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August Kork

1887 - Today

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August Ivanovich Kork (Russian: Август Иванович Корк, also Аугуст Яанович Корк; 2 August [O.S. 22 July] 1887 – 11 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 62,667 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. August Kork is the 1,273rd most popular military personnel, the 78th most popular biography from Estonia and the 5th most popular Estonian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, August Kork ranks 1,273 out of 1,468Before him are Joseph Hooker, Miguel Grau Seminario, Karl Decker, Xie Lingyun, Erich Bey, and Katō Yoshiaki. After him are Otto Deßloch, Koos de la Rey, Braxton Bragg, Horatio Gates, Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, and Caupolicán.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, August Kork ranks 150Before him are Rupert Brooke, Pyotr Nesterov, Annette Kellermann, L. S. Lowry, Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, and Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu. After him are Ernst Toch, Adone Zoli, Courtney Hodges, Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Marianne Moore, and Josef Frings.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, August Kork ranks 78 out of 310Before him are Eduard von Toll (1858), Edgar Savisaar (1950), Jaan Tõnisson (1868), Jüri Uluots (1890), Alexei Lvov (1798), and Carl Robert Jakobson (1841). After him are Alfons Rebane (1908), Eduard Pütsep (1898), Eduard Vilde (1865), Ragnar Nurkse (1907), August Rei (1886), and Juhan Aavik (1884).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Estonia

Among military personnels born in Estonia, August Kork ranks 5Before 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).