April 15, 1894 – September 11, 1971
Soviet communist politician, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, Hero of the Soviet Union and thrice Hero of Socialist Labour

November 23, 1898 – March 31, 1967
Soviet military commander, Minister of Defence of USSR, member of the Central Committee of the CPSU, Marshal of the Soviet Union, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, People's Hero of Yugoslavia

July 16, 1909 – July 18, 1979
Soviet communist politician, Minister for Karelian Affairs of the Finnish Democratic Republic, Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Karelian-Finnish SSR, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Karelian-Finnish SSR, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Karelian ASSR