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Kirill Meretskov

1897 - 1968

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Kirill Afanasievich Meretskov (Russian: Кири́лл Афана́сьевич Мерецко́в; 7 June [O.S. 26 May] 1897 – 30 December 1968) was a Soviet military commander. Having joined the Communist Party in 1917, he served in the Red Army from 1920. During the Winter War of 1939–1940 against Finland, he had the task of penetrating the Mannerheim Line as commander of the 7th Army. He was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union shortly afterwards. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kirill Meretskov is the 407th most popular military personnel (down from 365th in 2019), the 337th most popular biography from Russia (down from 305th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

Kirill Meretskov is most famous for being a Soviet military commander in World War II.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Kirill Meretskov ranks 407 out of 2,058. Before him are Hans-Valentin Hube, Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, Jean II Le Maingre, Francisco de Miranda, Xanthippus of Carthage, and Honda Tadakatsu. After him are Erich Kempka, Vladimir Gelfand, Otto Kretschmer, Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, and Vasily Sokolovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Kirill Meretskov ranks 50. Before him are Paul Delvaux, John Franklin Enders, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, and Margaret Mahler. After him are Vasily Sokolovsky, Joseph Berchtold, Leonid Govorov, Wilfred Bion, Vito Genovese, and Vlado Chernozemski. Among people deceased in 1968, Kirill Meretskov ranks 33. Before him are Neal Cassady, Alexandre Kojève, Pitirim Sorokin, Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, Howard Florey, and Ivan Ribar. After him are Vasily Sokolovsky, Alice Guy-Blaché, Lucio Fontana, Giovanni Messe, Vittorio Pozzo, and Ramon Novarro.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Kirill Meretskov ranks 337 out of 3,761. Before him are Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (1783), Nikolai Kondratiev (1892), Sergey Ilyushin (1894), Nikolai Trubetzkoy (1890), Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia (1843), and Valery Leontiev (1949). After him are Henri Troyat (1911), Nikolai Rubinstein (1835), Lyudmila Ulitskaya (1943), Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933), Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia (1554), and Mikhail Khodorkovsky (1963).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Kirill Meretskov ranks 29. Before him are Nikolai Vatutin (1901), Dmitry Yazov (1924), Fyodor Tolbukhin (1894), Boris Shaposhnikov (1882), Andrei Grechko (1903), and Gerhard Barkhorn (1919). After him are Leonid Govorov (1897), Pavel Nakhimov (1802), Zinovy Rozhestvensky (1848), Sergei Skripal (1951), Viktor Kulikov (1921), and Alexander Yegorov (1883).

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