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Alexander Men

1935 - 1990

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Alexander Vladimirovich Men (Russian: Александр Владимирович Мень; 22 January 1935 – 9 September 1990) was a Soviet Russian Orthodox priest, dissident, theologian, biblical scholar and writer on theology, Christian history and other religions.Men wrote dozens of books (including his magnum opus, History of Religion: In Search of the Way, the Truth and the Life, the seventh volume of which, entitled Son of Man, served as the introduction to Christianity for thousands of citizens in the Soviet Union); baptized hundreds if not thousands; founded an Orthodox open university; opened one of the first Sunday schools in Russia as well as a charity group at the Russian Children's Hospital. His influence is still widely felt and his legacy continues to grow among Christians both in Russia and abroad. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Men has received more than 147,911 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Men is the 1,035th most popular philosopher (down from 961st in 2019), the 1,444th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,295th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Russian Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Alexander Men by language

Over the past year Alexander Men has had the most page views in the with 92,080 views, followed by English (23,275), and French (3,245). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Belarusian (104.91%), Estonian (49.00%), and Egyptian Arabic (36.57%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Alexander Men ranks 1,035 out of 1,267. Before him are August Böckh, Idomeneus of Lampsacus, Jaime Balmes, Sopater of Apamea, Paul Deussen, and Cercidas. After him are Ecphantus the Pythagorean, Mary Daly, Wilhelm Gesenius, Carl Dahlhaus, Theodor Benfey, and Thrasyllus of Mendes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Alexander Men ranks 258. Before him are Don Bragg, Fujio Akatsuka, Károly Palotai, Dinkha IV, Paul Chambers, and Bruno Rodzik. After him are Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, Sarah Kirsch, Kenneth Mars, Mario Bellini, Syd Field, and Semka Sokolović-Bertok. Among people deceased in 1990, Alexander Men ranks 164. Before him are Joel McCrea, Luigi Beccali, Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Boris Paichadze, Germán Suárez Flamerich, and Luis Trenker. After him are Ahti Karjalainen, Kenjiro Takayanagi, Manly P. Hall, Horst Bienek, Laura Perls, and Aleksandra Chudina.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Men ranks 1,444 out of 3,761. Before him are Johannes Virolainen (1914), Marina Semyonova (1908), Yuri Rytkheu (1930), Anton Delvig (1798), Vladimir Gardin (1877), and Sandra Kalniete (1952). After him are Oskari Friman (1893), Alevtina Kolchina (1930), Gavriil Kachalin (1911), Countess Friederike von Schlieben (1757), Julia Volkova (1985), and Fyodor Dan (1871).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Russia

Among philosophers born in Russia, Alexander Men ranks 24. Before him are Volin (1882), Konstantin Leontiev (1831), Aleksey Khomyakov (1804), Vasily Rozanov (1856), Evald Ilyenkov (1924), and Ivan Aksakov (1823). After him are Ivan Kireyevsky (1806), Aleksei Losev (1893), Semyon Frank (1877), Geydar Dzhemal (1947), Boris Parygin (1930), and Albert Razin (1940).

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