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Boris Shaposhnikov

1882 - 1945

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Boris Mikhaylovich Shaposhnikov (Russian: Бори́с Миха́йлович Ша́пошников) (2 October [O.S. 20 September] 1882 – 26 March 1945) was a Soviet military officer, theoretician and Marshal of the Soviet Union. He served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1928 to 1931 and at the start of the Second World War. Shaposhnikov was one of the foremost military theorists during the Stalin-era. His most important work, Mozg Armii ("The Brain of the Army"), is considered a landmark in Soviet military theory and doctrine on the organization of the Red Army's General Staff. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Boris Shaposhnikov is the 363rd most popular military personnel (down from 312th in 2019), the 292nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 255th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

Boris Shaposhnikov is most famous for his work on the Soviet Union's military industry during the 1930s. He was the head of the Red Army's artillery department and oversaw the production of weapons during World War II.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Boris Shaposhnikov ranks 363 out of 2,058. Before him are Luigi Cadorna, Jonas Savimbi, Mark Milley, Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, Shunroku Hata, and Duško Popov. After him are Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Guillaume Brune, Walther Wenck, and Ban Chao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Boris Shaposhnikov ranks 50. Before him are A. A. Milne, Moritz Schlick, Nicolai Hartmann, Lluís Companys, Otto Neurath, and Yanka Kupala. After him are Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, Jean Giraudoux, Aleksandra Ekster, Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, August Kopff, and Princess Alexandra of Hanover. Among people deceased in 1945, Boris Shaposhnikov ranks 73. Before him are Otto Neurath, René Lalique, Juana Bormann, Konrad Henlein, Maurice Halbwachs, and Margot Frank. After him are Fumimaro Konoe, Kurt Knispel, Kiril, Prince of Preslav, Edith Frank, Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, and Georg Elser.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Boris Shaposhnikov ranks 292 out of 3,761. Before him are Ivan Silayev (1930), Nikolay Semyonov (1896), Oleg Antonov (1906), Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin (1855), Arthur Adamov (1908), and Alexandre Koyré (1892). After him are Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz (1843), Natalya Naryshkina (1651), Varlam Shalamov (1907), Andrey Markov (1856), Georgy Chicherin (1872), and Nikita Mikhalkov (1945).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Boris Shaposhnikov ranks 26. Before him are Nikolai Yudenich (1862), Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856), Valery Gerasimov (1955), Nikolai Vatutin (1901), Dmitry Yazov (1924), and Fyodor Tolbukhin (1894). After him are Andrei Grechko (1903), Gerhard Barkhorn (1919), Kirill Meretskov (1897), Leonid Govorov (1897), Pavel Nakhimov (1802), and Zinovy Rozhestvensky (1848).

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