MILITARY PERSONNEL

Vasyl Makukh

1927 - 1968

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Vasyl Omelianovych Makukh (Ukrainian: Васи́ль Омеля́нович Ма́кух; 14 November 1927 – 6 November 1968) was a Soviet veteran of World War II, political prisoner and Ukrainian activist, and member of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. Having been conscripted into the Red Army, in November 1944 Makukh defected and joined the nationalist Ukrainian Insurgent Army. In February 1946 he was wounded and captured after a shootout with Soviet and Polish border guards at the Soviet-Polish border (today Poland–Ukraine border). On 15 February 1946, Makukh was taken to the district precinct of the KGB (soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs) in Velyki Mosty and later to Lviv Prison No. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vasyl Makukh is the 1,584th most popular military personnel (down from 1,462nd in 2019), the 573rd most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 513th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Ukrainian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Vasyl Makukh ranks 1,584 out of 2,058. Before him are Yakov Smushkevich, Erich Abraham, Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, Bernardo de Gálvez, Karl von Pflanzer-Baltin, and François Perrier. After him are Baba Nobuharu, Hans Felber, Pierre André de Suffren, Alfredo Astiz, Douglas Bader, and Mikhail Yegorov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Vasyl Makukh ranks 251. Before him are Freddie Jones, Nguyễn Thị Bình, Chris Heunis, Hamed Karoui, Stuart Rosenberg, and Dezső Gyarmati. After him are Simin Behbahani, Elisabeth Söderström, Edmund Szoka, Jarl Kulle, Piero Tosi, and Luis Rijo. Among people deceased in 1968, Vasyl Makukh ranks 139. Before him are Joseph Keilberth, Dorothy Garrod, Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Leo Huberman, Harold D. Babcock, and Jón Leifs. After him are Maurice Verdonck, Joseph Pholien, Nikifor, Johann Horvath, Suraphol Sombatcharoen, and Bruno Chizzo.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Vasyl Makukh ranks 573 out of 1,365. Before him are Nikolai Podvoisky (1880), Karl Doppler (1825), Lydia Lipkowska (1882), Alfreda Markowska (1926), Gheorghe Asachi (1788), and Mykhailo Boychuk (1882). After him are Aleksandr Bogomolets (1881), Leonid Zhabotinsky (1938), Vladimir Semichastny (1924), Maria Guleghina (1959), Yuri Ilyenko (1936), and Serhiy Rebrov (1974).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Ukraine

Among military personnels born in Ukraine, Vasyl Makukh ranks 36. Before him are Stanisław Maczek (1892), Danylo Apostol (1654), Alexander Matrosov (1924), Nikolai Linevich (1839), Grigory Shtern (1900), and Pyotr Koshevoy (1904). After him are Georgi Todorov (1858), Polina Gelman (1919), Yevgeniya Rudneva (1921), Franciszek Kleeberg (1888), Nikolay Shchors (1895), and Yekaterina Zelenko (1916).

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