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Vasily Petrov

1917 - 2014

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Vasiliy Ivanovich Petrov (Russian: Васи́лий Ива́нович Петро́в; 15 January [O.S. 2 January] 1917 – 1 February 2014) was a Soviet and Russian military official and Marshal of the Soviet Union. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Ground Forces from 1980 to 1985. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vasily Petrov is the 1,051st most popular military personnel (down from 811th in 2019), the 853rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 670th in 2019) and the 76th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Vasily Petrov ranks 1,051 out of 2,058. Before him are Philip Sheridan, Pavel Rotmistrov, Dame Gruev, Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski, Franz Moritz von Lacy, and Oreste Baratieri. After him are Quintus Salvidienus Rufus, Nikephoros Phokas the Elder, Viktor Dankl von Krasnik, Henri Mathias Berthelot, Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow, and John O'Connor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Vasily Petrov ranks 133. Before him are Wieland Wagner, Yakov Pavlov, Henri Salvador, Asima Chatterjee, Samael Aun Weor, and Shams Pahlavi. After him are Adam Malik, Kirk Kerkorian, Semyon Kurkotkin, Brad Dexter, Dondinho, and Luigi Poggi. Among people deceased in 2014, Vasily Petrov ranks 145. Before him are Jeremy Thorpe, Alicia Rhett, Shulamit Aloni, Cristina Deutekom, Carlo Bergonzi, and Donatas Banionis. After him are Marie Dubois, Emmanuel III Delly, Marco Cé, Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, José Policarpo, and Viktor Tikhonov.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vasily Petrov ranks 853 out of 3,761. Before him are Pavel Rotmistrov (1901), Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia (1879), Franz Moritz von Lacy (1725), Ivan Yefremov (1908), Boris Shakhlin (1932), and Sergey Aksakov (1791). After him are Konstantin Melnikov (1890), Edgar Froese (1944), Georgy Shpagin (1897), Aleksei Gubarev (1931), Gennadiy Aygi (1934), and Vladimir Kokovtsov (1853).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Vasily Petrov ranks 76. Before him are Walter Weiß (1890), Vasili Mitrokhin (1922), Joseph Trumpeldor (1880), Aleksandr Dvornikov (1961), Pavel Rotmistrov (1901), and Franz Moritz von Lacy (1725). After him are Semyon Kurkotkin (1917), Mikhail Katukov (1900), Andrei Shkuro (1887), Ivan Sidorenko (1919), Dmitry Utkin (1970), and Walter Krupinski (1920).

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