MILITARY PERSONNEL

Vitalii Skakun

1996 - 2022

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Vitalii Volodymyrovych Skakun (Ukrainian: Віталій Володимирович Скакун; 19 August 1996 – 24 February 2022) was a Ukrainian marine combat engineer who was posthumously awarded the Order of the Gold Star. He sacrificed his life in the Russian invasion of Ukraine while blowing up a bridge in Henichesk while he was still on it to slow the advance of Russian troops during the Southern Ukraine campaign. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Vitalii Skakun is the 2,072nd most popular military personnel (down from 2,037th in 2024), the 1,185th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 1,137th in 2019) and the 57th most popular Ukrainian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Vitalii Skakun ranks 2,072 out of 2,058. Before him are Bosco Ntaganda, Arsen Pavlov, Rojda Felat, Tetiana Ostashchenko, Azatbek Omurbekov, and Alfredo Reinado. After him are Ricardo Sanchez, CC Sabathia, Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Mubariz Ibrahimov, Wissam al-Tawil, and John W. Raymond.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1996, Vitalii Skakun ranks 246. Before him are Maxi Gómez, Kevin Diks, Almoez Ali, Valentino Lazaro, Joel Castro Pereira, and Răzvan Marin. After him are Pia Mia, Soufiane El Bakkali, Hwang In-beom, Nico Elvedi, Kentaro Wada, and Wilbur Soot. Among people deceased in 2022, Vitalii Skakun ranks 691. Before him are Dean Woods, Lusia Harris, KK, Michael Möllenbeck, José Guirao, and Robbie Brightwell. After him are Ronan Vibert, Sergey Dmitriyev, Pavlo Lee, Goran Sankovič, Andy Goram, and Jody Lukoki.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Vitalii Skakun ranks 1,183 out of 1,365. Before him are Lesia Tsurenko (1989), Nonna Grishayeva (1971), Taras Mykhalyk (1983), and Vita Pavlysh (1969). After him are Vyacheslav Oliynyk (1966), Victor Khryapa (1982), Volodymyr Sydorenko (1976), Olga Slyusareva (1969), Vita Styopina (1976), Dmitri Khristich (1969), Vitalii Kim (1981), and Iryna Venediktova (1978).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Ukraine

Among military personnels born in Ukraine, Vitalii Skakun ranks 57. Before him are Yuri Budanov (1963), Denis Berezovsky (1974), Vladimir Vysotsky (1954), Mikhail Tolstykh (1980), Mykola Oleshchuk (1972), and Tetiana Ostashchenko (1974). After him are Valeriy Chybineyev (1988), Vladlen Tatarsky (1982), Dmytro Kotsiubailo (1995), Vladimir Zhoga (1993), and Yaryna Chornohuz (1995).

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