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Valery Asapov

1966 - 2017

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Valery Grigorievich Asapov (Russian: Валерий Григорьевич Асапов; 1 January 1966 – 23 September 2017) was a Russian military leader who last served as the Lieutenant General of Russian Ground Forces. According to the Russian Defence Ministry, he was killed on 23 September 2017 by mortar fire from ISIL militants near the city of Deir ez-Zor during the Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War making him the most senior Russian officer killed in action to date in the course of the Syrian Civil War. Asapov's position in Syria was described by the Ministry of Defence as the chief of the group of Russian military advisers in Syria. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Valery Asapov is the 17,746th most popular politician (down from 17,181st in 2024), the 2,603rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,530th in 2019) and the 482nd most popular Russian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Valery Asapov ranks 17,746 out of 19,576. Before him are Gilbert Houngbo, Fehaid Al-Deehani, Peter O'Neill, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, Trent Lott, and Khamis Gaddafi. After him are Russ Kun, George S. Boutwell, Aleksey Dyumin, Beatriz Argimón, Morcar, and Marin Raykov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Valery Asapov ranks 514. Before him are Iztok Puc, Melcior Mauri, Chokri El Ouaer, Kathrin Neimke, Athina Rachel Tsangari, and Fehaid Al-Deehani. After him are Olena Demyanenko, Srđan Aleksić, Lenny Abrahamson, Michael Park, Andy Richter, and Albert Pahimi Padacké. Among people deceased in 2017, Valery Asapov ranks 595. Before him are William Steinkraus, Monty Hall, Sofía Ímber, Wilfried, Connie Hawkins, and Kishori Amonkar. After him are Peter Doohan, Carme Chacón, Warrel Dane, Darrall Imhoff, Rosemary Leach, and Udo Ulfkotte.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Valery Asapov ranks 2,603 out of 3,761. Before him are Dmitry Tursunov (1982), Alexei Yagudin (1980), Rustem Khamitov (1954), Dmitry Bykov (1967), Sergei Kiriakov (1970), and Konstantin Volkov (1960). After him are Aleksey Dyumin (1972), Evgeni Malkin (1986), Maxim Fadeev (1968), Hüseyin Özkan (1972), Mikhail Burtsev (1956), and Alexei Urmanov (1973).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Valery Asapov ranks 482. Before him are Sergey Menyaylo (1960), Ilya Ponomarev (1975), Pavel Grudinin (1960), Yevgeny Roizman (1962), Yury Trutnev (1956), and Rustem Khamitov (1954). After him are Aleksey Dyumin (1972), Nikolay Merkushkin (1951), Leonid Slutsky (1968), Zilya Valeeva (1952), Alexander Gusev (1947), and Marina Kosheveya (1960).

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