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Nadezhda Durova

1783 - 1866

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Alexander Andreevich Alexandrov (Russian: Александръ Александровъ; born Nadezhda Andreyevna Durova; September 17, 1783 – March 21, 1866) was a Russian cavalry soldier and writer who participated in the Napoleonic Wars. Alexandrov was assigned female at birth, but presented as a man for his entire adult life. At twenty-three, Alexandrov fled his home, and enlisted in an uhlan (light cavalry) regiment, dressing as a male soldier and taking on the name Alexander Sokolov. He served from 1806 to 1816, and received the Cross of St. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nadezhda Durova is the 1,414th most popular military personnel (down from 1,130th in 2019), the 1,199th most popular biography from Russia (down from 962nd in 2019) and the 104th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Nadezhda Durova ranks 1,414 out of 2,058. Before her are Herman Kahn, August von Werder, Fritz Julius Kuhn, Walter Short, August Kork, and Karl von Einem. After her are Dmitry Milyutin, Sun Chuanfang, Estácio de Sá, Josef Kammhuber, Mikhail Diterikhs, and Eino Rahja.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1783, Nadezhda Durova ranks 30. Before her are Julius Klaproth, Charles-Louis Havas, Charles Julien Brianchon, Cheung Po Tsai, Frédéric de Lafresnaye, and Erik Gustaf Geijer. After her are Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel, Guglielmo Pepe, Joaquina Vedruna de Mas, Pattimura, John Crawfurd, and José de la Riva Agüero. Among people deceased in 1866, Nadezhda Durova ranks 27. Before her are Luigi Carlo Farini, Adrien-François Servais, Mikhail Muravyov-Vilensky, Thuwaini bin Said, Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, and John McDouall Stuart. After her are Jan Kalivoda, Manuel Bulnes, Theodor Kotschy, Jules Dupuit, Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, and Christian Albrecht Bluhme.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nadezhda Durova ranks 1,199 out of 3,761. Before her are August von Werder (1808), Boris Yegorov (1937), Nikita Simonyan (1926), Sergei Korsakoff (1854), Mikhail Petrashevsky (1821), and Evgraf Fedorov (1853). After her are Dmitry Milyutin (1816), Vasily Mishin (1917), Nikolai Noskov (1956), Margarita Terekhova (1942), Lyudmila Zhuravleva (1946), and Mikhail Diterikhs (1874).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Nadezhda Durova ranks 104. Before her are Sergei Shtemenko (1907), Alexey Maresyev (1916), Serhiy Tkach (1952), Paul Gorguloff (1895), Dmitry Lelyushenko (1901), and August von Werder (1808). After her are Dmitry Milyutin (1816), Mikhail Diterikhs (1874), Eino Rahja (1885), Pavel Batov (1897), Vladimir Kappel (1883), and Valentin Varennikov (1923).

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