Soviet atheists

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.

leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022)

Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)

leader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964

Russian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space (born 1937)

Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist (1921–1989)

Soviet composer and pianist (1906-1975)

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

Soviet theoretical physicist (1908–1968)

Soviet politician and NKVD police chief

Soviet Armenian composer (1903–1978)

Russian revolutionary, politician and chess organiser (1885-1938)

Soviet historian

Russian politician (1891-1938)

Soviet politician (1887–1972)

Soviet historian

Russian lawyer, journalist, writer and organizer