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Alexander Matrosov

1924 - 1943

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Alexander Matveyevich Matrosov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Матве́евич Матро́сов February 5, 1924 – February 27, 1943) was a Soviet infantry soldier during the Second World War, posthumously awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union reportedly for blocking a German machine-gun with his body. His official Soviet biography states he was born in Yekaterinoslav (now Dnipro). However an evidence emerged that both his name and place of birth were invented by him while he was a street child. There are several versions about his origins. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Matrosov is the 1,199th most popular military personnel (down from 1,126th in 2019), the 409th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 376th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Ukrainian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Alexander Matrosov ranks 1,199 out of 2,058. Before him are Mehmed IV Giray, Monte Melkonian, Ōtomo no Otomaro, Samad bey Mehmandarov, Nikolai Nebogatov, and Máximo Gómez. After him are David Stirling, John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, Yang Kyoungjong, Katō Yoshiaki, Matteo I Visconti, and Nikolai Linevich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Alexander Matrosov ranks 186. Before him are Claude Lefort, Ján Chryzostom Korec, José Donoso, S. N. Goenka, Alice Babs, and Gene Deitch. After him are Guillermo Rodríguez, Aloísio Lorscheider, Ken Tyrrell, Olivier Gendebien, Alain Bombard, and Abderrahmane Youssoufi. Among people deceased in 1943, Alexander Matrosov ranks 102. Before him are Ivo Lola Ribar, Ludwig von Reuter, Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach, Willi Graf, Otto Freundlich, and Otto Rühle. After him are Alojs Andritzki, Daisy, Princess of Pless, Gyula Peidl, Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov, Johann Niemann, and Zabel Yesayan.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Alexander Matrosov ranks 409 out of 1,365. Before him are Yevgenia Bosch (1879), Verka Serduchka (1973), Abba P. Lerner (1903), Vera Kholodnaya (1893), Victor Kravchenko (1905), and Leonid Bykov (1928). After him are Alemdar Mustafa Pasha (1755), Isaak Dunayevsky (1900), Nikolai Linevich (1839), Anthony of Kiev (983), Ivan Poddubny (1871), and Leonid Kanevsky (1939).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Ukraine

Among military personnels born in Ukraine, Alexander Matrosov ranks 32. Before him are Sergey Gorshkov (1910), Valerii Zaluzhnyi (1973), Sergey Kamenev (1881), Pavel Rybalko (1894), Stanisław Maczek (1892), and Danylo Apostol (1654). After him are Nikolai Linevich (1839), Grigory Shtern (1900), Pyotr Koshevoy (1904), Vasyl Makukh (1927), Georgi Todorov (1858), and Polina Gelman (1919).

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