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Alexander Matrosov

1924 - 1943

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Alexander Matveyevich Matrosov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Матве́евич Матро́сов February 5, 1924 – February 27, 1943) was a Soviet infantry soldier during the Second World War, posthumously awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union reportedly for blocking a German machine-gun with his body. His official Soviet biography states he was born in Yekaterinoslav (now Dnipro). However an evidence emerged that both his name and place of birth were invented by him while he was a street child. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Matrosov has received more than 137,934 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Alexander Matrosov is the 1,125th most popular military personnel (down from 978th in 2019), the 376th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 320th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Ukrainian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Alexander Matrosov ranks 1,125 out of 2,058. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Fritz-Julius Lemp, Matsudaira Hirotada, Manuel Erotikos Komnenos, and Neoptolemus. After him are Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov, Max Pauly, Petar Bojović, Nadezhda Durova, Pierre André de Suffren, and Arthur Rostron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Alexander Matrosov ranks 163. Before him are Eduardo Fajardo, Ken Tyrrell, Franco Basaglia, Billy Wright, Michel Constantin, and Abderrahmane Youssoufi. After him are Friaça, Gilbert Simondon, Marcel Broodthaers, Aman Andom, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, and Cicely Tyson. Among people deceased in 1943, Alexander Matrosov ranks 92. Before him are Ivo Lola Ribar, Agustín Pedro Justo, Manshuk Mametova, Hàm Nghi, Johann Niemann, and Guido Fubini. After him are Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach, Anathon Aall, Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony, Nordahl Grieg, Doris Miller, and Franceska Mann.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Alexander Matrosov ranks 376 out of 1,365. Before him are Richard Boleslawski (1889), Anna Sten (1908), Dmitry Levitzky (1735), Leonid Popov (1945), Dimitry of Rostov (1651), and Vitold Fokin (1932). After him are Anna Bilińska (1854), Yuriy Drohobych (1450), Yuri Lisyansky (1773), Anatoliy Byshovets (1946), Galina Chistyakova (1962), and Izyaslav of Polotsk (980).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Ukraine

Among military personnels born in Ukraine, Alexander Matrosov ranks 30. Before him are Sergey Gorshkov (1910), Stanisław Sosabowski (1892), Ivan Bohun (1618), Alexander Marinesko (1913), Sergey Kamenev (1881), and Nikolay Shchors (1895). After him are Grigory Shtern (1900), Stanisław Maczek (1892), Pavel Rybalko (1894), Pyotr Koshevoy (1904), Danylo Apostol (1654), and Nikolai Linevich (1839).

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