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Boris Grebenshchikov

1953 - Today

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Boris Borisovich Grebenshchikov (Russian: Борис Борисович Гребенщиков; born (1953-11-27)27 November 1953) is a prominent member of the generation which is widely considered to be the "founding fathers" of Russian rock music. He is the founder and lead singer of the band Aquarium which has been active since 1972. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Boris Grebenshchikov has received more than 276,897 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Boris Grebenshchikov is the 1,018th most popular musician (up from 1,206th in 2019), the 1,407th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,538th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Russian Musician.

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  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Boris Grebenshchikov ranks 1,018 out of 3,175. Before him are Gina Bachauer, Alan White, John Lewis, Alexi Laiho, Lennie Tristano, and Trevor Pinnock. After him are Gene Clark, Jack DeJohnette, John McVie, Larry Carlton, Billie Joe Armstrong, and Hank Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Boris Grebenshchikov ranks 215. Before him are Dieter Zetsche, Johnny Clegg, Thomas Friedman, Władysław Kozakiewicz, David Deutsch, and Tōru Furuya. After him are Graeme Souness, Eric Bogosian, Wim Eijk, James Russo, Hwang Woo-suk, and Russell Mulcahy.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Boris Grebenshchikov ranks 1,407 out of 3,761. Before him are Vladimir Odoyevsky (1803), Boris Delaunay (1890), Pavel Filonov (1883), Konstantin Aksakov (1817), Mikhail Pogodin (1800), and Andrey Korotayev (1961). After him are Mikhail Shishkin (1961), Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov (1786), Carl Enckell (1876), Grigory Gagarin (1810), Alexander Markovich Polyakov (1945), and Veniamin Kaverin (1902).

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Among MUSICIANS In Russia

Among musicians born in Russia, Boris Grebenshchikov ranks 17. Before him are Vladimir Sofronitsky (1901), Mikhail Pletnev (1957), Nikolai Zverev (1832), Lev Oborin (1907), Rudolf Barshai (1924), and Nikolai Noskov (1956). After him are Andrej Hoteev (1946), Daniil Shafran (1923), Alexander Gradsky (1949), Valery Afanassiev (1947), Alexei Lubimov (1944), and Viktoria Mullova (1959).

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