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Pavel Nakhimov

1802 - 1855

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Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov (Russian: Павел Степанович Нахимов, pronounced [ˈpavʲɪl sʲtʲɪˈpanəvʲɪtɕ nɐˈxʲiməf]; July 5 [O.S. June 23] 1802 – July 12 [O.S. June 30] 1855) was a Russian admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy known for his victory in the Battle of Sinop and his leadership in the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) during the Crimean War. He joined the Imperial Russian Navy and moved up the ranks, serving in the Greek War of Independence and the Russo-Turkish War (1828–29). At the beginning of the Crimean War, he delivered a significant victory at the Battle of Sinop against the Ottoman Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pavel Nakhimov has received more than 239,789 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Pavel Nakhimov is the 437th most popular military personnel (up from 454th in 2019), the 371st most popular biography from Russia (up from 388th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Pavel Nakhimov ranks 437 out of 2,058. Before him are Xu Huang, He Jin, August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Mikhail Kirponos, Osman Nuri Pasha, and Zinovy Rozhestvensky. After him are Horatius Cocles, Petre Dumitrescu, Viktor Kulikov, Yoshiko Kawashima, Erich Kempka, and Muqali.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1802, Pavel Nakhimov ranks 14. Before him are Miguel I of Portugal, Wilhelm Hauff, Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, Charles Wheatstone, Germain Henri Hess, and Heinrich Gustav Magnus. After him are Husein Gradaščević, Antoine Jérôme Balard, Harriet Martineau, Alcide d'Orbigny, Nikolaus Lenau, and Hermann Goldschmidt. Among people deceased in 1855, Pavel Nakhimov ranks 9. Before him are Nicholas I of Russia, Charlotte Brontë, Adam Mickiewicz, Gérard de Nerval, Infante Carlos, Count of Molina, and Adelaide of Austria. After him are Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure, François Rude, Maria Theresa of Austria, Amschel Mayer Rothschild, Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg, and Salomon Mayer von Rothschild.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Pavel Nakhimov ranks 371 out of 3,761. Before him are Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831), Duchess Anna of Prussia (1576), Fyodor Tyutchev (1803), Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883), Rinat Dasayev (1957), and Zinovy Rozhestvensky (1848). After him are Viktor Kulikov (1921), Henri Troyat (1911), Ferdinand von Wrangel (1797), Eduard Khil (1934), Aleksandr Lyapunov (1857), and Chung Il-kwon (1917).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Pavel Nakhimov ranks 35. Before him are Kirill Meretskov (1897), Alexander Yegorov (1883), Leonid Govorov (1897), Vasily Arkhipov (1926), Nikolai Kuznetsov (1904), and Zinovy Rozhestvensky (1848). After him are Viktor Kulikov (1921), Fyodor Ushakov (1745), Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov (1737), Dmitry Pavlov (1897), Dmitry Utkin (1970), and Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov (1787).

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