David Dragunsky, chairman — Colonel-General, Hero of the Soviet Union (twice) S.L. Zivs, v.c. — doctor of jurisprudence M. B. Krupkin, v.c. — vice-chairman of Agenstvo Pechati Novosti (APN) publishing house, director of department of Literaturnaya Gazeta Elina Bystritskaya, actress I. P. Belyayev — doctor of economics Yury A. Kolesnikov — writer M. I. Kabachnik, academician, Hero of Socialist Labor Teodor Oizerman — philosopher and academician V. N. Kudryavtsev — member of the Academy of sciences of the USSR Matvey Blanter — composer, Hero of Socialist Labor Angelina Stepanova — artist, Hero of Socialist Labor Tatyana Lioznova — film director, the State Award nominee B. S. Sheinin — cinematographer A. K. Marinich — director of a kolkhoz, Hero of Socialist Labor G. B. Gofman — writer, Hero of the Soviet Union Caesar Solodar — writer Aron Vergelis — poet G. O. Zimanas — professor Yakov Fishman, the chief rabbi of Moscow (died a few months after the creation of the committee).[5] Adolf Shayevich, the chief rabbi of Moscow (declared on 1989-01-01 that he was no longer a member)[6]