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Rodion Malinovsky

1898 - 1967

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Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky (Russian: Родио́н Я́ковлевич Малино́вский; Ukrainian: Родіо́н Я́кович Малино́вський, romanized: Rodion Yakovych Malynovskyi; 23 November [O.S. 11 November] 1898 – 31 March 1967) was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union. He served as Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union from 1957 to 1967, during which he oversaw the strengthening of the Soviet Army. Born to an impoverished Ukrainian household in Odessa, Malinovsky volunteered for the Imperial Russian Army during the First World War and served with distinction in both the German Front and the Western Front. He was serving in the Russian Legion in France on the outbreak of the October Revolution, after which he returned to Russia and joined the Red Army in the Russian Civil War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rodion Malinovsky is the 2,058th most popular politician (down from 1,636th in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 65th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Ukrainian Politician.

Rodion Malinovsky was a Soviet military commander who led the Red Army to victory in World War II. He is most famous for being the commander of the Soviet Union's Second Strategic Echelon, and for his role in the Battle of Stalingrad.

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Among politicians, Rodion Malinovsky ranks 2,058 out of 19,576. Before him are Álmos, Rudolf von Laban, Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen, John II of Castile, Benazir Bhutto, and Prince Marko. After him are Antiochus I Theos of Commagene, Muhammad Shaybani, Niels, King of Denmark, Lucullus, Tewodros II, and Marcus Furius Camillus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Rodion Malinovsky ranks 29. Before him are Julius Evola, Hans Krebs, Tamara de Lempicka, Karl Hermann Frank, Rudolf Dassler, and Isidor Isaac Rabi. After him are Henry Moore, Alexander Calder, Vicente Aleixandre, René Clair, Georges Dumézil, and Curzio Malaparte. Among people deceased in 1967, Rodion Malinovsky ranks 27. Before him are Jack Ruby, Richard Kuhn, Ilya Ehrenburg, Gordon Allport, Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, and Jaroslav Heyrovský. After him are Johannes Itten, Casimir Funk, Felix Yusupov, John Coltrane, Wolfgang Köhler, and Woody Guthrie.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Rodion Malinovsky ranks 73 out of 1,365. Before him are Ilya Ehrenburg (1891), Vasily Grossman (1905), Vladimir Tatlin (1885), Yuri Dolgorukiy (1095), Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860), and Anatoliy Solovianenko (1932). After him are Sonia Delaunay (1885), Nikolai Podgorny (1903), Mila Kunis (1983), Baal Shem Tov (1700), Sergey Bubka (1963), and Edward Rydz-Śmigły (1886).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Rodion Malinovsky ranks 28. Before him are Andrei Zhdanov (1896), Moshe Sharett (1894), Levi Eshkol (1895), Lazar Kaganovich (1893), Yuri Dolgorukiy (1095), and Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860). After him are Nikolai Podgorny (1903), Sergey Bubka (1963), Edward Rydz-Śmigły (1886), Andrey Vyshinsky (1883), Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1884), and Karl Radek (1885).

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