POLITICIAN
Vasily Blokhin
1895 - 1955
Vasily Blokhin
Vasily Mikhailovich Blokhin (‹See Tfd›Russian: Васи́лий Миха́йлович Блохи́н; 19 January [O.S. 7 January] 1895 – 3 February 1955) was a Soviet secret police official who served as the chief executioner of the NKVD under the administrations of Genrikh Yagoda, Nikolay Yezhov, and Lavrentiy Beria. Blokhin was hand-picked for the position by Joseph Stalin in 1926 and led a company of executioners that performed and supervised numerous mass killings in the Soviet Union during Stalin's reign, mostly during the Great Purge and Eastern Front of World War II. Blokhin is recorded as having executed tens of thousands of prisoners by his own hand, including his killing of about 7,000 Polish prisoners of war during the Katyn massacre in spring 1940, making him the most prolific official executioner in recorded world history. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasily Blokhin has received more than 1,049,188 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Vasily Blokhin is the 3,472nd most popular politician (down from 2,231st in 2019), the 336th most popular biography from Russia (down from 223rd in 2019) and the 103rd most popular Russian Politician.
Vasily Blokhin was a Soviet military officer and Nazi collaborator who was the head of the Ukrainian Auxiliary Police in Lviv during the German occupation of Ukraine. He is most famous for his role in the Babi Yar massacre, where he was responsible for killing more than 30,000 Jews.
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Among POLITICIANS
Among politicians, Vasily Blokhin ranks 3,472 out of 19,576. Before him are Daji, Paul Deschanel, Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, Nouri al-Maliki, Abimelech, and Al-Ashraf Khalil. After him are Theresa, Countess of Portugal, Taira no Kiyomori, Albert Azaryan, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, Xiao He, and Chen Duxiu.
Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsDaji
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 3,466
Paul Deschanel
1855 - 1922
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 3,467
Frederick II, Elector of Saxony
1412 - 1464
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 3,468
Nouri al-Maliki
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 3,469
Abimelech
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 3,470
Al-Ashraf Khalil
1260 - 1293
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 3,471
Vasily Blokhin
1895 - 1955
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 3,472
Theresa, Countess of Portugal
1080 - 1130
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 3,473
Taira no Kiyomori
1118 - 1181
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 3,474
Albert Azaryan
1929 - 2023
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 3,475
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
1887 - 1953
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 3,476
Xiao He
257 BC - 193
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 3,477
Chen Duxiu
1879 - 1942
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 3,478
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1895, Vasily Blokhin ranks 61. Before him are Dickinson W. Richards, Pavel Sukhoi, Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, Lázaro Cárdenas, Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, and Kurt Zeitzler. After him are Wilhelm Kempff, Richard Barthelmess, Clara Haskil, B. H. Liddell Hart, Friedrich Jeckeln, and Marcel Pagnol. Among people deceased in 1955, Vasily Blokhin ranks 30. Before him are Hermann Weyl, Oswald Avery, Garegin Nzhdeh, Leonid Govorov, Mihály Károlyi, and Michael Chekhov. After him are Rodolphe Seeldrayers, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh, Princess Clémentine of Belgium, Cordell Hull, and Alexander Wienerberger.
Others Born in 1895
Go to all RankingsDickinson W. Richards
PHYSICIAN
1895 - 1973
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 55
Pavel Sukhoi
ENGINEER
1895 - 1975
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 56
Hans-Georg von Friedeburg
POLITICIAN
1895 - 1945
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 57
Lázaro Cárdenas
POLITICIAN
1895 - 1970
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 58
Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1895 - 1966
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 59
Kurt Zeitzler
POLITICIAN
1895 - 1963
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 60
Vasily Blokhin
POLITICIAN
1895 - 1955
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 61
Wilhelm Kempff
MUSICIAN
1895 - 1991
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 62
Richard Barthelmess
ACTOR
1895 - 1963
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 63
Clara Haskil
MUSICIAN
1895 - 1960
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 64
B. H. Liddell Hart
WRITER
1895 - 1970
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 65
Friedrich Jeckeln
EXTREMIST
1895 - 1946
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 66
Marcel Pagnol
WRITER
1895 - 1974
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 67
Others Deceased in 1955
Go to all RankingsHermann Weyl
MATHEMATICIAN
1885 - 1955
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 24
Oswald Avery
PHYSICIAN
1877 - 1955
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 25
Garegin Nzhdeh
POLITICIAN
1886 - 1955
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 26
Leonid Govorov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1897 - 1955
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 27
Mihály Károlyi
POLITICIAN
1875 - 1955
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 28
Michael Chekhov
ACTOR
1891 - 1955
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 29
Vasily Blokhin
POLITICIAN
1895 - 1955
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 30
Rodolphe Seeldrayers
POLITICIAN
1876 - 1955
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 31
Alfred Radcliffe-Brown
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1881 - 1955
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 32
Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh
POLITICIAN
1884 - 1955
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 33
Princess Clémentine of Belgium
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1955
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 34
Cordell Hull
POLITICIAN
1871 - 1955
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 35
Alexander Wienerberger
ENGINEER
1891 - 1955
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 36
In Russia
Among people born in Russia, Vasily Blokhin ranks 336 out of 3,761. Before him are Michel Fokine (1880), Dmitry of Uglich (1582), Simeon of Moscow (1316), Svetlana Savitskaya (1948), Mikhail Khodorkovsky (1963), and Alexander Griboyedov (1795). After him are Valeri Polyakov (1942), Nikolay Karamzin (1766), Lev Gumilyov (1912), Tamara Karsavina (1885), Andriyan Nikolayev (1929), and Genndy Tartakovsky (1970).
Others born in Russia
Go to all RankingsMichel Fokine
DANCER
1880 - 1942
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 330
Dmitry of Uglich
NOBLEMAN
1582 - 1591
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 331
Simeon of Moscow
POLITICIAN
1316 - 1353
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 332
Svetlana Savitskaya
ASTRONAUT
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 333
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
BUSINESSPERSON
1963 - Present
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 334
Alexander Griboyedov
WRITER
1795 - 1829
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 335
Vasily Blokhin
POLITICIAN
1895 - 1955
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 336
Valeri Polyakov
ASTRONAUT
1942 - 2022
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 337
Nikolay Karamzin
WRITER
1766 - 1826
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 338
Lev Gumilyov
HISTORIAN
1912 - 1992
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 339
Tamara Karsavina
DANCER
1885 - 1978
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 340
Andriyan Nikolayev
ASTRONAUT
1929 - 2004
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 341
Genndy Tartakovsky
FILM DIRECTOR
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 342
Among POLITICIANS In Russia
Among politicians born in Russia, Vasily Blokhin ranks 103. Before him are Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia (1784), Mikhail Mishustin (1966), Andrey Bogolyubsky (1111), Natalya Naryshkina (1651), Yury of Moscow (1281), and Simeon of Moscow (1316). After him are Anatoly Sobchak (1937), Anna Dostoevskaya (1846), Grigory Orlov (1734), Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (1875), Alexander Danilovich Menshikov (1673), and Ivan Silayev (1930).
Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia
1784 - 1803
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 97
Mikhail Mishustin
1966 - Present
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 98
Andrey Bogolyubsky
1111 - 1174
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 99
Natalya Naryshkina
1651 - 1694
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 100
Yury of Moscow
1281 - 1325
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 101
Simeon of Moscow
1316 - 1353
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 102
Vasily Blokhin
1895 - 1955
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 103
Anatoly Sobchak
1937 - 2000
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 104
Anna Dostoevskaya
1846 - 1918
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 105
Grigory Orlov
1734 - 1783
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 106
Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia
1875 - 1960
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 107
Alexander Danilovich Menshikov
1673 - 1729
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 108
Ivan Silayev
1930 - 2023
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 109