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Aleksandr Vasilevsky

1895 - 1977

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Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevsky (30 September [O.S. 10 September] 1895 – 5 December 1977) was a Soviet general who served as a top commander during World War II and achieved the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union. During World War II, he served as the chief of the General Staff and deputy Minister of Defense, and later served as Minister of Defense from 1949 to 1953. Born in central Russia, Vasilevsky began his military career in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and earned the rank of captain by 1917. After the October Revolution of 1917 and the start of the Russian Civil War, he was conscripted into the Red Army and took part in the Polish-Soviet War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksandr Vasilevsky is the 189th most popular military personnel (down from 148th in 2019), the 169th most popular biography from Russia (down from 139th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

Aleksandr Vasilevsky was a Soviet Field Marshal who is most famous for leading the Red Army to victory in the Battle of Stalingrad during World War II.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Aleksandr Vasilevsky ranks 189 out of 2,058. Before him are Ernst Busch, Alois Brunner, Joachim Peiper, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, and Felix Steiner. After him are Desmond Doss, Paul Hausser, Maxime Weygand, Abraha, Gertrude Bell, and Georg von Küchler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Aleksandr Vasilevsky ranks 34. Before him are Henrik Dam, Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, André Frédéric Cournand, Levi Eshkol, J. Edgar Hoover, and Cemal Gürsel. After him are Cristóbal Balenciaga, Ludvík Svoboda, Machine Gun Kelly, Igor Tamm, Khorloogiin Choibalsan, and Rudolph Valentino. Among people deceased in 1977, Aleksandr Vasilevsky ranks 19. Before him are Lee Miller, Anthony Eden, Roberto Rossellini, Makarios III, Jacques Prévert, and Ernst Bloch. After him are Kurt Schuschnigg, Alexey Stakhanov, Anaïs Nin, Archibald Hill, Howard Hawks, and Joan Crawford.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Aleksandr Vasilevsky ranks 169 out of 3,761. Before him are Ivan Shishkin (1832), Sofia Gubaidulina (1931), Ivan Goncharov (1812), Alexander Kolchak (1874), Felix Steiner (1896), and Anatoly Dyatlov (1931). After him are El Lissitzky (1890), False Dmitry I (1581), Eduard Limonov (1943), Boris Berezovsky (1946), Alexey Stakhanov (1906), and Gala Dalí (1894).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Aleksandr Vasilevsky ranks 13. Before him are Mikhail Tukhachevsky (1893), Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961), Vasily Chuikov (1900), Pyotr Bagration (1765), Semyon Budyonny (1883), and Felix Steiner (1896). After him are Gotthard Heinrici (1886), Andrey Vlasov (1901), Johannes Blaskowitz (1883), Yermak Timofeyevich (1532), Vasily Stalin (1921), and Vasily Blyukher (1889).

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