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August Kork

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August Ivanovich Kork (Russian: Август Иванович Корк, also Аугуст Яанович Корк; 2 August [O.S. 22 July] 1887 – 12 June 1937) was an Estonian Red Army commander (Komandarm 2nd rank) who was tried and executed during the Great Purge in 1937. Kork became an officer of the Imperial Russian Army and graduated from the General Staff Academy. He served as a staff officer during World War I and in February 1917 was at the Western Front headquarters. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of August Kork has received more than 73,117 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). August Kork is the 1,298th most popular military personnel (down from 1,272nd in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Estonia (up from 78th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Estonian Military Personnel.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, August Kork ranks 1,298 out of 2,058. Before him are John Paul Jones, Nikolai Linevich, Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, Miguel Ricardo de Álava, Oleg Kalugin, and Hans Graf von Sponeck. After him are Erich Abraham, Ludwig von Reuter, Rolf Carls, Alexios Branas, Shigeyoshi Inoue, and Friedrich Kirchner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, August Kork ranks 132. Before him are Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Prince Gabriel Constantinovich of Russia, Salama Moussa, M. N. Roy, Rudolf Beran, and Theodore Roosevelt Jr.. After him are Antonio Moreno, Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, Georges Vézina, Hermann Rauschning, Sydir Kovpak, and Radasłaŭ Astroŭski.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, August Kork ranks 67 out of 351. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg (1794), Jüri Uluots (1890), Johannes Aavik (1880), George Hackenschmidt (1877), Jüri Lossmann (1891), and Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz (1793). After him are Herman Wrangel (1584), Viktor Kingissepp (1888), Edgar Savisaar (1950), Paul Ariste (1905), Alexander von Benckendorff (1782), and Hella Wuolijoki (1886).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Estonia

Among military personnels born in Estonia, August Kork ranks 5. Before him are Paul von Rennenkampf (1854), Otto von Kotzebue (1787), Johan Laidoner (1884), and Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven (1914). After him are Alfons Rebane (1908), and Arnold Meri (1919).

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