The Most Famous
COMPANIONS from Belarus
This page contains a list of the greatest Belarusian Companions. The pantheon dataset contains 784 Companions, 2 of which were born in Belarus. This makes Belarus the birth place of the 35th most number of Companions behind Romania, and China.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Belarusian Companions of all time. This list of famous Belarusian Companions is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Sophia of Minsk (1140 - 1198)
With an HPI of 61.18, Sophia of Minsk is the most famous Belarusian Companion. Her biography has been translated into 26 different languages on wikipedia.
Sophia of Minsk or Sophia of Polotsk (died 5 May 1198) was a Danish queen consort by marriage to King Valdemar I of Denmark, and a landgravine of Thuringia by marriage to Louis III, Landgrave of Thuringia.
2. Rogneda of Polotsk (966 - 1002)
With an HPI of 60.54, Rogneda of Polotsk is the 2nd most famous Belarusian Companion. Her biography has been translated into 26 different languages.
Rogneda Rogvolodovna (Russian: Рогнеда Рогволодовна; Christian name: Anastasia; c. 960 – c. 1000), also known as Ragnhild (Ragnheiðr), is a person mentioned in the Primary Chronicle as having been a princess of Polotsk, the daughter of Rogvolod (Ragnvald), who came from Scandinavia and established himself at Polotsk in the mid-10th century. Vladimir the Great is narrated as having killed her father and taking her as one of his wives. In a closely related, but separate story in the Suzdalian Chronicle, the daughter of Rogvolod of Polotsk is called Gorislava, and Vladimir rapes her in front of her parents before killing her father and taking her as a wife, after which Gorislava attempts to kill Vladimir in revenge.
3. Galina Lukashenko (b. 1955)
With an HPI of 48.32, Galina Lukashenko is the 3rd most famous Belarusian Companion. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Galina Rodionovna Lukashenko (Belarusian: Галіна Радзівонаўна Лукашэнка, romanized: Halina Radzivonaŭna Łukašenka, Галіна Радыёнаўна Лукашэнка, Halina Radyjonaŭna Łukašenka, Russian: Галина Родионовна Лукашенко), née Zhelnerovich (Russian: Желнерович, Belarusian: Жаўняровіч, romanized: Žaŭniarovič) is the First Lady of Belarus since 1994.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Belarusian companions born between 966 and 1955. Of these 3, 1 (33.33%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Belarusian companions include Galina Lukashenko. The most famous deceased Belarusian companions include Sophia of Minsk, and Rogneda of Polotsk. As of April 2024, 1 new Belarusian companions have been added to Pantheon including Galina Lukashenko.
