The Most Famous
MILITARY PERSONNELS from Moldova
This page contains a list of the greatest Moldovan Military Personnels. The pantheon dataset contains 1,468 Military Personnels, 4 of which were born in Moldova. This makes Moldova the birth place of the 45th most number of Military Personnels behind Denmark and Egypt.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Moldovan Military Personnels of all time. This list of famous Moldovan Military Personnels is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Semyon Timoshenko (1895 - 1970)
With an HPI of 69.31, Semyon Timoshenko is the most famous Moldovan Military Personnel. His biography has been translated into 50 different languages on wikipedia.
Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko (Russian: Семен Константинович Тимошенко; Ukrainian: Семен Костянтинович Тимошенко, Semen Kostyantynovych Tymoshenko) (18 February [O.S. 6 February] 1895 – 31 March 1970) was a Soviet military commander, Marshal of the Soviet Union, and one of the most prominent Red Army commanders during the Second World War. Born to a Ukrainian family in Bessarabia, Timoshenko was drafted into the Imperial Russian Army and saw action in the First World War as a cavalryman. On the outbreak of the Russian Revolution he joined the Red Army. He served with distinction during the Russian Civil War and the subsequent Polish–Soviet War, which brought him into Vladimir Lenin's and Joseph Stalin's favour. Rapidly rising through the ranks, Timoshenko held several regional commands throughout the 1930s and survived the Great Purge. He led the Ukrainian Front during the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939. In early 1940, Timoshenko took over the command of the Winter War in Finland from Kliment Voroshilov and turned the tides for the Soviets, forcing the Finnish to sue for peace a few months later. In May 1940, he was named a Marshal of the Soviet Union and the People's Commissars for Defence. In the latter capacity, he took steps to modernise the Red Army and prepare for a likely war with Nazi Germany. On the outbreak of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, Timoshenko was named chairman of the Stavka. Stalin replaced him as Stavka chairman a month later; he went on to hold a series of important commands in the following year. In late 1941, he organised a major counter-offensive in Rostov, which brought him international renown. His fortunes had faltered by mid-1942, in particular after the overwhelming Soviet defeat at the Second Battle of Kharkov, and he was relieved from the command of the newly formed Stalingrad Front. He was recalled later that year and appointed commander of the Northwestern Front, and as a Stavka representative he oversaw and coordinated the activities of several fronts in various times during the last phase of the war, including the Leningrad and Volkov fronts, the North Caucasus Front and the Black Sea Fleet, and the 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian fronts. After the war, Timoshenko held commands in several Soviet military districts until his effective retirement in 1960. He died in 1970 at the age of 75.
2. Iona Yakir (1896 - 1937)
With an HPI of 56.59, Iona Yakir is the 2nd most famous Moldovan Military Personnel. His biography has been translated into 22 different languages.
Iona Emmanuilovich Yakir (Russian: Ио́на Эммануи́лович Яки́р; 3 August 1896 – 12 June 1937) was a Red Army commander and one of the world's major military reformers between World War I and World War II. He was an early and major military victim of the Great Purge, alongside Mikhail Tukhachevsky.
3. Grigory Kotovsky (1881 - 1925)
With an HPI of 53.44, Grigory Kotovsky is the 3rd most famous Moldovan Military Personnel. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages.
Grigory Ivanovich Kotovsky (Russian: Григо́рий Ива́нович Кото́вский, Romanian: Grigore Kotovski; June 24 [O.S. June 12] 1881 – August 6, 1925) was a Soviet military and political activist, and participant in the Russian Civil War. He made a career from being a gangster and bank robber to eventually becoming a Red Army commander and member of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union.
4. Mikhail Chernyayev (1828 - 1898)
With an HPI of 51.39, Mikhail Chernyayev is the 4th most famous Moldovan Military Personnel. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Mikhail Grigoryevich Chernyaev (Russian: Михаил Григорьевич Черняев) (3 November / 22 October 1828, Bender, Bessarabia Governorate – 16 August 1898) was a Russian major general, who, together with Konstantin Kaufman and Mikhail Skobelev, directed the Russian conquest of Central Asia during the reign of Tsar Alexander II.
Pantheon has 4 people classified as military personnels born between 1828 and 1896. Of these 4, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased military personnels include Semyon Timoshenko, Iona Yakir, and Grigory Kotovsky. As of April 2022, 1 new military personnels have been added to Pantheon including Mikhail Chernyayev.
Deceased Military Personnels
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Semyon Timoshenko
1895 - 1970
HPI: 69.31
Iona Yakir
1896 - 1937
HPI: 56.59
Grigory Kotovsky
1881 - 1925
HPI: 53.44
Mikhail Chernyayev
1828 - 1898
HPI: 51.39
Newly Added Military Personnels (2022)
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