Most Famous Russian Military Figures

50 Russian Military Figures in view out of 489

Georgy Zhukov Russian Militar 1896 – 1974

#754 Wiki

Anton Denikin Russian Officer 1872 – 1947

#4,627 Wiki

Mikhail Tukhachevsky Russian Militar 1893 – 1937

#5,468 Wiki

Grigory Potemkin Russian Militar 1739 – 1791

#5,652 Wiki

Ivan Konev Russian Officer 1897 – 1973

#6,108 Wiki

Andrey Vlasov Russian Officer 1901 – 1946

#7,180 Wiki

Semyon Budyonny Russian Militar 1883 – 1973

#7,452 Wiki

Pyotr Wrangel Russian Officer 1878 – 1928

#8,099 Wiki

Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly Russian Officer 1761 – 1818

#8,341 Wiki

Aleksandr Vasilevsky Russian Officer 1895 – 1977

#8,597 Wiki

Lavr Kornilov Russian Militar 1870 – 1918

#10,322 Wiki

Vasily Chuikov Russian Militar 1900 – 1982

#10,343 Wiki

Pyotr Bagration Russian Officer 1765 – 1812

#10,448 Wiki

Semyon Timoshenko Russian Officer 1895 – 1970

#11,748 Wiki

Mikhail Frunze Russian Army 1885 – 1925

#11,769 Wiki

Adam Johann von Krusenstern Russian Admiral 1770 – 1846

#13,325 Wiki

Yemelyan Pugachev Russian Militar 1742 – 1775

#13,401 Wiki

Andrey Yeryomenko Russian Officer 1892 – 1970

#13,787 Wiki

Andrei Grechko Russian Officer 1903 – 1976

#14,309 Wiki

Shamil Basayev Russian Soldier 1965 – 2006

#15,580 Wiki

Ivan Bagramyan Russian Militar 1897 – 1982

#15,765 Wiki

Vasily Blyukher Russian Militar 1889 – 1938

#16,144 Wiki

Kirill Meretskov Russian Militar 1897 – 1968

#22,292 Wiki

Roman Shukhevych Russian Militar 1907 – 1950

#22,395 Wiki

Aleksey Arakcheyev Russian Militar 1769 – 1834

#23,174 Wiki

Vasily Sokolovsky Russian Militar 1897 – 1968

#24,263 Wiki

Ivan Kozhedub Russian Militar 1920 – 1991

#26,234 Wiki

Sergey Gorshkov Russian Admiral 1910 – 1988

#26,739 Wiki

Vasily Chapayev Russian Militar 1887 – 1919

#26,834 Wiki

Paul von Rennenkampf Russian Militar 1854 – 1918

#26,904 Wiki

Sergey Akhromeyev Russian Militar 1923 – 1991

#33,324 Wiki

Fyodor Ushakov Russian Officer 1745 – 1817

#33,523 Wiki

Pavel Nakhimov Russian Navy 1802 – 1855

#34,490 Wiki

Matvei Platov Russian Militar 1753 – 1818

#36,960 Wiki

Fyodor Rostopchin Russian Militar 1763 – 1826

#38,279 Wiki

Viktor Kulikov Russian Commander 1921 – 2013

#39,802 Wiki

Alexey Kaledin Russian Militar 1861 – 1918

#40,387 Wiki

Filipp Golikov Russian Militar 1900 – 1980

#41,009 Wiki

Alexander Yegorov (soldier) Russian Militar 1883 – 1939

#41,372 Wiki

Yakov Dzhugashvili Russian Militar 1907 – 1943

#41,671 Wiki

Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov Russian Officer 1890 – 1946

#42,509 Wiki

Sergey Biryuzov Russian Marshal 1904 – 1964

#42,999 Wiki

Ivan Yakubovsky Russian Marshal 1911 – 1976

#44,996 Wiki

Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya Russian Militar 1923 – 1941

#45,636 Wiki

Dmitry Yazov Russian Marshal 1924 – 2020

#45,785 Wiki

Kirill Moskalenko Russian Marshal 1902 – 1985

#46,197 Wiki

Ivan Chernyakhovsky Russian Militar 1906 – 1945

#48,073 Wiki

Andrei Shkuro Russian Officer 1887 – 1947

#50,247 Wiki

Matvei Zakharov Russian Officer 1898 – 1972

#50,614 Wiki

Ivan Isakov Russian Militar 1894 – 1967

#53,057 Wiki

By the numbers

Inside Russia Military Figures

489 notable people in this slice of the dataset.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous russia military figures born in each.

Notable Births by Decade

Notable births among Russia Military Figures peaked in the 1890s with 89 people.

What Russia Military Figures Are Known For

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Biggest Most distinctive

Militar are Russia Military Figures's biggest group — 64% of all notables (314).

Russia Military Figures over-index on colonel — 58.2× the global rate.

Militar31464%
Officer5411%
Soldier204.1%
Commander173.5%
Army142.9%
Generalmajor142.9%
Admiral132.7%
Colonel81.6%

Colonel858.2×
Admiral1357.3×
Marshal648.1×
Commander1742.5×
Generalmajor1432.9×
Militar31432.8×
Lieutenant727.4×
Army1418.1×

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Cities that over-produce Russia Military Figures compared to the world average — multiplier shows how much more.