1897 - 1968
Vasily Danilovich Sokolovsky (Russian: Васи́лий Дани́лович Соколо́вский; July 21, 1897 – May 10, 1968) was a Soviet general, military theorist, Marshal of the Soviet Union, and a commander of Red Army forces during World War II. As Georgy Zhukov's chief of staff, Sokolovsky helped plan and execute the Battle of Berlin. He also served as head of the Soviet Forces in East Germany and the Soviet Chief of the General Staff. Born to a Belarusian peasant family in Grodno in the Russian Empire, Sokolovsky joined the Red Army in 1918 and served with distinction in Central Asia during the Russian Civil War. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasily Sokolovsky has received more than 248,697 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Vasily Sokolovsky is the 396th most popular military personnel (down from 346th in 2019), the 191st most popular biography from Poland (down from 166th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Polish Military Personnel.
Vasily Sokolovsky is most famous for his video showing him playing Pokemon Go in a church in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
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Among military personnels, Vasily Sokolovsky ranks 396 out of 1,468. Before him are Leonid Govorov, Reinhard Scheer, Nicolas Chauvin, Ban Chao, Peter Townsend, and Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz. After him are Nikolai Kuznetsov, William Tecumseh Sherman, Roman Shukhevych, Honda Tadakatsu, Erasmo of Narni, and Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby.
1897 - 1955
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 390
1863 - 1928
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 391
1790 - 1900
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 392
32 - 102
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 393
1914 - 1995
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 394
1787 - 1862
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 395
1897 - 1968
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 396
1904 - 1974
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 397
1820 - 1891
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 398
1907 - 1950
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 399
1548 - 1610
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 400
1370 - 1443
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 401
1861 - 1936
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 402
Among people born in 1897, Vasily Sokolovsky ranks 46. Before him are Plaek Phibunsongkhram, Vlado Chernozemski, Joseph Berchtold, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Gershom Scholem, and Leonid Govorov. After him are Emil Maurice, Herbert Gille, Dmitry Pavlov, Georg Wittig, Jiroemon Kimura, and John Cockcroft. Among people deceased in 1968, Vasily Sokolovsky ranks 33. Before him are Kirill Meretskov, José Nasazzi, Giovanni Messe, Alexandre Kojève, Ivan Ribar, and Lucio Fontana. After him are Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, Alice Guy-Blaché, Romano Guardini, Josef Harpe, Vittorio Pozzo, and Fritz Bauer.
1897 - 1964
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 40
1897 - 1934
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 41
1897 - 1962
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 42
1897 - 1957
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 43
1897 - 1982
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 44
1897 - 1955
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 45
1897 - 1968
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 46
1897 - 1972
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 47
1897 - 1966
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 48
1897 - 1941
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 49
1897 - 1987
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 50
1897 - 1897
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 51
1897 - 1967
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 52
1897 - 1968
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 27
1901 - 1968
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 28
1883 - 1968
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 29
1902 - 1968
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 30
1881 - 1968
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 31
1899 - 1968
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 32
1897 - 1968
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 33
1885 - 1968
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 34
1873 - 1968
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 35
1885 - 1968
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 36
1887 - 1968
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 37
1886 - 1968
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 38
1903 - 1968
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 39
Among people born in Poland, Vasily Sokolovsky ranks 191 out of 1,454. Before him are Frederick I of Württemberg (1754), Mykhailo Hrushevsky (1866), John I Albert (1459), Felix Hausdorff (1868), William I of Württemberg (1781), and Jan Potocki (1761). After him are Julia, Princess of Battenberg (1825), Albert Marth (1828), Henryk Górecki (1933), Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (1770), Hans Lammers (1879), and Hermann Balck (1893).
1754 - 1816
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 185
1866 - 1934
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 186
1459 - 1501
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 187
1868 - 1942
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 188
1781 - 1864
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 189
1761 - 1815
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 190
1897 - 1968
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 191
1825 - 1895
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 192
1828 - 1897
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 193
1933 - 2010
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 194
1770 - 1861
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 195
1879 - 1962
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 196
1893 - 1982
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 197
Among military personnels born in Poland, Vasily Sokolovsky ranks 18. Before him are Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (1755), Rochus Misch (1917), Otto Liman von Sanders (1855), Władysław Sikorski (1881), Hans-Jürgen von Arnim (1889), and Otto Kretschmer (1912). After him are Hermann Balck (1893), Otto von Below (1857), Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (1885), Alexander von Falkenhausen (1878), Eberhard von Mackensen (1889), and Rüdiger von der Goltz (1865).
1755 - 1818
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 12
1917 - 2013
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 13
1855 - 1929
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 14
1881 - 1943
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 15
1889 - 1962
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 16
1912 - 1998
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 17
1897 - 1968
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 18
1893 - 1982
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 19
1857 - 1944
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 20
1885 - 1968
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 21
1878 - 1966
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 22
1889 - 1969
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 23
1865 - 1946
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 24