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Christian Rakovsky

1873 - 1941

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Christian Georgiyevich Rakovsky (August 13 [O.S. August 1] 1873 – September 11, 1941), Bulgarian name Krastyo Georgiev Rakovski, born Krastyo Georgiev Stanchov, was a Bulgarian-born socialist revolutionary, a Bolshevik politician and Soviet diplomat and statesman; he was also noted as a journalist, physician, and essayist. Rakovsky's political career took him throughout the Balkans and into France and Imperial Russia; for part of his life, he was also a Romanian citizen. A lifelong collaborator of Leon Trotsky, he was a prominent activist of the Second International, involved in politics with the Bulgarian Workers' Social Democratic Party, Romanian Social Democratic Party, and the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christian Rakovsky has received more than 279,420 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Christian Rakovsky is the 3,235th most popular politician (up from 3,252nd in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Bulgaria and the 17th most popular Bulgarian Politician.

Christian Rakovsky is most famous for his role in the trial of Leon Trotsky in Mexico in 1937.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Christian Rakovsky ranks 3,235 out of 19,576. Before him are Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, Vologases I of Parthia, Garegin Nzhdeh, Bertie Ahern, Hugh of Italy, and Charles I of Württemberg. After him are Marine Le Pen, Emperor Ai of Tang, Bolesław II the Generous, Otto I, Duke of Saxony, Taharqa, and Sultan Husayn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Christian Rakovsky ranks 28. Before him are Pavlo Skoropadskyi, William McMaster Murdoch, Francisco I. Madero, Kyösti Kallio, Max Reinhardt, and Alice Guy-Blaché. After him are Feodor Chaliapin, Ejnar Hertzsprung, Ivanoe Bonomi, Charles Péguy, Ray Ewry, and Lee de Forest. Among people deceased in 1941, Christian Rakovsky ranks 32. Before him are Werner Sombart, Kurt Koffka, Ludwig Quidde, Günther Prien, Alexej von Jawlensky, and Sherwood Anderson. After him are Henri Lebesgue, Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, Pál Teleki, Louis Chevrolet, Sisowath Monivong, and Günther Lütjens.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Christian Rakovsky ranks 30 out of 415. Before him are Tzvetan Todorov (1939), Vasil Levski (1837), Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria (1195), Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria (1350), Vlado Chernozemski (1897), and Fritz Zwicky (1898). After him are Rumen Radev (1963), Zhelyu Zhelev (1935), Michael Shishman of Bulgaria (1280), Aleksandar Stamboliyski (1879), Peter I of Bulgaria (927), and Kristalina Georgieva (1953).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bulgaria

Among politicians born in Bulgaria, Christian Rakovsky ranks 17. Before him are Boris I of Bulgaria (828), Kubrat (605), Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1937), Kaloyan of Bulgaria (1168), Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria (1195), and Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria (1350). After him are Rumen Radev (1963), Zhelyu Zhelev (1935), Michael Shishman of Bulgaria (1280), Aleksandar Stamboliyski (1879), Peter I of Bulgaria (927), and Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria (1324).

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