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Boris Vilkitsky

1885 - 1961

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Boris Andreyevich Vilkitsky (Russian: Бори́с Андре́евич Вильки́цкий) (22 March (3 April N.S.) 1885, Pulkovo – 6 March 1961) was a Russian hydrographer and surveyor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Boris Vilkitsky has received more than 55,186 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Boris Vilkitsky is the 387th most popular explorer (down from 318th in 2019), the 1,757th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,260th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Russian Explorer.

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  • 55k

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  • 45.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Boris Vilkitsky ranks 387 out of 405. Before him are John Colter, Jean Louis Marie Poiret, Gennady Nevelskoy, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, Anthony de la Roché, and Tobias Furneaux. After him are Robert McClure, Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, Jacques Bernard Hombron, Ranulph Fiennes, Theodor von Heuglin, and Hugh Clapperton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Boris Vilkitsky ranks 180. Before him are Eduard Künneke, Américo Castro, Fritz von Unruh, Per Thorén, Hasan Saka, and Malcolm Campbell. After him are Carl Silfverstrand, Harry Benjamin, Fernand de Montigny, Georges Passerieu, Tommaso Costantino, and Ring Lardner. Among people deceased in 1961, Boris Vilkitsky ranks 140. Before him are Paul Deman, Jānis Endzelīns, Uberto De Morpurgo, Louis Rwagasore, Antonio Urdinarán, and Eugene Bullard. After him are Robert L. Eichelberger, Eliseo Mouriño, Max Schöne, Ernest Payne, Albert Oldman, and Ferdinand Bie.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Boris Vilkitsky ranks 1,757 out of 3,262. Before him are Vikenty Veresaev (1867), Yuri Shevchuk (1957), Maya Kristalinskaya (1932), Valeri Tokarev (1952), Fedor Ozep (1895), and Ladislaus Bortkiewicz (1868). After him are Fyodor Bondarchuk (1967), Max Jakobson (1923), Carl Enckell (1876), Igor Novikov (1929), Geydar Dzhemal (1947), and Nikolay Lvov (1753).

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Among EXPLORERS In Russia

Among explorers born in Russia, Boris Vilkitsky ranks 26. Before him are Khariton Laptev (1700), Pyotr Chikhachyov (1808), Alexander Fersman (1883), Yakov Sannikov (1780), Pyotr Anjou (1796), and Gennady Nevelskoy (1813). After him are Gombojab Tsybikov (1873), Mikhail Somov (1908), Georgy Ushakov (1901), Artur Chilingarov (1939), Aleksandra Potanina (1843), and Grigory Grum-Grshimailo (1860).

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