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Yermak Timofeyevich

1532 - 1585

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Yermak Timofeyevich (Russian: Ермак Тимофеевич, IPA: [jɪrˈmak tʲɪmɐˈfʲejɪvʲɪt͡ɕ]; 1532 (supposedly) – August 5 or 6, 1585) was a Cossack ataman who started the Russian conquest of Siberia during the reign of the Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible. He is today a hero in Russian folklore and myths. Russian interests in the fur trade fueled their desire to expand east into Siberia. The Tatar Khanate of Kazan established by Ulugh Muhammad was the best entryway into Siberia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yermak Timofeyevich is the 296th most popular military personnel (up from 331st in 2019), the 247th most popular biography from Russia (up from 271st in 2019) and the 17th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

Yermak Timofeyevich was a Cossack leader who led a campaign against the Khanate of Sibir and the Khanate of Kazan. He was most famous for conquering the Khanate of Sibir and the Khanate of Kazan.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Yermak Timofeyevich ranks 296 out of 2,058. Before him are Titus Labienus, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Maurice Benyovszky, Reinhard Gehlen, Svetozar Boroević, and Qutayba ibn Muslim. After him are François Achille Bazaine, Vasily Stalin, Ernest King, Tōgō Heihachirō, Ivan Bagramyan, and Andranik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1532, Yermak Timofeyevich ranks 4. Before him are John Hawkins, Tulsidas, and Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester. After him are Maerten de Vos, Francis Walsingham, Luís Fróis, Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Jean-Antoine de Baïf, and Menocchio. Among people deceased in 1585, Yermak Timofeyevich ranks 3. Before him are Pope Gregory XIII, and Pierre de Ronsard. After him are Ismihan Sultan, Andrea Gabrieli, Thomas Tallis, Rembert Dodoens, Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony, Pontus De la Gardie, Luca Cambiaso, and Nicolò da Ponte.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yermak Timofeyevich ranks 247 out of 3,761. Before him are Daniel of Moscow (1261), Vladimir Vernadsky (1863), Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904), Bruno Taut (1880), Léon Theremin (1896), and Alexander Rodchenko (1891). After him are Vasily Stalin (1921), Ilia II of Georgia (1933), Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (1857), Natalia Goncharova (1881), Sergey Shoygu (1955), and Gennady Yanayev (1937).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Yermak Timofeyevich ranks 17. Before him are Semyon Budyonny (1883), Felix Steiner (1896), Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895), Gotthard Heinrici (1886), Andrey Vlasov (1901), and Johannes Blaskowitz (1883). After him are Vasily Stalin (1921), Vasily Blyukher (1889), Nikolai Yudenich (1862), Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856), Valery Gerasimov (1955), and Nikolai Vatutin (1901).

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