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Alexander Danilovich Menshikov

1673 - 1729

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Prince Alexander Danilovich Menshikov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Дани́лович Ме́ншиков; 16 November [O.S. 6 November] 1673 – 23 November [O.S. 12 November] 1729) was a Russian statesman, whose official titles included Generalissimo, Prince of the Russian Empire and Duke of Izhora (Duke of Ingria), Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, Duke of Cosel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Danilovich Menshikov has received more than 233,550 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Alexander Danilovich Menshikov is the 3,404th most popular politician (down from 3,371st in 2019), the 350th most popular biography from Russia (down from 330th in 2019) and the 107th most popular Russian Politician.

Alexander Danilovich Menshikov was a Russian statesman and a close advisor to Catherine the Great. He was one of the most important figures in the early years of the Russian Empire. Menshikov was the governor-general of Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and he presided over the Senate. Menshikov was also a noted art collector.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alexander Danilovich Menshikov ranks 3,404 out of 15,577Before him are Hans Lammers, Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Maria Pia of Savoy, Muhammad I of Córdoba, Lê Duẩn, and P. W. Botha. After him are Tutush I, Emperor Tenji, Bruno Kreisky, Jill Biden, Kyösti Kallio, and Aleksandar Vučić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1673, Alexander Danilovich Menshikov ranks 8Before him are Louis de Montfort, Dimitrie Cantemir, Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon, Alessandro Marcello, and Rosalba Carriera. After him are Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin, Violante Beatrice of Bavaria, René Duguay-Trouin, Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, and Johann Conrad Dippel. Among people deceased in 1729, Alexander Danilovich Menshikov ranks 6Before him are Thomas Newcomen, John Law, Leopold, Duke of Lorraine, Jacob Roggeveen, and Jean Meslier. After him are Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Johann David Heinichen, William Congreve, John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, and Samuel Clarke.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Danilovich Menshikov ranks 350 out of 3,262Before him are Nikita Mikhalkov (1945), Valentin Serov (1865), Eugen Sandow (1867), Naum Gabo (1890), Nikolai Rubinstein (1835), and Karl Bryullov (1799). After him are Yury of Moscow (1281), Andrey Bogolyubsky (1111), Michael Chekhov (1891), Princess Louise of Prussia (1808), Anton Arensky (1861), and Yakov Yurovsky (1878).

Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Alexander Danilovich Menshikov ranks 107Before him are Igor Smirnov (1941), Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1822), Eduard Limonov (1943), Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (1860), Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (1893), and Anatoly Sobchak (1937). After him are Yury of Moscow (1281), Andrey Bogolyubsky (1111), Princess Louise of Prussia (1808), Yakov Yurovsky (1878), Vladimir Kryuchkov (1924), and Jani Beg (1300).