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Semyon Kurkotkin

1917 - 1990

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Semyon Konstantinovich Kurkotkin (Russian: Семё́н Константи́нович Курко́ткин; 13 February 1917 – 16 September 1990) was a Soviet military commander and a Marshal of the Soviet Union. Born near Moscow, Kurkotkin attended a technical college in the capital before joining the Red Army in 1937. He graduated from a tank school and began his career as a political officer in armored units. After political officers were stripped of command responsibility in late 1942 Kurkotkin became a battalion commander, rising to second-in-command of a brigade in late 1943. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Semyon Kurkotkin is the 1,071st most popular military personnel (down from 1,025th in 2019), the 864th most popular biography from Russia (down from 863rd in 2019) and the 77th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Semyon Kurkotkin ranks 1,071 out of 2,058. Before him are Max Simon, Georgios Grivas, Abdul Fatah Younis, Rostam Farrokhzad, Martin Gottfried Weiss, and Otto Lasch. After him are Maximilian de Angelis, Wilhelm Falley, Arthur Rostron, Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, Manuel Erotikos Komnenos, and Charles Eugène de Croÿ.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Semyon Kurkotkin ranks 136. Before him are Asima Chatterjee, Samael Aun Weor, Shams Pahlavi, Vasily Petrov, Adam Malik, and Kirk Kerkorian. After him are Brad Dexter, Dondinho, Luigi Poggi, Earl Cameron, Katharine Graham, and Celeste Holm. Among people deceased in 1990, Semyon Kurkotkin ranks 101. Before him are Wolfgang Schmieder, Paul Ariste, Stefano Casiraghi, Carlos Peucelle, Hussein Onn, and Gordon Bunshaft. After him are Alan Perlis, Grethe Ingmann, Mariano Rumor, Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia, Juan José Arévalo, and Tom Fogerty.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Semyon Kurkotkin ranks 864 out of 3,761. Before him are Gennadiy Aygi (1934), Vladimir Kokovtsov (1853), Oleg Tabakov (1935), Maxim Shostakovich (1938), Volin (1882), and Alexander Kazhdan (1922). After him are Anatoly Solonitsyn (1934), Alexander Shelepin (1918), Lidia Ruslanova (1900), Viktor Ponedelnik (1937), Aleksey Batalov (1928), and Sergei Lyapunov (1859).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Semyon Kurkotkin ranks 77. Before him are Vasili Mitrokhin (1922), Joseph Trumpeldor (1880), Aleksandr Dvornikov (1961), Pavel Rotmistrov (1901), Franz Moritz von Lacy (1725), and Vasily Petrov (1917). After him are Mikhail Katukov (1900), Andrei Shkuro (1887), Ivan Sidorenko (1919), Dmitry Utkin (1970), Walter Krupinski (1920), and Fyodor Apraksin (1661).

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