MILITARY PERSONNEL

Yekaterina Budanova

1916 - 1943

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Yekaterina Vasilyevna Budanova (Russian: Екатерина Васильевна Буданова), nicknamed Katya (Катя) (6 December 1916 – 19 July 1943), was a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World War II. Usually credited with five or more aerial victories, along with Lydia Litvyak, she is often considered one of the world's two female fighter aces. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yekaterina Budanova has received more than 152,526 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Yekaterina Budanova is the 1,017th most popular military personnel (down from 795th in 2019), the 853rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 686th in 2019) and the 80th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.65

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Yekaterina Budanova ranks 1,017 out of 2,058. Before her are Theodor Wisch, Ramón de Cardona, Fritz Klingenberg, George Dewey, Ernst-Günther Baade, and Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg. After her are Jure Francetić, Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven, Presian, Walter Krupinski, Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski, and Clearchus of Sparta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Yekaterina Budanova ranks 104. Before her are John Basilone, Julio César Turbay Ayala, Bismillah Khan, M. S. Subbulakshmi, Chiang Fang-liang, and Lung Chien. After her are Ivo Lola Ribar, Zail Singh, Alexey Maresyev, Edmundo Suárez, Ugo Locatelli, and Helmut Gröttrup. Among people deceased in 1943, Yekaterina Budanova ranks 84. Before her are Giuseppe Terragni, Eric Knight, Constantin Prezan, Maria Restituta Kafka, Zabel Yesayan, and Vladimir Kokovtsov. After her are Willi Graf, Ivo Lola Ribar, Agustín Pedro Justo, Manshuk Mametova, Hàm Nghi, and Johann Niemann.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yekaterina Budanova ranks 853 out of 3,761. Before her are Andrei Voznesensky (1933), Irina Miroshnichenko (1942), Oleg Tabakov (1935), Yakov Sinai (1935), Vladimir Kokovtsov (1853), and Lidia Ruslanova (1900). After her are Tatiana Samoilova (1934), Ludmila Belousova (1935), Erich von Drygalski (1865), Vyacheslav Zudov (1942), Walter Krupinski (1920), and Alexander Kotov (1913).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Yekaterina Budanova ranks 80. Before her are Nikolai Berzarin (1904), Alexander Rodimtsev (1905), Mikhail Katukov (1900), Yakov Pavlov (1917), Semyon Bogdanov (1894), and Ivan Yefimovich Petrov (1896). After her are Walter Krupinski (1920), Semyon Kurkotkin (1917), Maria Bochkareva (1889), Alexey Maresyev (1916), Aleksandr Dvornikov (1961), and Pavel Rotmistrov (1901).

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