WRITER

Viktor Suvorov

1947 - Today

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Vladimir Bogdanovich Rezun (Russian: Владимир Богданович Резун; Ukrainian: Володи́мир Богда́нович Рєзу́н; born 20 April 1947), known by his pseudonym of Viktor Suvorov (Виктор Суворов), is a former Soviet GRU officer who is the author of non-fiction books about World War II, the GRU and the Soviet Army, as well as fictional books about the same and related subjects. After defecting to the United Kingdom in 1978, Suvorov began his writing career, publishing his first books in the 1980s about his own experiences and the structure of the Soviet military, intelligence, and secret police. He writes in Russian with a number of his books translated into English, including his semi-autobiographical The Liberators (1981). In the USSR, according to Suvorov and according to an interview with the former head of the GRU, he was sentenced to death in absentia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Viktor Suvorov is the 1,457th most popular writer (down from 1,376th in 2019), the 507th most popular biography from Russia (down from 492nd in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Viktor Suvorov ranks 1,457 out of 7,302. Before him are Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus, Marie Anne Lenormand, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Magda Szabó, J. G. Ballard, and Evelyn Waugh. After him are Lee Child, Naim Frashëri, Marcus Garvey, Sadegh Hedayat, César Vallejo, and Phrynichus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Viktor Suvorov ranks 137. Before him are Haji Mohammad Chamkani, Thomas Cech, Margaret Chan, Gérard Houllier, Richard Jenkins, and Jerzy Stuhr. After him are Branko Oblak, Kiki Camarena, Ian Anderson, Florian Schneider, Edward James Olmos, and Kazimierz Deyna.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Viktor Suvorov ranks 507 out of 3,761. Before him are Otto Braun (1872), Sergey Brin (1973), Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (1806), Hans Pfitzner (1869), Salawat Yulayev (1754), and Vyacheslav Tikhonov (1928). After him are Martiros Saryan (1880), Şehsuvar Sultan (1682), Hadji Murad (1795), P. D. Ouspensky (1878), Vasily Shukshin (1929), and Vasily Dokuchaev (1846).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Viktor Suvorov ranks 63. Before him are Alexander Afanasyev (1826), Arsen Kotsoyev (1872), Bulat Okudzhava (1924), Elsa Triolet (1896), Sergey Mikhalkov (1913), and Salawat Yulayev (1754). After him are Vasily Shukshin (1929), Kristijonas Donelaitis (1714), Korney Chukovsky (1882), John of Kronstadt (1829), Konstantin Simonov (1915), and Aleksandr Kuprin (1870).

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