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Eduard Limonov

1943 - 2020

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Eduard Veniaminovich Limonov (né Savenko; Russian: Эдуард Вениаминович Лимонов, IPA: [ɨdʊˈart vʲɪnʲɪɐˈmʲinəvʲɪtɕ lʲɪˈmonəf]; 22 February 1943 – 17 March 2020) was a Russian writer, poet, publicist, political dissident and politician. He emigrated from the Soviet Union in 1974, but returned to Russia in 1991, where he founded the National Bolshevik Party. The party was banned in the country in 2007 and superseded by The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eduard Limonov has received more than 803,806 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Eduard Limonov is the 3,239th most popular politician (down from 2,745th in 2019), the 329th most popular biography from Russia (down from 271st in 2019) and the 103rd most popular Russian Politician.

Eduard Limonov is most famous for being a Russian writer and dissident who was imprisoned for his opposition to the Soviet Union.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Eduard Limonov ranks 3,239 out of 15,577Before him are Wilfred the Hairy, Intef II, Ranavalona III, Otto Bauer, Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, and Arnold Rüütel. After him are John, Duke of Berry, Sancho III of Castile, Al-Nasir, Lluís Companys, Ferdinand II of Naples, and Emperor Ai of Tang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Eduard Limonov ranks 66Before him are Sam Shepard, Antonio Tabucchi, Joni Mitchell, Jerry Bruckheimer, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, and John Denver. After him are Esma Redžepova, Vint Cerf, Pervez Musharraf, Bernard Tapie, Arthur Ashe, and Jean-Louis Tauran. Among people deceased in 2020, Eduard Limonov ranks 53Before him are Joel Schumacher, Kobe Bryant, Mirella Freni, Nexhmije Hoxha, Luis Sepúlveda, and Carlos Ruiz Zafón. After him are Ulay, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Clive Cussler, Philip Warren Anderson, James Randi, and Jack Steinberger.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Eduard Limonov ranks 329 out of 3,262Before him are Simeon of Moscow (1316), Leonid Hurwicz (1917), Eduard Khil (1934), Igor Smirnov (1941), Nikolay Pirogov (1810), and Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1822). After him are Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (1860), Lila Kedrova (1918), Viktor Korchnoi (1931), Leonid Govorov (1897), Arthur Adamov (1908), and Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya (1923).

Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Eduard Limonov ranks 103Before him are Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia (1784), Aleksey Kuropatkin (1848), Georgy Chicherin (1872), Simeon of Moscow (1316), Igor Smirnov (1941), and Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1822). After him are Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (1860), Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (1893), Anatoly Sobchak (1937), Alexander Danilovich Menshikov (1673), Yury of Moscow (1281), and Andrey Bogolyubsky (1111).

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