Jan Palach

Jan Palach

male, deceased (1969)
Jan Palach was a Czech student who committed suicide by self-immolation as a political protest. The Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in August...
Ivan Konev

Ivan Konev

male, deceased (1973)
Ivan Stepanovich Konev, was a Soviet military commander, who led Red Army forces on the Eastern Front during World War II, liberated much of...
Urho Kekkonen

Urho Kekkonen

male, deceased (1986)
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (September 3, 1900 Pielavesi - August 31, 1986 Helsinki) was a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland...
Viktor Kulikov

Viktor Kulikov

male, 88 years old
Viktor Georgiyevich Kulikov (born July 5, 1921) was the Warsaw Pact commander-in-chief from 1977 to 1989. He has held the title of the Marshal of...

Ivan Gašparovič

male, 68 years old
Ivan Gašparovič, Slovak politician and law professor, became President of Slovakia on June 15, 2004. Gašparovič was born in Poltár, near Lučen...

Gennadi Gerasimov

male, 79 years old
Gennadi (or Gennady) Ivanovich Gerasimov was the Soviet ambassador to Portugal and then-occupied Afghanistan, afterwards foreign spokesman for...

Vasil Biľak

male, 92 years old
RSDr. Vasil Biľak was Slovak Communist leader of Rusyn origin. Vasil Biľak was originally a tailor. In the years 1955–1968 and 1969–1971 he was a...

Ryszard Kukliński

male, deceased (2004)
Ryszard Jerzy Kukliński was a Polish colonel and Cold War spy. Motivated by the desire to promote the Polish national interest, he passed top s...
Alan Levy

Alan Levy

male, deceased (2004)
Alan Levy was an American author. Alan Levy was born in New York City in 1932 and educated at Brown and Columbia universities. He worked seven...
Ivan Yakubovsky

Ivan Yakubovsky

male, deceased (1976)
Ivan Ignatyevich Yakubovsky (January 7, 1912 - November 30, 1976) was a Marshal of the Soviet Union, serving as commander-in-chief of the Warsaw...