1921 - 2013
Viktor Georgiyevich Kulikov (Russian: Виктор Георгиевич Куликов; 5 July 1921 – 28 May 2013) was the Warsaw Pact commander-in-chief from 1977 to 1989. He was awarded the rank of the Marshal of the Soviet Union on 14 January 1977. Kulikov was born into a peasant family and joined the Red Army in 1939. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viktor Kulikov has received more than 128,787 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Viktor Kulikov is the 413th most popular military personnel (up from 445th in 2019), the 360th most popular biography from Russia (up from 378th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Russian Military Personnel.
Viktor Kulikov is most famous for being the first person to ever survive a direct hit from a nuclear bomb.
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Among military personnels, Viktor Kulikov ranks 413 out of 1,468. Before him are Otto von Below, Herbert Gille, Zhang He, Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, François Achille Bazaine, and Dmitry Pavlov. After him are Nathan Bedford Forrest, Lü Meng, Johannes Frießner, Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria, Alexander von Falkenhausen, and Heinrich von Vietinghoff.
1857 - 1944
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 407
1897 - 1966
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 408
167 - 231
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 409
1885 - 1968
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 410
1811 - 1888
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 411
1897 - 1941
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 412
1921 - 2013
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 413
1821 - 1877
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 414
178 - 220
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 415
1892 - 1971
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 416
1818 - 1874
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 417
1878 - 1966
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 418
1887 - 1952
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 419
Among people born in 1921, Viktor Kulikov ranks 59. Before him are James Jones, Sugar Ray Robinson, Telmo Zarra, Seretse Khama, Robert Bruce Merrifield, and Alexandra of Yugoslavia. After him are Gérard Debreu, Harald Quandt, Zizinho, Dobrica Ćosić, Yoichiro Nambu, and Peter Benenson. Among people deceased in 2013, Viktor Kulikov ranks 45. Before him are Ieng Sary, Ronald Dworkin, Jerome Karle, Nagisa Oshima, Jesús Franco, and Richard Matheson. After him are Lawrence Klein, Manfred Rommel, J. J. Cale, Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, and Hiroshi Yamauchi.
1921 - 1977
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 53
1921 - 1989
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 54
1921 - 2006
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 55
1921 - 1980
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 56
1921 - 2006
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 57
1921 - 1993
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 58
1921 - 2013
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 59
1921 - 2004
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 60
1921 - 1967
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 61
1921 - 2002
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 62
1921 - 2014
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 63
1921 - 2015
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 64
1921 - 2005
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 65
1925 - 2013
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 39
1931 - 2013
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 40
1918 - 2013
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 41
1932 - 2013
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 42
1930 - 2013
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 43
1926 - 2013
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 44
1921 - 2013
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 45
1920 - 2013
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 46
1928 - 2013
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 47
1938 - 2013
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 48
1915 - 2013
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 49
1927 - 2013
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 50
1927 - 2013
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 51
Among people born in Russia, Viktor Kulikov ranks 360 out of 3,262. Before him are Princess Louise of Prussia (1808), Anton Arensky (1861), Yakov Yurovsky (1878), Léon Theremin (1896), Galina Ulanova (1910), and Dmitry Pavlov (1897). After him are Henri Troyat (1911), Sergey Ilyushin (1894), Vasily Dokuchaev (1846), Vladimir Kryuchkov (1924), Nikolay Karamzin (1766), and Anna Netrebko (1971).
1808 - 1870
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 354
1861 - 1906
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 355
1878 - 1938
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 356
1896 - 1993
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 357
1910 - 1998
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 358
1897 - 1941
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 359
1921 - 2013
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 360
1911 - 2007
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 361
1894 - 1977
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 362
1846 - 1903
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 363
1924 - 2007
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 364
1766 - 1826
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 365
1971 - Present
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 366
Among military personnels born in Russia, Viktor Kulikov ranks 33. Before him are Kirill Meretskov (1897), Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov (1737), Vasily Arkhipov (1926), Leonid Govorov (1897), Nikolai Kuznetsov (1904), and Dmitry Pavlov (1897). After him are Pavel Nakhimov (1802), Zinovy Rozhestvensky (1848), Roza Shanina (1924), Lauri Törni (1919), Dmitry Pozharsky (1577), and Fyodor Ushakov (1745).
1897 - 1968
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 27
1737 - 1808
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 28
1926 - 1998
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 29
1897 - 1955
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 30
1904 - 1974
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 31
1897 - 1941
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 32
1921 - 2013
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 33
1802 - 1855
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 34
1848 - 1909
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 35
1924 - 1945
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 36
1919 - 1965
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 37
1577 - 1642
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 38
1745 - 1817
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 39