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Alexander Shelepin

1918 - 1994

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Alexander Nikolayevich Shelepin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Шеле́пин; 18 August 1918 – 24 October 1994) was a Soviet politician and intelligence officer. A long-time member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, he served as First Deputy Prime Minister, as a full member of the Politburo and as the chairman of the KGB from December 1958 to November 1961. He continued to maintain decisive influence in the KGB until 1967; his successor as chairman of the KGB, Vladimir Semichastny, was his client and protégé.Intelligent, ambitious, and well-educated, Shelepin was the leader of a hard-line faction within the Communist Party that played a decisive role in overthrowing Nikita Khrushchev in 1964. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Shelepin has received more than 181,673 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Alexander Shelepin is the 9,918th most popular politician (down from 8,015th in 2019), the 1,011th most popular biography from Russia (down from 785th in 2019) and the 281st most popular Russian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Alexander Shelepin has had the most page views in the with 92,433 views, followed by English (29,788), and Chinese (5,196). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Chinese (138.79%), Arabic (109.32%), and Armenian (42.44%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alexander Shelepin ranks 9,918 out of 19,576. Before him are Quintus Mucius Scaevola Augur, Sigismund Rákóczi, Demetrius II of Georgia, Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Trần Đức Lương, and Giovanni Goria. After him are Viktor Klima, Marduk-zakir-shumi II, Victor Boin, Mitso Asen of Bulgaria, Laura Martinozzi, and John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Alexander Shelepin ranks 127. Before him are Humaira Begum, Kevin A. Lynch, George Mosse, David Ausubel, Abraham Robinson, and Hella Haasse. After him are Teresa Wright, Marie Smith Jones, Cameron Mitchell, Elmore James, Abdul Haris Nasution, and James Aldridge. Among people deceased in 1994, Alexander Shelepin ranks 136. Before him are Joe Pass, William Conrad, Stanisław Maczek, Lindsay Anderson, Moana Pozzi, and Giovanni Goria. After him are Elga Andersen, Olga Rubtsova, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Zoltán Fábri, Mai Zetterling, and Sarah Kofman.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Shelepin ranks 1,011 out of 3,761. Before him are Konstantin of Rostov (1185), Alexander Miasnikian (1886), Vladimir Stasov (1824), Vladimir Kramnik (1975), Ivan Tyulenev (1892), and Andrei Shkuro (1887). After him are Anatoly Filipchenko (1928), Anna Demidova (1878), Yuri Levitan (1914), Panteleimon Ponomarenko (1902), Olga Rubtsova (1909), and Andrei Bubnov (1883).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Alexander Shelepin ranks 281. Before him are Sergey Sobyanin (1958), Ivan Fedyuninsky (1900), Vasily of Kostroma (1241), Pavel Kiselyov (1788), Konstantin of Rostov (1185), and Alexander Miasnikian (1886). After him are Panteleimon Ponomarenko (1902), Andrei Bubnov (1883), Alexander Izvolsky (1856), Söyembikä of Kazan (1516), Fyodor Sergeyev (1883), and Ivan Smirnov (1881).

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