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Fyodor Tolbukhin

1894 - 1949

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Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin (Russian: Фёдор Ива́нович Толбу́хин; 16 June 1894 – 17 October 1949) was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union. He is regarded as one of the finest Soviet generals of World War II. Born into a peasant family in Yaroslavl, Tolbukhin volunteered for the Imperial Russian Army during the First World War and served with distinction. He joined the Red Army in 1918 and fought in the Russian Civil War. After graduating from the Frunze Military Academy, he held a succession of commands, rising to the post of chief of staff of the Transcaucasian Military District by 1938. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fyodor Tolbukhin is the 355th most popular military personnel (down from 313th in 2019), the 284th most popular biography from Russia (down from 256th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

Tolstoy is most famous for his novel War and Peace.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Fyodor Tolbukhin ranks 355 out of 2,058. Before him are John J. Pershing, Italo Balbo, Leopold Joseph von Daun, Wang Jian, Georg von Frundsberg, and Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby. After him are Qasem Soleimani, Luigi Cadorna, Jonas Savimbi, Mark Milley, Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, and Shunroku Hata.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Fyodor Tolbukhin ranks 37. Before him are Otto Grotewohl, Satyendra Nath Bose, Dashiell Hammett, Benjamin Graham, Arthur Nebe, and Wilhelm Bittrich. After him are Alexander Dovzhenko, Wäinö Aaltonen, Martha Graham, Josef von Sternberg, Elisabeth of Romania, and Nazli Sabri. Among people deceased in 1949, Fyodor Tolbukhin ranks 22. Before him are Klaus Mann, Axel Munthe, Angela Hitler, Elton Mayo, Victor Fleming, and Edward Stettinius Jr.. After him are Nathuram Godse, Kim Koo, Félix d'Herelle, Henri Giraud, Marcel Cerdan, and Niceto Alcalá-Zamora.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Fyodor Tolbukhin ranks 284 out of 3,761. Before him are Dmitry Yazov (1924), Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia (1847), Ivan II of Moscow (1326), Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia (1827), Pitirim Sorokin (1889), and Vasily Vereshchagin (1842). After him are Igor Smirnov (1941), Ivan Silayev (1930), Nikolay Semyonov (1896), Oleg Antonov (1906), Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin (1855), and Arthur Adamov (1908).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Fyodor Tolbukhin ranks 25. Before him are Vasily Blyukher (1889), Nikolai Yudenich (1862), Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856), Valery Gerasimov (1955), Nikolai Vatutin (1901), and Dmitry Yazov (1924). After him are Boris Shaposhnikov (1882), Andrei Grechko (1903), Gerhard Barkhorn (1919), Kirill Meretskov (1897), Leonid Govorov (1897), and Pavel Nakhimov (1802).

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