MILITARY PERSONNEL

Silvestras Žukauskas

1860 - 1937

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Silvestras Žukauskas (Polish: Sylwester Żukowski, Russian: Сильве́стр Константи́нович Жуко́вский, romanized: Silvester Konstantinovich Zhukovsky; 31 December 1860 – 26 November 1937) was a Lithuanian General. He first served in the Imperial Russian Army, where he distinguished himself during World War I, rising to the rank of major general and ending the war as divisional commander. Later he joined the Lithuanian Army and was its Chief Commander three times: May–September 1919, February–June 1920, and June 1923 to January 1928. Žukauskas joined the Imperial Russian Army in 1881, studying at the Vilnius Military School from 1883 to 1887, reaching the rank of polkovnik in 1913. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Silvestras Žukauskas is the 1,401st most popular military personnel (up from 1,699th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 132nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Lithuanian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Silvestras Žukauskas ranks 1,401 out of 2,058. Before him are Ignacio Allende, Paul Gorguloff, Walther von Hünersdorff, Movses Silikyan, Lengvenis, and John Paul Jones. After him are Hans Jordan, Juana Azurduy de Padilla, Henry Tandey, Saad el-Shazly, Kurt von der Chevallerie, and Dmitry Lelyushenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Silvestras Žukauskas ranks 93. Before him are Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Ottó Bláthy, Joan Maragall, Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin, James Neill, and Franz Nissl. After him are Józef Bilczewski, William Bayliss, Jackson Showalter, Karl Staaff, Kolë Idromeno, and Ishi. Among people deceased in 1937, Silvestras Žukauskas ranks 105. Before him are Renate Müller, Sofiya Nalepinska-Boychuk, Ahmad Javad, Camillo Berneri, Thubten Choekyi Nyima, 9th Panchen Lama, and Movses Silikyan. After him are Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Mikhail Diterikhs, Albert Heim, Lyubomir Miletich, Erkki Melartin, and Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Silvestras Žukauskas ranks 97 out of 328. Before him are Yitzhak Arad (1926), Bernard Berenson (1865), Alma Adamkienė (1927), Al Jolson (1886), Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius (1871), and Raphael Kalinowski (1835). After him are Zydrunas Ilgauskas (1975), Francišak Bahuševič (1840), Artūras Paulauskas (1953), Maximilian Steinberg (1883), Modestas Paulauskas (1945), and Petr Shelokhonov (1929).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Lithuania

Among military personnels born in Lithuania, Silvestras Žukauskas ranks 7. Before him are Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (1560), Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg (1913), Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz (1883), Iosif Igelström (1737), Ieronim Uborevich (1896), and Maciej Sulkiewicz (1865). After him are Yakov Smushkevich (1902).

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