Burials at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis

founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was a Soviet revolutionary and politician who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held office as general secretary of the Communist Party from 1922 to 1952 and as premier from 1941 until his death. Despite initially governing the country as part of a collective leadership, he eventually consolidated power to become a dictator by the 1930s. Stalin codified the Communist Party's official interpretation of Marxism as Marxism–Leninism, and his version of it is referred to as Stalinism.

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who, aboard the first successful crewed spaceflight, became the first person to journey into outer space. Travelling on Vostok 1, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961, with his flight taking 108 minutes. By achieving this major milestone for the Soviet Union amidst the Space Race, he became an international celebrity and was awarded many medals and titles, including his country's highest distinction: Hero of the Soviet Union.

Russian and Soviet writer (1868–1936)

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1906–1982)

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1914–1984)

Communist activist, and advocate for women's rights (1857–1933)

Marshal of the Soviet Union (1896-1974)

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1911-1985)

Russian revolutionary and politician (1869-1939)

Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer (1907-1966)

Bolshevik revolutionary and founder of the first Soviet secret police organs (1877-1926)

Soviet politician (1875–1946)

Soviet marshal and politician

Soviet and Polish military commander (1896-1968)

Soviet politician and Bolshevik revolutionary (1886–1934)

Russian Soviet revolutionary, politician and writer (1875–1933)

Soviet nuclear physicist (1903-1960)

Soviet politician (1904-1980)

Soviet military commander (1897-1973)

Soviet cosmonaut (1927–1967)

Soviet army officer (1885–1925)

Soviet marshal (1883-1973)

Marshal of the Soviet Union (1895-1977)

Marshal of the Soviet Union (1897-1982)

Soviet military commander

Soviet military commander (1895-1970)

Soviet politician (1896-1948)

Soviet politician (1886-1937)

Soviet military commander and politician (1908-1984)

Soviet-era statesman (1902-1982)

Soviet marshal (1897–1955)

American journalist, poet, and communist activist

Soviet marshal (1897–1968)

Marshal of the Soviet Union (1882-1945)

Soviet politician

Soviet politician, jurist and diplomat (1883-1954)

French communist politician, editor

Soviet marshal

Soviet marshal (1897–1968)

Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union (1894-1949)

Marshal of the Soviet Union (1892-1970)

Soviet aviator, Hero of the Soviet Union (1904-1938)

Finnish communist

Founder of three Soviet Russian all-female air regiments (1912-1943)

Soviet military commander (1904－1964)

Soviet politician (1888-1935)

Soviet mathematician and physicist (1911-1978)

Soviet cosmonaut (1935–1971)

Soviet cosmonaut (1928-1971)

Soviet politician (1873-1966)

Soviet cosmonaut (1933–1971)

Soviet military commander (1903-1972)

Soviet military commander, Marshal of the Soviet Union (1912-1976)

Soviet military commander (1898-1972)

Soviet politician, chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1888–1970)

Russian revolutionary (1870-1926)

Soviet aviator

Soviet marshal (1899–1968)

Russian historian (1868–1932)