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Alexander Gorbatov

1891 - 1973

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Alexander Vasilyevich Gorbatov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Горба́тов; 21 March 1891 – 7 December 1973) was a Russian and Soviet officer who served as an officer in the Imperial Russian Army during the First World War and as a colonel-general in the Red Army during the Second World War, and was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Following the war, Gorbatov served as a Soviet commandant in Soviet-occupied Germany and East Germany and ultimately retired as a four-star general at the rank of General of the Army. His acclaimed autobiography, entitled "Years off My Life" was published in 1964. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Gorbatov is the 1,683rd most popular military personnel (up from 1,729th in 2019), the 1,560th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,660th in 2019) and the 127th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Alexander Gorbatov ranks 1,683 out of 2,058Before him are Tomás de Zumalacárregui, Miguel Grau Seminario, J. Lawton Collins, Thomas Gage, Ma Zhongying, and Nikolay Shchors. After him are Eddie Slovik, Mahamat Déby, Kakutsa Cholokashvili, Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Hans von Rosen, and Maha Bandula.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Alexander Gorbatov ranks 197Before him are William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, Harald Öhquist, Oreste Puliti, Zoltán Mechlovits, Franz Babinger, and Mary Browne. After him are Anatoly Pepelyayev, Emil Julius Gumbel, Eva Kotchever, Otilio Ulate Blanco, Mae Busch, and Nikoloz Muskhelishvili. Among people deceased in 1973, Alexander Gorbatov ranks 184Before him are Arcadio Larraona Saralegui, Hendrik Isemborghs, Gustaf Molander, Lauritz Melchior, Emil Voigt, and James Anderson. After him are Otilio Ulate Blanco, Nikolay Kamov, Åke Borg, David Murray, Masayuki Mori, and Leonid Stein.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Gorbatov ranks 1,560 out of 3,761Before him are Vladimir Toporov (1928), Stanislav Lyubshin (1933), Andrei Bitov (1937), Vladimir Sokoloff (1889), Vladimir Gardin (1877), and Yevgeny Morgunov (1927). After him are Anatoly Pepelyayev (1891), Vitaly Solomin (1941), Alexander Lebedev (1959), Lydia Lopokova (1892), Valeri Brainin (1948), and Dmitry Rybolovlev (1966).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Alexander Gorbatov ranks 127Before him are Viktor Zolotov (1954), Filipp Oktyabrsky (1899), Yevfimiy Putyatin (1803), Vasily Gordov (1896), Aleksandr Baryatinsky (1815), and Vladimir Tributs (1900). After him are Nadezhda Popova (1921), Semyon Bogdanov (1894), Dmitry Senyavin (1763), Pyotr Gavrilov (1900), Ivan Maslennikov (1900), and Nikolai Iudovich Ivanov (1851).