MILITARY PERSONNEL

Arnold Meri

1919 - 2009

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Arnold Meri (1 July 1919 – 27 March 2009) was a Soviet World War II veteran and the first Estonian Hero of the Soviet Union. After Estonia became independent, he was later charged with genocide for his role in the deportation of some Estonians to the inhospitable regions of the USSR. He was a first cousin of the President of Estonia, Lennart Meri. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arnold Meri has received more than 45,600 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Arnold Meri is the 1,735th most popular military personnel (down from 1,412th in 2019), the 133rd most popular biography from Estonia (down from 109th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Estonian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Arnold Meri ranks 1,735 out of 2,058. Before him are Solomon, Oleksii Arestovych, Pyotr Gavrilov, François Fournier-Sarlovèze, Harry Patch, and Diogo Lopes de Sequeira. After him are Vladimir Tributs, Lionel Dunsterville, Peisander, Milivoj Ašner, Gustav von Alvensleben, and James Van Fleet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Arnold Meri ranks 231. Before him are Maurice Boitel, Delfo Cabrera, Wilson Greatbatch, Åke Seyffarth, Manna Dey, and Antonio Pietrangeli. After him are Dries van der Lof, Jon Pertwee, Gottfried Dienst, William Stokoe, Augusts Voss, and Kateryna Yushchenko. Among people deceased in 2009, Arnold Meri ranks 230. Before him are Pio Laghi, Arne Bendiksen, Rodrigo Carazo Odio, Harry Patch, Kamala Surayya, and Abdul Aziz al-Hakim. After him are Edmund Purdom, Val Avery, Lei Clijsters, Léon Glovacki, José Torres, and Ede Király.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Arnold Meri ranks 133 out of 351. Before him are Rudolf Tobias (1873), Alfred Schmidt (1898), Ragnar Nurkse (1907), Heino Kruus (1926), Aleksey Shakhmatov (1864), and Jüri Tamm (1957). After him are Ivo Linna (1949), Aavo Pikkuus (1954), Jüri Ratas (1978), Mart Helme (1949), August Jakobson (1904), and Ester Mägi (1922).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Estonia

Among military personnels born in Estonia, Arnold Meri ranks 7. Before him are Paul von Rennenkampf (1854), Otto von Kotzebue (1787), Johan Laidoner (1884), Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven (1914), August Kork (1887), and Alfons Rebane (1908).

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