Gippius, Zinaida Nikolayevna (1869-1945). Writer, wife of Merezh-kovsky; emigrated in 1920.
Golikov, Marshal Filipp Ivanovich (1900-). Soviet military leader; supervised repatriation of Red Army prisoners from Germany.
Golyakov, Ivan Terenlyevich. Presiding judge of Supreme Court under Stalin.
Gorky, Maxim (Peshkov, Aleksei Maksimovich) (1868-1936). Writer; opposed Bolsheviks at first and lived abroad (1921-1928); returned to Russia in 1931; died under mysterious circumstances.
Gots, Abram Rafailovich (1882-1940). A Right Socialist Revolutionary leader; a defendant in 1922 trial.
Govorov, Marshal Leonid Aleksandrovich (1897-1955). Soviet military leader.
Griboyedov, Aleksandr Sergeyevich (1795-1829). Playwright and diplomat.
Grigorenko, Pyotr Grigoryevich (1907-). Former Red Army general, became a dissident in 1961; in mental asylums since 1969.
Grigoryev, Iosif Fyodorovich (1890-1949). Prominent Soviet geologist.
Grin (Grinovsky), Aleksandr Stepanovich (1880-1932). Writer of romantic, fantastic adventure stories.
Grinevitsky, Ignati Ioakhimovich (1856-1881). Revolutionary, member of Narodnaya Volya group. Threw bomb that killed Alexander II March 13, 1881; was himself mortally wounded.
Groman, Vladimir Gustavovich (1873-?). High Soviet economic official; a defendant in 1931 trial of Mensheviks.
Gromyko, Andrei Andreyevich (1909-). Soviet diplomat; former ambassador to United States and delegate to United Nations; Foreign Minister since 1957.
Gul (Goul), Roman Borisovich (1896-). Emigre writer of historical works; editor of Novy Zhurnal, a magazine published in New York.
Gumilyev, Nikolai Stepanovich (1886-1921). Acmeist poet, first husband of Akhmatova; accused in anti-Soviet plot and executed.
Herzen, Aleksandr Ivanovich (1812-1870). Liberal writer.
llin, Ivan Aleksandrovich (1882-1954). Mystic philosopher, exiled in 1922.
Ivan Kalita (7-1340). Founder of Grand Duchy of Muscovy.
Ivanov-Razumnik (Ivanov, Razumnik Vasilyevich) (1876-1946). Left Socialist Revolutionary; served in Tsarist prison (1901) and in Soviet labor camps; went to Germany in 1941.
Izgoyev (Lande), Aleksandr Solomonovich (1872-C.1938). A Right Cadet writer; expelled from Soviet Union in 1922.
Izmailov, Nikolai Vasilyevich (1893-). Soviet literary scholar, editor of Pushkin’s works.
Kaganovich, Lazar Moiseyevich (1893-). Close associate of Stalin, in charge of railroads. Ousted from leadership in 1957.
Kalinin, Mikhail Ivanovich (1875-1946). Nominal President of Soviet Union (1919-1946), first as Chairman of All-Russian Central Executive Committee until 1922, then as Chairman of Central Executive Committee of U.S.S.R., and after 1938 as Chairman of Presidium of Supreme Soviet.
Kamenev (Rosenfeld), Lev Borisovich (1883-1936). Prominent Bolshevik leader, expelled from Party in 1927, readmitted and re-expelled; executed after 1936 show trial.
Kaplan, Fanya (Dora) (1888-1918). A Left Socialist Revolutionary; executed after unsuccessful attempt on Lenin’s life in 1918.
Karakozov, Dmitri Vladimirovich (1840-1866). Revolutionary; executed after unsuccessful attempt on life of Alexander II in 1866.
Karsavin, Lev Platonovich (1882-1952). Mystic philosopher; expert on medieval history; exiled in 1922.
Kasso, Lev Aristidovich (1865-1914). Reactionary Minister of Education under Nicholas II.
Katanyan, Ruben Pavlovich (1881-1966). Soviet state prosecuting official in 1920’s and 1930’s; arrested 1938.
Kazakov, Ignati Nikolayevich (1891-1938). Physician accused of having murdered Soviet officials through use of “lysates” (antibodies); shot after 1938 show trial.
Kerensky, Aleksandr Fyodorovich (1881-1970). A Socialist Revolutionary leader; headed Provisional Government, July to November, 1917; fled to France; died in New York.
Khrustalev-Nosar, Georgi Stepanovich (1877-1918). Elected Chairman of St. Petersburg Soviet of Workers’ Deputies in 1905; opposed Bolsheviks in Ukraine in 1918; shot by Bolsheviks.
Kirov (Kostrikov), Sergei Mironovich (1886-1934). Close Stalin associate; his murder in Leningrad, reputedly inspired by Stalin, set off wave of mass reprisals.
Kishkin, Nikolai Mikhailovich (1864-1930). A leader of Constitutional Democratic Party; a defendant in 1921 trial of famine-relief aides.
Kizevetter (Kiesewetter), Aleksandr Aleksandrovich (1866-1933). Cadet leader and historian; expelled in 1922; lived in Prague.
Klyuchevsky, Vasily Osipovich (1841-1911). Prominent historian.
Klyuyev, Nikolai Alekseyevich (1887-1937). Peasant poet; glorified ancient Russian values, opposing Western cultural influences; exiled to Siberia in early 1930’s.
Kolchak, Aleksandr Vasilyevich (1873-1920). Tsarist admiral; led anti-Bolshevik forces in Siberia, 1918-1920; executed.
Koltsov, Nikolai Konstantinovich (1872-1940). Prominent biologist; founded experimental school in Russian biology.
Kondratyev, Nikolai Dmitriyevich (1892-?). Agricultural economist; figure in Working Peasants Party case in 1931.
Kornilov, Lavr Georgiyevich (1870-1918). Commander in Chief of Russian forces under Provisional Government; led revolt against Kerensky in August, 1917; fought Bolsheviks in Don area; killed in battle.
Korolenko, Vladimir Galaktionovich (1853-1921). Peasant democratic writer; persecuted under Tsars; viewed as bourgeois by Bolsheviks.
Kosarev, Aleksandr Vasilyevich (1903-1939). Leader of the Komsomol, 1929-1938.
Kosior, Stanislav Vikenfyevich (1889-1939). Ukrainian Bolshevik leader; shot in purges.
Kozyrev, Nikolai Aleksandrovich (1908-). Astronomer; in prison, 1937-1948.
Krasikov, Pyotr Ananyevich (1870-1939). Old Bolshevik; prosecuting and justice official in 1920’s and 1930’s.
Krasnov (Levitin), Anatoly Emanuilovich (19IS-). Religious writer; imprisoned under Stalin; in dissident movement after 1960.
Krasnov, Pyotr Nikolayevich (1869-1947). Don Cossack leader; emigrated in 1919; led pro-German Russian units in World War II; handed over by Allies after war and executed in Soviet Union.
Krestinsky, Nikolai Nikolayevich (1883-1938). Bolshevik Party official and diplomat; shot after 1938 show trial.
Kruglov, Sergei Nikiforovich (1903-). Minister of Interior, 1946-1956.
Krylenko, Nikolai Vasilyevich (1885-1938). Chief state prosecutor, 1918-1931; later People’s Commissar of Justice; shot in 1938.
Krylov, Ivan Andreyevich (1769-1844). Noted fabulist.
Kuibyshev, Valerian Vladimirovich (1888-1935). Prominent economic planning official; died under mysterious circumstances.
Kupriyanov, G. N. Karelian Party official; arrested in 1949.
Kursky, Dmitri Ivanovich (1874-1932). People’s Commissar of Justice, 1918-1928; envoy to Italy, 1928-1932.
Kuskova, Yekaterina Dmitriyevna (1869-1958). Cadet, later SR; figure in Famine Relief case 1921; exiled in 1922.
Kuznetsov, Aleksei Aleksandrovich (1905-1950). Lieutenant general, one of the organizers of the defense of Leningrad, Secretary of the Central Committee, convicted in connection with the Leningrad Affair.
Kuznetsov, Col. Gen. Vasily Ivanovich (1894-1964). Soviet military leader in World War II.
Lapshin, Ivan Ivanovich (1870-1948). Philosopher; exiled in 1922 to Prague, where he died.
Larichev, Viktor A. (1887-?). Chairman, Main Fuels Committee; figure in Promparty trial in 1930.
Larin, Y. (Lurye, Mikhail Aleksandrovich) (1882-1932). Agricultural economist; former Menshevik; helped found Soviet planning system.
Latsis (Lads), Martyn Ivanovich (Sudrabs, Yan Fridrikhovich) (1888—1941). Early Cheka official, 1917-1921; director, Plekhanov Economics Institute, 1932-1937; arrested 1937.
Lelyushenko, Dmitri Danilovich (1901-). Soviet World War II leader.