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Viktor Kulikov

1921 - 2013

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Viktor Georgiyevich Kulikov (Russian: Виктор Георгиевич Куликов; 5 July 1921 – 28 May 2013) was the Warsaw Pact commander-in-chief from 1977 to 1989. He was awarded the rank of the Marshal of the Soviet Union on 14 January 1977. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Viktor Kulikov is the 493rd most popular military personnel (down from 440th in 2019), the 407th most popular biography from Russia (down from 372nd in 2019) and the 34th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

Viktor Kulikov is most famous for being the first person to ever survive a direct hit from a nuclear bomb.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Viktor Kulikov ranks 493 out of 2,058. Before him are Bronislav Kaminski, Robert Anderson, Karl von Bülow, Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, Christian Wirth, and Yoshiko Kawashima. After him are Xiahou Yuan, Mitsuru Ushijima, Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier, Armando Diaz, Mundus, and Wilhelm von Tegetthoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Viktor Kulikov ranks 81. Before him are Franco Corelli, Lydia Litvyak, Farida of Egypt, Nobuo Matsunaga, Harry Carey Jr., and Paul Watzlawick. After him are Donna Reed, Miklós Jancsó, James Clavell, Iris Apfel, Thomas Schelling, and Seretse Khama. Among people deceased in 2013, Viktor Kulikov ranks 59. Before him are Chinua Achebe, Gyula Horn, Robert Fogel, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, David H. Hubel, and Seki Matsunaga. After him are Richard Matheson, Antoni Ramallets, Manfred Rommel, Ronald Dworkin, Hiroshi Yamauchi, and Pierre Mauroy.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Viktor Kulikov ranks 407 out of 3,761. Before him are Sophia Tolstaya (1844), Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831), Lydia Litvyak (1921), Vladimir Kryuchkov (1924), Mikhail Chigorin (1850), and Basil Fool for Christ (1468). After him are Mikhail Vrubel (1856), Ivan Serov (1905), Alexander Yegorov (1883), Yury Luzhkov (1936), Aleksandr Akimov (1953), and Alexey Ekimov (1945).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Viktor Kulikov ranks 34. Before him are Gerhard Barkhorn (1919), Kirill Meretskov (1897), Leonid Govorov (1897), Pavel Nakhimov (1802), Zinovy Rozhestvensky (1848), and Sergei Skripal (1951). After him are Alexander Yegorov (1883), Dmitry Pozharsky (1577), Fyodor Ushakov (1745), Dmitry Pavlov (1897), Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov (1737), and Roza Shanina (1924).

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