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Pavel Nakhimov

1802 - 1855

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Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov (Russian: Павел Степанович Нахимов, pronounced [ˈpavʲɪl sʲtʲɪˈpanəvʲɪtɕ nɐˈxʲiməf]; July 5 [O.S. June 23] 1802 – July 12 [O.S. June 30] 1855) was a Russian admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy known for his victory in the Battle of Sinop and his leadership in the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) during the Crimean War. He joined the Imperial Russian Navy and moved up the ranks, serving in the Greek War of Independence and the Russo-Turkish War (1828–29). At the beginning of the Crimean War, he delivered a significant victory at the Battle of Sinop against the Ottoman Empire. Afterward, he was a leader in the defense of Sevastopol against British, French, and Ottoman forces, during which a sniper wounded him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pavel Nakhimov is the 435th most popular military personnel (up from 437th in 2019), the 363rd most popular biography from Russia (up from 371st in 2019) and the 31st most popular Russian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Pavel Nakhimov ranks 435 out of 2,058. Before him are Li Mu, Nicolas Chauvin, Leonid Govorov, Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, Vjekoslav Luburić, and George I Rákóczi. After him are Giovanni Messe, Walter Nowotny, Lü Meng, Zinovy Rozhestvensky, August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, and Petre Dumitrescu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1802, Pavel Nakhimov ranks 15. Before him are Edwin Landseer, Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, Wilhelm Hauff, Charles Wheatstone, Antoine Jérôme Balard, and Alcide d'Orbigny. After him are Hermann Goldschmidt, Nikolaus Lenau, Heinrich Gustav Magnus, Husein Gradaščević, Germain Henri Hess, and Charlotte Bonaparte. Among people deceased in 1855, Pavel Nakhimov ranks 12. Before him are Gérard de Nerval, William John Swainson, Adelaide of Austria, Infante Carlos, Count of Molina, Maria Theresa of Austria, and William Parry. After him are Prince Ferdinando, Duke of Genoa, Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure, François Rude, Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Amschel Mayer Rothschild, and Jacques Charles François Sturm.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Pavel Nakhimov ranks 363 out of 3,761. Before 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). After him are Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817), Dmitri Ivanovsky (1864), Jani Beg (1300), Nikolai Patrushev (1951), Vera Menchik (1906), and Onfim (1250).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Pavel Nakhimov ranks 31. Before him are Fyodor Tolbukhin (1894), Boris Shaposhnikov (1882), Andrei Grechko (1903), Gerhard Barkhorn (1919), Kirill Meretskov (1897), and Leonid Govorov (1897). After him are Zinovy Rozhestvensky (1848), Sergei Skripal (1951), Viktor Kulikov (1921), Alexander Yegorov (1883), Dmitry Pozharsky (1577), and Fyodor Ushakov (1745).

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