MILITARY PERSONNEL

Polina Gelman

1919 - 2005

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Polina Vladimirovna Gelman (Russian: Поли́на Влади́мировна Ге́льман, Ukrainian: Полі́на Володи́мирівна Ге́льман; 24 October 1919 – 25 November 2005) was a flight navigator in the all-female 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment who was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union in 1946 for having totaled 857 sorties during World War II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Polina Gelman has received more than 64,685 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Polina Gelman is the 1,612th most popular military personnel (down from 1,114th in 2019), the 604th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 380th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Ukrainian Military Personnel.

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  • 50.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Polina Gelman ranks 1,612 out of 2,058. Before her are Somnath Sharma, Carlos Hathcock, Friedrich Sixt von Armin, Hans Felber, Werner Teske, and Yakov Smushkevich. After her are Vladimir Triandafillov, Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł, Koos de la Rey, José de Palafox y Melci, 1st Duke of Zaragoza, Andreas Miaoulis, and Charlie Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Polina Gelman ranks 199. Before her are Gene Barry, Lawrence Tierney, Nehemiah Persoff, Irmgard Seefried, Mohammed Karim Lamrani, and Eileen Heckart. After her are Pauline Kael, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, R. M. Hare, Margot Hielscher, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, and Olle Anderberg. Among people deceased in 2005, Polina Gelman ranks 177. Before her are Yevgeny Grishin, Attilâ İlhan, Laurel Aitken, Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi, Stanley Williams, and Shoji Nishio. After her are Hans Clarin, Gennady Sarafanov, Eduardo Paolozzi, Wee Kim Wee, Mario David, and Geraldine Fitzgerald.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Polina Gelman ranks 604 out of 1,365. Before her are Aleksandr Gauk (1893), Vladimir Semichastny (1924), Aleksei Kruchyonykh (1886), Yuli-Yoel Edelstein (1958), Karl Doppler (1825), and Vladimir Veksler (1907). After her are Abraham Lempel (1936), Jacek Kuroń (1934), Nathan Altman (1889), Aleksander Ford (1908), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (1979), and Anatoliy Demyanenko (1959).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Ukraine

Among military personnels born in Ukraine, Polina Gelman ranks 39. Before her are Pavel Rybalko (1894), Pyotr Koshevoy (1904), Danylo Apostol (1654), Nikolai Linevich (1839), Vasyl Makukh (1927), and Georgi Todorov (1858). After her are Franciszek Kleeberg (1888), Yevgeniya Rudneva (1921), Serhiy Shaptala (1973), Yekaterina Zelenko (1916), Józef Kowalski (1900), and Marie Ljalková (1920).

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