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Alexander Pokryshkin

1913 - 1985

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Alexander Ivanovich Pokryshkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Покры́шкин; 6 March [O.S. 21 February] 1913 – 13 November 1985) was a Soviet fighter pilot in World War II, and later a marshal of aviation. He was one of the highest-scoring Soviet aces, and the highest-scoring pilot ever to fly an American aircraft, having achieved the great majority of his kills in the Lend-Lease Bell P-39 Airacobra. During the war Pokryshkin earned the title Hero of the Soviet Union three times: 24 May 1943, 24 August 1943, and 19 August 1944. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Pokryshkin has received more than 299,210 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Alexander Pokryshkin is the 693rd most popular military personnel (down from 574th in 2019), the 574th most popular biography from Russia (down from 487th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Russian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Alexander Pokryshkin ranks 693 out of 2,058. Before him are Maximilian von Prittwitz, Kemal Reis, Hermocrates, Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld, and Nobutake Kondō. After him are Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria, William Halsey Jr., Abner Doubleday, Ludwig von Benedek, Sergey Gorshkov, and Wilhelm Schepmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Alexander Pokryshkin ranks 87. Before him are Marika Rökk, Stanley Kramer, Shih Kien, 'Abd al-Ilah, Eddie Constantine, and Haxhi Lleshi. After him are Pinetop Perkins, Heinz Kohut, Pierre Werner, Mary Leakey, Franck Pourcel, and Alexander Marinesko. Among people deceased in 1985, Alexander Pokryshkin ranks 55. Before him are Frank Oppenheimer, Eric Voegelin, Wellington Koo, Zarifa Aliyeva, Axel Springer, and Karl-Adolf Hollidt. After him are Theodore Sturgeon, Ruth Gordon, David Byron, Herbert Bayer, Cus D'Amato, and Ricky Nelson.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Pokryshkin ranks 574 out of 3,761. Before him are Matvei Zakharov (1898), Nikolai Medtner (1879), Yury Solomin (1935), Eldar Ryazanov (1927), Lyubov Orlova (1902), and Mikhail Lazarev (1788). After him are Galina Vishnevskaya (1926), Fedor Tokarev (1871), Boris Kustodiev (1878), Zeki Velidi Togan (1890), Yevgeny Leonov (1926), and Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev (1832).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Alexander Pokryshkin ranks 53. Before him are Mikhail Skobelev (1843), Sergey Biryuzov (1904), Werner Ostendorff (1903), Markian Popov (1902), Werner Kempf (1886), and Roza Shanina (1924). After him are Nikolai Ogarkov (1917), Mikhail Miloradovich (1771), Sergey Akhromeyev (1923), Nikolay Voronov (1899), Boris Sheremetev (1652), and Iosif Gurko (1828).

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