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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Avvakum

1620 - 1682

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Avvakum Petrov (Russian: Аввакум Петров; 20 November 1620/21 – 14 April 1682; also spelled Awakum) was a Russian Old Believer and protopope of the Kazan Cathedral on Red Square who led the opposition to Patriarch Nikon's reforms of the Russian Orthodox Church. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Avvakum has received more than 238,032 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Avvakum is the 885th most popular religious figure (up from 913th in 2019), the 404th most popular biography from Russia (up from 416th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Russian Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Avvakum ranks 885 out of 2,238. Before him are Saint Emeric of Hungary, Al-Juwayni, Peter Chrysologus, Gerard Majella, Sergius of Radonezh, and Anastasius Bibliothecarius. After him are Philipp Spener, Basil Fool for Christ, Anastasius of Persia, Antipope Laurentius, Antipope Honorius II, and Dayananda Saraswati.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1620, Avvakum ranks 4. Before him are Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, Ninon de l'Enclos, and Edme Mariotte. After him are Aelbert Cuyp, Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars, Pierre Puget, Miklós Zrínyi, John Graunt, Jean Picard, Abraham van Beijeren, and Nicholas Mercator. Among people deceased in 1682, Avvakum ranks 10. Before him are 5th Dalai Lama, Evliya Çelebi, Jacob van Ruisdael, Johann Joachim Becher, Jacob Kettler, and Alessandro Stradella. After him are Baldassare Longhena, Thomas Browne, Jean Picard, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, and Gu Yanwu.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Avvakum ranks 404 out of 3,262. Before him are Yaroslav II of Vladimir (1191), Lyudmila Ulitskaya (1943), Valery Leontiev (1949), Roza Shanina (1924), Shamil Basayev (1965), and Sergius of Radonezh (1314). After him are Basil Fool for Christ (1468), Leonid Rogozov (1934), Pyotr Krasnov (1869), Mehmed I Giray (1465), Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia (1869), and Andre Geim (1958).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Russia

Among religious figures born in Russia, Avvakum ranks 8. Before him are Seraphim of Sarov (1754), Patriarch Kirill of Moscow (1946), Patriarch Nikon of Moscow (1605), Ilia II of Georgia (1933), Eugen Sandow (1867), and Sergius of Radonezh (1314). After him are Basil Fool for Christ (1468), Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow (1865), Tode Mongke (1282), Nicholas of Japan (1836), Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova (1835), and Xenia of Saint Petersburg (1719).

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