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Joseph
Stalin |
1879
- 1953 |
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Soviet
Dictator and Commander in Chief of the Red Army.
Having drastically reduced the effectiveness of
the Red Army by executing most of its more able
commanders shortly before the war, Stalin tried
in vain to stall the German invasion of the USSR
by placating Hitler in any way possible. Stalin
was probably the most evil person to have lived
this century. He was totally ruthless and thought
nothing of sacrificing hundreds of thousands of
his own troops as cannon-fodder. |
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Viachislav
Molotov |
1890
- 1986 |
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Soviet
Commissar for Foreign Affairs. Molotov was instrumental
in the signing of non-agression pacts with both
Germany and Japan. He was involved in virtually
all meetings outside the USSR and often took the
place of Stalin during Allied conferences in Moscow. |
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Marshal
Alexander Vasilievsky |
1895
- 1977 |
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Chief
of General Staff of the Red Army. Vasilievsky
took an active role in the planning and co-ordination
of most strategic operations during the
war. |
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Marshal
Georgi Zhukov |
1896-
1974 |
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Deputy
Supreme Commander in Chief of the Red Army. Zhukov
directed the defence of Moscow against the German
Army in 1941. Susequently he was instrumental
in organizing the successful Soviet counter-offensive
which ultimately led to the downfall of the Wehrmacht. |
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Lavrenty
Beria |
1899
- 1954 |
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Head
of Soviet intelligence organization, the
NKVD. Beria was also responsible for propaganda,
partisan activities and Soviet prisoner of war
camps. |
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Marshal
Boris Shaposhnikov |
1882
- 1945 |
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Soviet
Chief of General Staff before Vasilievsky took
over when Shaposhnikov became ill in November
1941. |
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Georgy
Malenkov |
1902
- 1988 |
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Responsible
for equipment production for the Red Army and
various political and economic affairs. |
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Admiral
Nikolai Kuznetsov |
1902
- 1974 |
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Commander
in Chief of the Soviet Navy. |
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Col.
General Aleksandr Novikov |
1900
- 1976 |
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Commander
in Chief of the Soviet Air Force (VVS). |
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Marshal
Semyon Timoshenko |
1895
- 1970 |
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Commissar
of Defence responsible for the re-organization
of the Red Army. |
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