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Sergey Surovikin

1966 - Today

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Sergey Vladimirovich Surovikin (Russian: Сергей Владимирович Суровикин; born 11 October 1966) is a Russian army general who has served as head of the Coordinating Committee for Air Defence under the Council of Defence Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) since September 2023. From 2017 to August 2023, Surovikin was the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces from 2017 until he was reportedly sacked by Vladimir Putin for an alleged involvement with the Wagner Group rebellion. A veteran of the Soviet–Afghan War, Tajikistani Civil War, Second Chechen War, and the Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war, he was from October 2022 to January 2023 the commander of all Russian forces in the Russian invasion of Ukraine and deputy commander from January 2023 to August 2023. During the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, Surovikin commanded a unit that killed three anti-coup demonstrators, for which he was detained for several months but never convicted. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sergey Surovikin is the 1,439th most popular military personnel (down from 800th in 2019), the 1,225th most popular biography from Russia (down from 660th in 2019) and the 111th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Sergey Surovikin ranks 1,439 out of 2,058. Before him are Patrick Gordon, Germanus, Al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra, Louis Faidherbe, Paul Bader, and Conrad Albrecht. After him are Maurice d'Elbée, Cândido Rondon, Marc Mitscher, Orde Wingate, Meleager, and I Gusti Ngurah Rai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Sergey Surovikin ranks 123. Before him are Bai Ling, Dimebag Darrell, Sonexay Siphandone, Inessa Kravets, Kevin Young, and Sergei Stanishev. After him are Vanessa Angel, Toby Jones, Müller, Marko Perković, JJ Lehto, and Åsa Larsson.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Sergey Surovikin ranks 1,225 out of 3,761. Before him are Peter Struve (1870), Valentin Varennikov (1923), Yevgeny Vakhtangov (1883), Sergey Litvinov (1958), Lyudmila Zykina (1929), and Pyotr Nesterov (1887). After him are Stanisław Leśniewski (1886), Sadri Maksudi Arsal (1878), Valery Afanassiev (1947), Fedor Ozep (1895), Aleksandr Deyneka (1899), and Zacharias Werner (1768).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Sergey Surovikin ranks 111. Before him are Dmitry Milyutin (1816), Mikhail Diterikhs (1874), Eino Rahja (1885), Pavel Batov (1897), Vladimir Kappel (1883), and Valentin Varennikov (1923). After him are Natalya Kovshova (1920), Dmitry Karbyshev (1880), Pavel Chichagov (1767), Oleg Salyukov (1955), Endel Puusepp (1909), and Alexander Kutepov (1882).

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