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Boris Gromov

1943 - Today

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Boris Vsevolodovich Gromov (Russian: Бори́с Все́володович Гро́мов; born 7 November 1943) is a Russian politician and former military officer. He was the Governor of Moscow Oblast between January 2000 and May 2012. Deployed thrice to fight in the Soviet–Afghan War, Gromov was the last Soviet soldier in Afghanistan on 15 February 1989; he commanded the 40th Army and oversaw the Soviet withdrawal as the last personnel retreated. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Boris Gromov is the 937th most popular military personnel (down from 889th in 2019), the 758th most popular biography from Russia (down from 740th in 2019) and the 65th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Boris Gromov ranks 937 out of 2,058Before him are Princess Pingyang, Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke, Khalil al-Wazir, Friedrich Hossbach, Sosthenes of Macedon, and Friedrich Graf von Wrangel. After him are Nakano Takeko, Aimable Pélissier, Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, Solomon, Sanada Masayuki, and Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Boris Gromov ranks 206Before him are J. T. Walsh, Horst-Dieter Höttges, Terry Eagleton, Nancy Greene Raine, Randy Newman, and Ian Kershaw. After him are Soad Hosny, Lucio Battisti, Nikolay Shmatko, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Edward L. G. Bowell, and Albert Pintat.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Boris Gromov ranks 758 out of 3,761Before him are Georgy Flyorov (1913), Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov (1829), Tatiana Samoilova (1934), Pyotr Bolotnikov (1930), Yevgeny Dragunov (1920), and Ivan Vinogradov (1891). After him are Talabuga (1300), Yury Grigorovich (1927), Elvīra Ozoliņa (1939), Vera Figner (1852), Erich von Drygalski (1865), and Aleksandra Pakhmutova (1929).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Boris Gromov ranks 65Before him are Iosif Gurko (1828), Nikolai Berzarin (1904), Alexey Kaledin (1861), Karl Lennart Oesch (1892), Yekaterina Budanova (1916), and Sergey Biryuzov (1904). After him are Ivan Panfilov (1893), Anatoly Stessel (1848), Maria Bochkareva (1889), Yakov Pavlov (1917), Walter Weiß (1890), and Vasili Mitrokhin (1922).