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Serhiy Shaptala

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Serhiy Oleksandrovych Shaptala (Ukrainian: Сергій Олександрович Шаптала; born 5 February 1973) is a Ukrainian military officer who served as Chief of the General Staff from 2021 until 2024, holding the rank of Lieutenant general. In 2015, he was awarded Hero of Ukraine by President Petro Poroshenko for his command of the 128th Brigade during the Battle of Debaltseve. During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Shaptala said Ukrainian air defences shot down a Russian Il-76, and shared video footage of a Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 striking Russian targets. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Serhiy Shaptala is the 1,787th most popular military personnel (down from 1,762nd in 2024), the 749th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 723rd in 2019) and the 44th most popular Ukrainian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Serhiy Shaptala ranks 1,787 out of 2,058. Before him are Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, Volodymyr Pravyk, Mickey Marcus, Paul von Plehwe, Manuel Goded Llopis, and Felix Graf von Bothmer. After him are Matthew Fontaine Maury, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, Trần Văn Trà, Samuel Ryan Curtis, Hyman G. Rickover, and Kliment Boyadzhiev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Serhiy Shaptala ranks 171. Before him are Tomáš Galásek, Andrés Palop, Fares Fares, Shannon Elizabeth, Selahattin Demirtaş, and Edge. After him are Radha Mitchell, Karen Lancaume, Tore André Flo, Édouard Ngirente, Kevin Feige, and Tyrus.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Serhiy Shaptala ranks 749 out of 1,365. Before him are Abraham Lempel (1936), Anna Muzychuk (1990), Volodymyr Pravyk (1962), Matvei Bronstein (1906), Antonina Nezhdanova (1873), and Lidiya Ponomarenko (1922). After him are Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky (1865), Antoni Malczewski (1793), Vladimir Maslachenko (1936), Vladimir Shainsky (1925), Frederic Zelnik (1885), and Marie Ljalková (1920).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Ukraine

Among military personnels born in Ukraine, Serhiy Shaptala ranks 44. Before him are Polina Gelman (1919), Yevgeniya Rudneva (1921), Franciszek Kleeberg (1888), Nikolay Shchors (1895), Yekaterina Zelenko (1916), and Volodymyr Pravyk (1962). After him are Marie Ljalková (1920), Józef Kowalski (1900), Olha Ilkiv (1920), Kyrylo Budanov (1986), Stepan Poltorak (1965), and Yuliia Paievska (1968).

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