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Alexander Bortnikov

1951 - Today

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Alexander Vasilyevich Bortnikov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Бо́ртников; born 15 November 1951) is a Russian intelligence officer who has served as the director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) since 2008. He is one of the most powerful members of the silovik faction of president Vladimir Putin's inner circle. A Hero of the Russian Federation since 2019, he also holds the rank of General of the Army, the second highest grade in use in the Russian military. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Bortnikov has received more than 852,492 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Alexander Bortnikov is the 6,850th most popular politician (up from 8,940th in 2019), the 633rd most popular biography from Russia (up from 899th in 2019) and the 183rd most popular Russian Politician.

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  • 850k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alexander Bortnikov ranks 6,850 out of 19,576. Before him are Ambrosius Aurelianus, Barbara Jagiellon, Tizoc, Bernard I, Duke of Saxony, Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, and Bertrand Barère. After him are Rani Durgavati, Shigechiyo Izumi, Al-Mu'azzam Isa, Catalina de Erauso, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Curtis LeMay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Alexander Bortnikov ranks 93. Before him are Isabel Preysler, Kim Peek, Jack Unterweger, Jackie Jackson, Joe Pantoliano, and Samuel Doe. After him are Emmanuel Todd, Laimdota Straujuma, Carl Wieman, Christian Lacroix, Börje Salming, and Treat Williams.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Bortnikov ranks 633 out of 3,761. Before him are Ivan Sechenov (1829), Alexandre Benois (1870), Yuri Temirkanov (1938), Lev Pontryagin (1908), Vasily Shukshin (1929), and Viktor Chernov (1873). After him are Caran d'Ache (1858), Vladimir Demikhov (1916), Pavel Tsitsianov (1754), Oleg Popov (1930), Vladimir Shukhov (1853), and Vasily Degtyaryov (1880).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Alexander Bortnikov ranks 183. Before him are Valerian Kuybyshev (1888), Viktor Abakumov (1908), Maria Miloslavskaya (1624), Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov (1782), Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia (1826), and Viktor Chernov (1873). After him are Pavel Tsitsianov (1754), Sergei Ivanov (1953), Ivan Maisky (1884), Pavel Dybenko (1889), Taihō Kōki (1940), and Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver (1301).

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