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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Mikhail Katukov

1900 - 1976

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Marshal of Armoured Troops Mikhail Yefimovich Katukov (Russian: Михаи́л Ефи́мович Катуко́в [katuˈkɔf] 17 September [O.S. 4 September] 1900 – 8 June 1976) served as a commander of armored troops in the Red Army during and following World War II. He is viewed as one of the most talented Soviet armor commanders. Mikhail Katukov holds the honor of the first major victory of the Soviet armored forces, the victory from October 4 to October 11, 1941 at Mtsensk over the 3rd and 4th tank divisions, which were part of the Guderian's Panzergruppe 2 in the Battle of Moscow. His other notable command during the German-Soviet War were that of 1st Guards Tank Army, which he commanded during the Battle of Kursk (1943), the Proskurov-Chernovtsy Operation (1944), the Lvov-Sandomierz Operation (1944), the Vistula Oder Operation (1945), and the Battle of Berlin (1945). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mikhail Katukov has received more than 117,819 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Mikhail Katukov is the 1,041st most popular military personnel (down from 1,036th in 2019), the 934th most popular biography from Russia (down from 917th in 2019) and the 81st most popular Russian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Mikhail Katukov ranks 1,041 out of 1,468. Before him are Adolphe Pégoud, Richard Ruoff, Holland Smith, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, Chram, and Agustina de Aragón. After him are Demetrios Ypsilantis, Georg von der Marwitz, Otto Schniewind, Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, Henry Allingham, and Tatikios.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Mikhail Katukov ranks 132. Before him are Lorenzo Fernández, Hellmuth Walter, Sumitranandan Pant, Grigory Shtern, Franz Neumann, and Srinagarindra. After him are Alexander Mosolov, Vítězslav Nezval, Herberts Cukurs, Hans Stuck, Alessandro Blasetti, and Ivan Fedyuninsky. Among people deceased in 1976, Mikhail Katukov ranks 101. Before him are Boris Iofan, Howlin' Wolf, Paul Robeson, Alexander Novikov, Wilhelm Marschall, and Evert Taube. After him are Grégoire Kayibanda, Rudolph Minkowski, Paul Gallico, Werner March, Zdeněk Fierlinger, and Pyotr Koshevoy.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Mikhail Katukov ranks 934 out of 3,262. Before him are Gevork Vartanian (1924), Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow (1910), Gustaf Kossinna (1858), Alfred Clebsch (1833), Anastasiya Vertinskaya (1944), and Tini Beg (1341). After him are Duchess Sophie of Prussia (1582), Irina Shayk (1986), Nikolai Luzin (1883), Emil Wiechert (1861), Pavel Pestel (1793), and Boris Shakhlin (1932).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Mikhail Katukov ranks 81. Before him are Mitrofan Nedelin (1902), Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev (1843), Alexander Rodimtsev (1905), Karl Lennart Oesch (1892), Alexey Kaledin (1861), and Joseph Trumpeldor (1880). After him are Andrei Shkuro (1887), Vladimir Kappel (1883), Pavel Grachev (1948), Fyodor Apraksin (1661), Oleg Kalugin (1934), and Valentin Varennikov (1923).

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