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Pyotr Koshevoy

1904 - 1976

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Pyotr Kirillovich Koshevoy (Ukrainian: Петро Кирилович Кошовий; Russian: Пётр Кириллович Кошевой; 21 December [O.S. 8 December] 1904 – 30 August 1976) was a Soviet military commander and a Marshal of the Soviet Union. Koshevoy was born to a Ukrainian peasant family and joined the Red Army in 1920, fighting in the Russian Civil War. During the interwar period, he served as a junior commander in cavalry units and held staff positions from the late 1930s. By the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, Koshevoy commanded the 65th Rifle Division, which he led during the Siege of Leningrad. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pyotr Koshevoy is the 1,311th most popular military personnel (down from 1,223rd in 2019), the 463rd most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 412th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Ukrainian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Pyotr Koshevoy ranks 1,311 out of 2,058. Before him are Leo Phokas the Elder, Alexander Vandegrift, Constantin Constantinescu-Claps, Fayruz al-Daylami, Constantin von Alvensleben, and Chabrias. After him are Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Ferenc Wesselényi, Prince Frederick of Württemberg, Gonzalo Queipo de Llano, Remus von Woyrsch, and Maciej Sulkiewicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Pyotr Koshevoy ranks 156. Before him are Lauri Virtanen, Emilio Recoba, Nikos Skalkottas, Grete Stern, Dmitri Ivanenko, and Joseph Schmidt. After him are Ray Bolger, Lin Huiyin, Oliver Macdonald, Giulio Gaudini, A. H. M. Jones, and Armando Castellazzi. Among people deceased in 1976, Pyotr Koshevoy ranks 118. Before him are Rosalind Russell, Helmut Kunz, Elihan Tore, Marcel Broodthaers, Mukaghali Makatayev, and Jack Cassidy. After him are José Lezama Lima, Friedrich Schulz, Nam Il, Wan Waithayakon, Jean Servais, and Giuseppe Cavanna.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Pyotr Koshevoy ranks 463 out of 1,365. Before him are Joseph Schmidt (1904), Les Kurbas (1887), Galina Chistyakova (1962), Ciprian Porumbescu (1853), Vlas Chubar (1881), and Nina Bocharova (1924). After him are Anna Walentynowicz (1929), Karol Mikuli (1821), Leone Ginzburg (1909), Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1894), Viktor Vekselberg (1957), and Joseph Ludwig Raabe (1801).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Ukraine

Among military personnels born in Ukraine, Pyotr Koshevoy ranks 35. Before him are Pavel Rybalko (1894), Stanisław Maczek (1892), Danylo Apostol (1654), Alexander Matrosov (1924), Nikolai Linevich (1839), and Grigory Shtern (1900). After him are Vasyl Makukh (1927), Georgi Todorov (1858), Polina Gelman (1919), Yevgeniya Rudneva (1921), Franciszek Kleeberg (1888), and Nikolay Shchors (1895).

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