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Andrei Karlov

1954 - 2016

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Andrei Gennadyevich Karlov (Russian: Андрей Геннадьевич Карлов; 4 February 1954 – 19 December 2016) was a Russian diplomat who served as the Russian ambassador to Turkey and earlier as the Russian ambassador to North Korea. On the evening of 19 December 2016, while speaking at an art gallery exhibition in Ankara, Turkey, he was shot to death by Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, an off-duty Turkish policeman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrei Karlov has received more than 675,940 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Andrei Karlov is the 5,747th most popular politician (up from 6,427th in 2019), the 534th most popular biography from Russia (up from 618th in 2019) and the 154th most popular Russian Politician.

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  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Andrei Karlov ranks 5,747 out of 19,576. Before him are Feng Yuxiang, Li Jue, Ramiro III of León, Ernő Gerő, Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, and Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. After him are Rehavam Ze'evi, Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Richard Glücks, Jinpyeong of Silla, Ma Liang, and Béla Miklós.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Andrei Karlov ranks 69. Before him are Riccardo Patrese, François Fillon, Johnny Logan, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ilan Ramon, and Shuji Nakamura. After him are Rashad al-Alimi, Chris Evert, Katsuhiro Otomo, Roberto Dinamite, Oscar, and Filip Vujanović. Among people deceased in 2016, Andrei Karlov ranks 96. Before him are Yasuo Takamori, David Hamilton, Seymour Papert, André Courrèges, Maria Teresa de Filippis, and Paul Elvstrøm. After him are Edward Albee, Anisa Makhlouf, Black, Peter Naur, Jorge Batlle, and Michael Massee.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Andrei Karlov ranks 534 out of 3,761. Before him are Simeon Bekbulatovich (1600), Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia (1869), Dmitry Merezhkovsky (1866), Sergey Biryuzov (1904), Werner Ostendorff (1903), and Alexander Schmorell (1917). After him are Alexander Butlerov (1828), Konstantin Makovsky (1839), Mikhail Mil (1909), Vyacheslav Tikhonov (1928), Igor Netto (1930), and Tode Mongke (1282).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Andrei Karlov ranks 154. Before him are Helena of Moscow (1476), Mathilde Kschessinska (1872), Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark (1888), Hadji Murad (1795), Igor Ivanov (1945), and Simeon Bekbulatovich (1600). After him are Vyacheslav Menzhinsky (1874), Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (1825), Mikhail Fradkov (1950), Sheikh Mansur (1750), Sergey Sazonov (1860), and Boris Pugo (1937).

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