MILITARY PERSONNEL

Pavel Sudoplatov

1907 - 1996

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Pavel Anatolyevich Sudoplatov (Russian: Павел Анатольевич Судоплатов; Ukrainian: Павло́ Анато́лійович Судопла́тов, romanized: Pavlo Anatoliiovych Sudoplatov; July 7, 1907 – September 24, 1996) was a senior Soviet official in the intelligence services of the former Soviet Union whose career spanned over 34 years in the different intelligence branches of the Soviet Armed Forces. Sudoplatov was involved in several major Soviet intelligence operations, including the assassination of Leon Trotsky in 1940 in Mexico, as well as Operation Scherhorn, a Soviet deception operation conducted during World War II. He also provided management of the Soviet espionage efforts which obtained information about the feasibility of the atomic bomb from the Manhattan Project. His autobiography, Special Tasks, published in 1994, made him well known outside the Soviet Union and provided a detailed account of Soviet intelligence and Soviet internal politics during his years at the top. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pavel Sudoplatov is the 757th most popular military personnel (down from 667th in 2019), the 251st most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 217th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Ukrainian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Pavel Sudoplatov ranks 757 out of 2,058. Before him are Max Immelmann, Süleyman Pasha, Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev, Ma Dai, Carmine Crocco, and Julius von Payer. After him are Giovanni Andrea Doria, Dietrich von Saucken, Henri Gouraud, Marcantonio Colonna, Yasuji Okamura, and Ion Mihai Pacepa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Pavel Sudoplatov ranks 97. Before him are Nicolaus von Below, Avraham Stern, Anne Desclos, Mahadevi Varma, Herbert Kappler, and Run Run Shaw. After him are Cesar Romero, Manfred von Ardenne, Pedro Arrupe, Frithjof Schuon, Takeo Miki, and Johann Trollmann. Among people deceased in 1996, Pavel Sudoplatov ranks 78. Before him are Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este, Mary Leakey, Hans Blumenberg, Bob Paisley, Michel Debré, and Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria. After him are Shūsaku Endō, Nguyễn Hữu Thọ, Amos Tversky, Ron Brown, Greer Garson, and Virginia Cherrill.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Pavel Sudoplatov ranks 251 out of 1,365. Before him are Andriy Melnyk (1890), Marian Jaworski (1926), Abram Ioffe (1880), Grigory Kulik (1890), Lyudmila Gurchenko (1935), and Eugen Ehrlich (1862). After him are Aleksandr Medved (1937), Mark Bernes (1911), Otto Struve (1897), Viacheslav Chornovil (1937), Adam Zagajewski (1945), and Ida Kamińska (1899).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Ukraine

Among military personnels born in Ukraine, Pavel Sudoplatov ranks 25. Before him are Stanisław Sosabowski (1892), Ivan Bohun (1618), Alexander Marinesko (1913), Sigismund Korybut (1395), Andriy Melnyk (1890), and Grigory Kulik (1890). After him are Sergey Gorshkov (1910), Valerii Zaluzhnyi (1973), Sergey Kamenev (1881), Pavel Rybalko (1894), Stanisław Maczek (1892), and Danylo Apostol (1654).

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