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Leonid Govorov

1897 - 1955

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Leonid Aleksandrovich Govorov (Russian: Леони́д Алекса́ндрович Го́воров; 22 February [O.S. 10 February] 1897 – 19 March 1955) was a Soviet military commander. Trained as an artillery officer, he joined the Red Army in 1920. He graduated from several Soviet military academies, including the Military Academy of Red Army General Staff. He participated in the Winter War of 1939–1940 against Finland as a senior artillery officer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leonid Govorov is the 431st most popular military personnel (down from 370th in 2019), the 356th most popular biography from Russia (down from 315th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

Leonid Gavrilovich Gavrilov is most famous for his work in the field of physiology and medicine. In particular, he is known for his work on the regulation of body temperature. He is also known for his discovery of the role of the hypothalamus in regulating body temperature.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Leonid Govorov ranks 431 out of 2,058. Before him are Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, La Hire, Bahram Chobin, Tarrare, Li Mu, and Nicolas Chauvin. After him are Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, Vjekoslav Luburić, George I Rákóczi, Pavel Nakhimov, Giovanni Messe, and Walter Nowotny.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Leonid Govorov ranks 53. Before him are Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, Margaret Mahler, Kirill Meretskov, Vasily Sokolovsky, and Joseph Berchtold. After him are Wilfred Bion, Vito Genovese, Vlado Chernozemski, Emil Maurice, Gershom Scholem, and Ye Jianying. Among people deceased in 1955, Leonid Govorov ranks 31. Before him are Carmen Miranda, Hermann Weyl, Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein, Michael Chekhov, and Mihály Károlyi. After him are Major Ritchie, Oswald Avery, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, Cordell Hull, Rodolphe Seeldrayers, and Alexandros Papagos.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Leonid Govorov ranks 356 out of 3,761. Before him are Alexander Stepanovich Popov (1859), Edith Södergran (1892), Oleg Gordievsky (1938), Dmitry Ustinov (1908), Lovis Corinth (1858), and Yevdokiya Lopukhina (1669). After him are Karl Bryullov (1799), Alexander Litvinenko (1962), Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia (1876), Lila Kedrova (1918), Anton Arensky (1861), and Patriarch Nikon of Moscow (1605).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Leonid Govorov ranks 30. Before him are Dmitry Yazov (1924), Fyodor Tolbukhin (1894), Boris Shaposhnikov (1882), Andrei Grechko (1903), Gerhard Barkhorn (1919), and Kirill Meretskov (1897). After him are Pavel Nakhimov (1802), Zinovy Rozhestvensky (1848), Sergei Skripal (1951), Viktor Kulikov (1921), Alexander Yegorov (1883), and Dmitry Pozharsky (1577).

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