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Nikolai Ogarkov

1917 - 1994

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Nikolai Vasilyevich Ogarkov (Russian: Николай Васильевич Огарков; 30 October 1917 – 23 January 1994) was a prominent Soviet military personality. He was promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1977. Between 1977 and 1984, he was Chief of the General Staff of the USSR. He became widely known in the West when he became the Soviet military's spokesman following the shootdown of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 near Moneron Island in September 1983. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikolai Ogarkov has received more than 139,028 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Nikolai Ogarkov is the 707th most popular military personnel (down from 668th in 2019), the 583rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 565th in 2019) and the 54th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Nikolai Ogarkov ranks 707 out of 2,058. Before him are Bardas Skleros, Xu Da, Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Takeo Kurita, Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow, and Stanisław Sosabowski. After him are Momčilo Đujić, Iphicrates, James Bowie, Won Gyun, Mikhail Miloradovich, and Peithon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Nikolai Ogarkov ranks 88. Before him are Roque Máspoli, Cyrus Vance, Louis Zamperini, Yukio Tsuda, Ko Arima, and Hirokazu Ninomiya. After him are Otto Kittel, Will Eisner, Zhang Chunqiao, Jean Rouch, Atle Selberg, and Harold Garfinkel. Among people deceased in 1994, Nikolai Ogarkov ranks 87. Before him are Zein Al-Sharaf Talal, Tengiz Abuladze, Jean Borotra, Branko Mikulić, Yevgeny Leonov, and Luis Ocaña. After him are Jack Unterweger, Max Morlock, Innokenty Smoktunovsky, James Clavell, Andrés Escobar, and Howard Martin Temin.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nikolai Ogarkov ranks 583 out of 3,761. Before him are Boris Kustodiev (1878), Zeki Velidi Togan (1890), Yevgeny Leonov (1926), Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev (1832), Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (1864), and Jean Béraud (1849). After him are Anund Gårdske (1004), Sergei Belov (1944), Ulugh Muhammad (1405), Mikhail Miloradovich (1771), Nina Berberova (1901), and Wilhelm Voigt (1849).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Nikolai Ogarkov ranks 54. Before him are Sergey Biryuzov (1904), Werner Ostendorff (1903), Markian Popov (1902), Werner Kempf (1886), Roza Shanina (1924), and Alexander Pokryshkin (1913). After him are Mikhail Miloradovich (1771), Sergey Akhromeyev (1923), Nikolay Voronov (1899), Boris Sheremetev (1652), Iosif Gurko (1828), and Dietrich von Saucken (1892).

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