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Vasily Sokolovsky

1897 - 1968

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Vasily Danilovich Sokolovsky (Russian: Василий Данилович Соколовский; July 21, 1897 – May 10, 1968) was a Soviet general, military theorist, Marshal of the Soviet Union, and a commander of Red Army forces during World War II. As Georgy Zhukov's chief of staff, Sokolovsky helped plan and execute the Battle of Berlin. He also served as head of the Soviet Forces in East Germany and the Soviet Chief of the General Staff. Born to a Belarusian peasant family in Grodno in the Russian Empire, Sokolovsky joined the Red Army in 1918 and served with distinction in Central Asia during the Russian Civil War. He held a number of staff positions, eventually becoming Deputy Chief of the General Staff at the start of the German invasion of the Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vasily Sokolovsky is the 413th most popular military personnel (down from 390th in 2019), the 221st most popular biography from Poland (down from 203rd in 2019) and the 21st most popular Polish Military Personnel.

Vasily Sokolovsky is most famous for his video showing him playing Pokemon Go in a church in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Vasily Sokolovsky ranks 413 out of 2,058Before him are Kirill Meretskov, Erich Kempka, Vladimir Gelfand, Otto Kretschmer, Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, and Jean-Baptiste Jourdan. After him are Jean-Charles Pichegru, Günther Lütjens, Günther Prien, Sanada Yukimura, Thomas the Slav, and Huang Zhong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Vasily Sokolovsky ranks 51Before him are John Franklin Enders, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, Margaret Mahler, and Kirill Meretskov. After him are Joseph Berchtold, Leonid Govorov, Wilfred Bion, Vito Genovese, Vlado Chernozemski, and Emil Maurice. Among people deceased in 1968, Vasily Sokolovsky ranks 34Before him are Alexandre Kojève, Pitirim Sorokin, Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, Howard Florey, Ivan Ribar, and Kirill Meretskov. After him are Alice Guy-Blaché, Lucio Fontana, Giovanni Messe, Vittorio Pozzo, Ramon Novarro, and Arnold Zweig.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Vasily Sokolovsky ranks 221 out of 1,694Before him are Stanislaus Kostka (1550), Otto Kretschmer (1912), Karl Denke (1860), Paul Tillich (1886), Otto Klemperer (1885), and Mykhailo Hrushevsky (1866). After him are Carl Wernicke (1848), Mieszko II Lambert (990), Leszek Kołakowski (1927), Catherine Opalińska (1680), Yisrael Kristal (1903), and Mordechai Anielewicz (1919).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Poland

Among military personnels born in Poland, Vasily Sokolovsky ranks 21Before him are Otto Liman von Sanders (1855), Rochus Misch (1917), Hans-Jürgen von Arnim (1889), Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (1885), Hermann Balck (1893), and Otto Kretschmer (1912). After him are Alexander von Falkenhausen (1878), Otto von Below (1857), Elisabeth Volkenrath (1919), Hans-Jürgen Stumpff (1889), Erich Fellgiebel (1886), and Rüdiger von der Goltz (1865).