – 1 August 1943, in Krasnyi Luch), also known as Lilya, was a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World ...
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Konstantin Konstantinovich (Xaverevich) Rokossovsky (Russian: Константин Константинович Рокоссовский; Polish: Konstanty Rokossowski; 21 December 1896 – 3 August 1968) was a Soviet and Polish officer ...
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Lev Davidovich Bronstein (7 November [O.S. 26 October] 1879 – 21 August 1940), better known as Leon Trotsky (), was a Russian revolutionary, political theorist and politician. Ideologically a ...
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Natalya Fyodorovna Kravtsova née Meklin (Russian: Наталья Фёдоровна Меклин; 8 September 1922 – 5 June 2005) was a flight commander in the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, one of the three ...
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Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (Russian: Георгий Константинович Жуков, 1 December 1896 – 18 June 1974) was a Soviet general and Marshal of the Soviet Union. He also served as Chief of the General Staff ...
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Valery Pavlovich Chkalov (Russian: Валерий Павлович Чкалов, 2 February [O.S. 20 January] 1904 – 15 December 1938) was a test pilot awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (1936).
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Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov, born Kirill (Russian: Константин Михайлович Симонов, 28 November [O.S. 15 November] 1915 – 28 August 1979), was a Soviet author and a war poet. He was a playwright ...
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Kim Il-sung (Korean: 김일성, born Kim Sŏng-ju (김성주), 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a politician and the founder of North Korea, which he ruled from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death ...
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Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (Russian: Леонид Ильич Брежнев, Ukrainian: Леонід Ілліч Брежнєв, 19 December 1906 – 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who led the Soviet Union as General Secretary of ...
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Mariya Ivanovna Dolina (Ukrainian: Марія Іванівна Доліна, Russian: Мария Ивановна Долина; 18 December 1922 – 3 March 2010) was a Pe-2 pilot and deputy squadron commander in the women's 125th “Marina M ...
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Aleksey Petrovich Maresyev (Russian: Алексей Петрович Маресьев; 05 May 1916 – 19 May 2001) was a Russian military pilot who became a Soviet fighter ace during World War II despite becoming a double amputee ...
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Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevsky (Russian: Александр Михайлович Василевский; 30 September 1895 – 5 December 1977) was a Soviet general who served as a top commander during World War II and achieved the ...
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Vassili Grigoryevich Zaitsev (Russian: Васи́лий Григо́рьевич За́йцев, 23 March 1915 – 15 December 1991) was a Soviet sniper during World War II. Prior to 10 November 1942, he killed 32 Axis soldiers ...
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Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (15 June [O.S. 2 June] 1914– 9 February 1984) was the sixth paramount leader of the Soviet Union and the fourth General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet ...
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Anatoly Konstantinovich Serov (Russian: Анатолий Константинович Серов; 2 April [O.S. 20 March] 1910 – 11 May 1939) was a Soviet fighter pilot credited with becoming a flying ace during ...
Soviet Po-2 navigator in WWII and Hero of Kazakhstan
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Khiuaz Kairovna Dospanova (Cyrillic: Хиуаз Каировна Доспанова) was a Kazakh pilot who served in World War II in the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, nicknamed the "Night Witches." She was the only Kazakh woman ...