MILITARY PERSONNEL

Maria Bochkareva

1889 - 1920

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María Leontievna Bochkareva (July 1889 – 16 May 1920; Russian: Мари́я Лео́нтьевна Бочкарёва, romanized: Maria Leontievna Bochkareva, née Frolkova (Фролко́ва), nicknamed Yashka) was a Russian soldier who fought in World War I and formed the Women's Battalion. She was the first Russian woman to command a military unit. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Bochkareva is the 975th most popular military personnel (up from 1,062nd in 2019), the 792nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 894th in 2019) and the 68th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Maria Bochkareva ranks 975 out of 2,058Before her are Alexios Strategopoulos, Frank Serpico, Ilmari Juutilainen, Thomas J. Hudner Jr., Khaydhar ibn Kawus al-Afshin, and Charles II, Duke of Guelders. After her are Federico Gravina, Paik Sun-yup, Hans von Obstfelder, Yağısıyan, Yazid ibn al-Muhallab, and Leo of Tripoli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Maria Bochkareva ranks 101Before her are Lev Karakhan, Amadeo Bordiga, Subhi Bey Barakat, Ernst Reuter, Dietrich Kraiss, and Alma Karlin. After her are Achille Starace, Gabriel Hanot, Bella Rosenfeld, K. B. Hedgewar, Ralph Craig, and Antonio Caggiano. Among people deceased in 1920, Maria Bochkareva ranks 43Before her are Lothar von Trotha, Odoardo Beccari, Levi P. Morton, Vladimir Purishkevich, Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg, and Alexius Meinong. After her are Germanus V of Constantinople, Jacob Schiff, Matthías Jochumsson, Joseph Trumpeldor, Paul Adam, and Nikolai Korotkov.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Maria Bochkareva ranks 792 out of 3,761Before her are Anna Vyrubova (1884), Eduard Streltsov (1937), Nikolai Severtzov (1827), Viktor Gorbatko (1934), Boris Podolsky (1896), and Mikhail Pletnev (1957). After her are Sergei Ivanovich Mosin (1849), Olga Rozanova (1886), Pavel Belyayev (1925), Anatoly Berezovoy (1942), Nikolai Polikarpov (1892), and Princess Olga Paley (1865).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Maria Bochkareva ranks 68Before her are Karl Lennart Oesch (1892), Yekaterina Budanova (1916), Sergey Biryuzov (1904), Boris Gromov (1943), Ivan Panfilov (1893), and Anatoly Stessel (1848). After her are Yakov Pavlov (1917), Walter Weiß (1890), Vasili Mitrokhin (1922), Joseph Trumpeldor (1880), Aleksandr Dvornikov (1961), and Pavel Rotmistrov (1901).