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Ryszard Kukliński

1930 - 2004

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Ryszard Jerzy Kukliński (June 13, 1930 – February 11, 2004) was a Polish Army colonel and Cold War spy for NATO. He was posthumously promoted to brigadier general by Polish President Andrzej Duda. Between 1972 and 1981 Kukliński passed top-secret Soviet documents to the CIA, including Soviet plans for the invasion of Western Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ryszard Kukliński is the 1,557th most popular military personnel (down from 1,491st in 2019), the 819th most popular biography from Poland (down from 748th in 2019) and the 69th most popular Polish Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Ryszard Kukliński ranks 1,557 out of 2,058. Before him are Erich Marcks, Attaces, Alexander Rodimtsev, George Lawrence Price, Hermann Kusmanek von Burgneustädten, and Nikola Ivanov. After him are Nathanael Greene, Kiyonao Ichiki, Nelson A. Miles, Johann von Werth, Werner Voss, and Xue Yue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Ryszard Kukliński ranks 328. Before him are Justinas Marcinkevičius, Hédi Baccouche, Robert Ryman, Tsutomu Seki, Merab Mamardashvili, and Rolf Hoppe. After him are Nina Grebeshkova, Gianfranco Parolini, Frank Carlucci, Olavi Mannonen, Bradford Dillman, and Vlatko Pavletić. Among people deceased in 2004, Ryszard Kukliński ranks 171. Before him are Rick James, Howard Keel, M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carlo Rustichelli, Chiang Fang-liang, and Gennadi Strekalov. After him are Torsten Hägerstrand, Christer Pettersson, Albert Brülls, John Randolph, Evelyn Mase, and Angus Ogilvy.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Ryszard Kukliński ranks 819 out of 1,694. Before him are Holger Czukay (1938), Halina Konopacka (1900), Jan Kiepura (1902), Konrad Krajewski (1963), Józef Oleksy (1946), and Frederick II of Legnica (1480). After him are Anna Maria Jopek (1970), Max Fleischer (1883), Johannes Winkler (1897), Rudolph Maté (1898), Ida Siekmann (1902), and Jadwiga Piłsudska (1920).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Poland

Among military personnels born in Poland, Ryszard Kukliński ranks 69. Before him are Stefan Rowecki (1895), Oskar Kummetz (1891), Günther Pancke (1899), Kurt Feldt (1897), Alfred Saalwächter (1883), and Jacob Heinrich von Flemming (1667). After him are Erich Abraham (1895), Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł (1778), Theodor Tolsdorff (1909), Wilhelm Hasse (1894), Karl Decker (1897), and Maria Wittek (1899).

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