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Alexander Vasiliev

1867 - 1953

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Alexander Alexandrovich Vasiliev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Васи́льев; 4 October 1867 (N.S.) – 30 May 1953) was considered the foremost authority on Byzantine history and culture in the mid-20th century. His History of the Byzantine Empire (vol. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Vasiliev has received more than 3,447 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Vasiliev is the 268th most popular historian, the 1,234th most popular biography from Russia and the 6th most popular Russian Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.4k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Alexander Vasiliev ranks 268 out of 339. Before him are Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Johannes Meursius, Walter Burkert, Émile Mâle, Bobojon Ghafurov, and Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim. After him are George Cœdès, Alexander Kazhdan, Vardan Areveltsi, Ubbo Emmius, Emmanuel Todd, and Natalie Zemon Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Alexander Vasiliev ranks 90. Before him are Ivan Grohar, Léon Daudet, Anathon Aall, Max Jakob Friedländer, Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, and Albert Bassermann. After him are Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein, Alfred Kerr, George Andrew Reisner, Martin Kutta, Charles Dillon Perrine, and Tevfik Fikret. Among people deceased in 1953, Alexander Vasiliev ranks 97. Before him are Helene Mayer, Evgeny Paton, Felice Bonetto, Margaret Bondfield, Uroš Predić, and Arnold Bax. After him are Oskar Luts, Trần Trọng Kim, Hrachia Acharian, Dumarsais Estimé, John Christie, and Ugo Betti.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Vasiliev ranks 1,234 out of 3,262. Before him are Mikhail Isakovsky (1900), Alexander Gomelsky (1928), Victor Pelevin (1962), Yuri Bezmenov (1939), Boris Yegorov (1937), and Mikhail Petrashevsky (1821). After him are Vladimir Aksyonov (1935), August von Werder (1808), Nina Ponomaryova (1929), Nikolay Novikov (1744), Issa Pliyev (1903), and Fyodor Alekseyev (1753).

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Among HISTORIANS In Russia

Among historians born in Russia, Alexander Vasiliev ranks 6. Before him are George Ostrogorsky (1902), Lev Gumilyov (1912), Vasily Bartold (1869), Vladimir Minorsky (1877), and Vasily Klyuchevsky (1841). After him are Alexander Kazhdan (1922), Léon Poliakov (1910), Mikhail Pogodin (1800), Cyril Toumanoff (1913), Boris Rybakov (1908), and Mikhail Artamonov (1898).

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