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Victor Kravchenko

1905 - 1966

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Viktor Andriyovych Kravchenko (Ukrainian: Ві́ктор Андрі́йович Кра́вченко; 11 October 1905 – 25 February 1966) was a Ukrainian-born Soviet defector, known for writing the best-selling book I Chose Freedom, published in 1946, about the realities of life in the Soviet Union. Kravchenko defected to the United States during World War II, and began writing about his experiences as an official in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Kravchenko is the 10,455th most popular politician (down from 8,899th in 2019), the 407th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 349th in 2019) and the 115th most popular Ukrainian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Victor Kravchenko ranks 10,455 out of 19,576. Before him are William Joyce, Birger Brosa, Virius Nicomachus Flavianus, Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg, David Blunkett, and Anatoly Dobrynin. After him are Eugène Schneider, Tiberius Julius Alexander, Princess Elisabeth Friederike Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Hadım Sinan Pasha, Adamantios Androutsopoulos, and Hermes da Fonseca.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Victor Kravchenko ranks 144. Before him are Eduard Tubin, Bobby Pearce, Alex Wilson, László Benedek, Seni Pramoj, and Frits Philips. After him are Anfilogino Guarisi, Robert Donat, Louis Rosier, Henry Koster, Grigori Kozintsev, and Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu. Among people deceased in 1966, Victor Kravchenko ranks 101. Before him are Arthur Percival, Albrecht Brandi, Petar Radaković, Vilis Lācis, Philipp Frank, and Charles Whitman. After him are Elio Vittorini, Sutan Sjahrir, George Ohsawa, Gaspar Cassadó, Otto von Knobelsdorff, and Fritz Bleyl.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Victor Kravchenko ranks 407 out of 1,365. Before him are Hélène Sparrow (1891), Yuriy Drohobych (1450), Yevgenia Bosch (1879), Verka Serduchka (1973), Abba P. Lerner (1903), and Vera Kholodnaya (1893). After him are Leonid Bykov (1928), Alexander Matrosov (1924), Alemdar Mustafa Pasha (1755), Isaak Dunayevsky (1900), Nikolai Linevich (1839), and Anthony of Kiev (983).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Victor Kravchenko ranks 115. Before him are Abraham Zapruder (1905), Yevhen Marchuk (1941), Sydir Kovpak (1887), Eugen Schauman (1875), Yevgenia Bosch (1879), and Vera Kholodnaya (1893). After him are Alemdar Mustafa Pasha (1755), Polina Astakhova (1936), Lev Mekhlis (1889), Aleksandar Malinov (1867), Agenor Maria Gołuchowski (1849), and Arseniy Yatsenyuk (1974).

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