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Nikolai Volkoff

1947 - 2018

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Josip Hrvoje Peruzović (October 14, 1947 – July 29, 2018), better known by his ring name Nikolai Volkoff, was a Croatian-American professional wrestler from Yugoslavia, best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation where he usually played a Soviet heel. In the 1970s, Peruzović was Bepo of the Mongols tag team, one of the masked Executioners and feuded with Bruno Sammartino over the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship as Volkoff. In the 1980s, he tag teamed with the Iron Sheik and won the WWF Tag Team Championship at the inaugural WrestleMania event, and then with Boris Zhukov as The Bolsheviks. In 1990, Volkoff turned face and defected to America, briefly feuding with Zhukov and newly-heel Iraqi sympathizer Sgt. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolai Volkoff is the 181st most popular wrestler (down from 142nd in 2019), the 293rd most popular biography from Croatia (up from 322nd in 2019) and the most popular Croatian Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Nikolai Volkoff ranks 181 out of 1,027. Before him are Tyrus, Axel Cadier, Bertil Antonsson, Frithiof Mårtensson, Georg Gehring, and Ödön Zombori. After him are Mahmut Atalay, Pedro Morales, Daniel Robin, Shinobu Sekine, Ismail Abilov, and Petar Kirov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Nikolai Volkoff ranks 546. Before him are Haim Katz, Bill Smitrovich, Mark Dvoretsky, Job Cohen, Terje Rypdal, and Svetlana Bojković. After him are Ottis Toole, Peter Osgood, Tracey Walter, Érik Orsenna, Þorsteinn Pálsson, and John Ratzenberger. Among people deceased in 2018, Nikolai Volkoff ranks 351. Before him are Fernando Serena, José Antonio Zaldúa, Mario Segale, Doina Cornea, Carla Marangoni, and Toshiko Fujita. After him are Oleg Anofriyev, Jacques Higelin, Kader Khan, David Cherkassky, Daniel Robin, and Shinobu Sekine.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Nikolai Volkoff ranks 293 out of 700. Before him are Ivano Balić (1979), Stipe Pletikosa (1979), Milan Damjanović (1943), Velimir Zajec (1956), Tihomir Orešković (1966), and Ezio Loik (1919). After him are Ranko Marinković (1913), Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski (1816), Miroslav Kraljević (1885), Zoran Vulić (1961), Nikica Valentić (1950), and Antonio Vojak (1904).

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Among WRESTLERS In Croatia

Among wrestlers born in Croatia, Nikolai Volkoff ranks 1. After him are Vlado Lisjak (1962).

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