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Nikolai Kuznetsov

1904 - 1974

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Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (Russian: Никола́й Гера́симович Кузнецо́в; 24 July 1904 – 6 December 1974) was a Soviet naval officer who achieved the rank of Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union and served as People's Commissar of the Navy during the Winter War and the Second World War. The N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy and the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, as well as the Kuznetsov-class carrier class, are named in his honor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolai Kuznetsov is the 776th most popular military personnel (down from 418th in 2019), the 632nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 355th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Russian Military Personnel.

Nikolai Kuznetsov is most famous for being the first man to walk in space.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Nikolai Kuznetsov ranks 776 out of 2,058. Before him are Juan José Flores, Ludwig von Benedek, Casimir Pulaski, Otozō Yamada, Minamoto no Yorimitsu, and George W. Casey Jr.. After him are Harold Lowe, Wilhelm Rediess, Inaros II, Boris Sheremetev, Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, and Peter Townsend.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Nikolai Kuznetsov ranks 84. Before him are Arshile Gorky, Ralph Bellamy, Lyudmila Rudenko, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, José Antonio Aguirre, and Edmund Veesenmayer. After him are Emilio Fernández, Greer Garson, Hans Hartung, Shunryū Suzuki, Walther Hewel, and Oskar R. Lange. Among people deceased in 1974, Nikolai Kuznetsov ranks 64. Before him are Anne Sexton, Pietro Germi, Vladimir Fock, Candy Darling, Samuel Goldwyn, and James J. Braddock. After him are Josef Krips, Lajos Zilahy, Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Jean Absil, René Spitz, and Gino Cervi.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nikolai Kuznetsov ranks 632 out of 3,761. Before him are Vasily Degtyaryov (1880), Tode Mongke (1282), Lilya Brik (1891), Valery Gergiev (1953), Vasily Alekseyev (1942), and Vladislav Volkov (1935). After him are Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia (1826), Pavel Axelrod (1850), Lyubov Orlova (1902), Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver (1301), Boris Sheremetev (1652), and Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia (1858).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Nikolai Kuznetsov ranks 53. Before him are Markian Popov (1902), Mikhail Skobelev (1843), Sergey Akhromeyev (1923), Werner Ostendorff (1903), Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev (1843), and Dietrich von Saucken (1892). After him are Boris Sheremetev (1652), Nikolay Gumilyov (1886), Nikolai Ogarkov (1917), Mikhail Miloradovich (1771), Nikolay Voronov (1899), and Iosif Gurko (1828).

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