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Vasily Zaitsev

1915 - 1991

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Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev (Russian: Васи́лий Григо́рьевич За́йцев, IPA: [vɐˈsʲilʲɪj ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲjɪvʲɪdʑ ˈzajtsɨf]; 23 March 1915 – 15 December 1991) was a Soviet sniper during World War II. Between 22 September 1942 and 19 October 1942, he killed 40 enemy soldiers. Between 10 October 1942 and 17 December 1942, during the Battle of Stalingrad, he killed 225 enemy soldiers. Zaitsev became a celebrated figure during the war and later a Hero of the Soviet Union, and he remains lauded for his skills as a sniper. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasily Zaitsev has received more than 107,243 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Vasily Zaitsev is the 56th most popular military personnel (down from 48th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Russia (down from 61st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Military Personnel.

Vasily Zaitsev is most famous for his role in the Battle of Stalingrad. He was a Soviet sniper who used his skills to kill over 225 German soldiers.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Vasily Zaitsev ranks 56 out of 2,058. Before him are Baron Munchausen, Mikhail Kutuzov, Flavius Aetius, Erich Ludendorff, Prince Eugene of Savoy, and Gerd von Rundstedt. After him are Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan, Ernst Röhm, Albrecht von Wallenstein, Miltiades, Seleucus I Nicator, and Alfred Jodl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Vasily Zaitsev ranks 8. Before him are Augusto Pinochet, Anthony Quinn, Moshe Dayan, Frank Sinatra, Ingrid Bergman, and Roland Barthes. After him are Yitzhak Shamir, David Rockefeller, Arthur Miller, Orson Welles, Eli Wallach, and Paul Samuelson. Among people deceased in 1991, Vasily Zaitsev ranks 4. Before him are Freddie Mercury, Olav V of Norway, and Dr. Seuss. After him are Yves Montand, Serge Gainsbourg, Edwin McMillan, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Carl David Anderson, Klaus Kinski, Jiang Qing, and Klaus Barbie.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vasily Zaitsev ranks 66 out of 3,761. Before him are Peter Kropotkin (1842), Ivan Turgenev (1818), Frederick I of Prussia (1657), Georg Cantor (1845), Mikhail Kutuzov (1745), and Yaroslav the Wise (978). After him are Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (1904), Peter II of Russia (1715), Peter Carl Fabergé (1846), Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861), Stanislav Petrov (1939), and Wilhelm Wien (1864).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Vasily Zaitsev ranks 2. Before him are Mikhail Kutuzov (1745). After him are Stanislav Petrov (1939), Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961), Alexander Suvorov (1730), Ivan Konev (1897), Mikhail Tukhachevsky (1893), Vasily Chuikov (1900), Pyotr Bagration (1765), Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895), Semyon Budyonny (1883), and Felix Steiner (1896).

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