DANCER

Galina Ulanova

1910 - 1998

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Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova (Russian: Галина Сергеевна Уланова, pronounced [ɡɐˈlʲinə ʊˈlanəvə]; 8 January 1910 [O.S. 26 December 1909] – 21 March 1998) was a Russian ballet dancer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Galina Ulanova has received more than 665,635 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Galina Ulanova is the 19th most popular dancer, the 403rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 357th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Russian Dancer.

Galina Ulanova is most famous for her role as the Sugar Plum Fairy in the Russian ballet "The Nutcracker."

Memorability Metrics

  • 670k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Galina Ulanova by language

Over the past year Galina Ulanova has had the most page views in the with 140,522 views, followed by English (44,962), and German (10,386). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Estonian (348.18%), Portuguese (297.83%), and Ukrainian (21.47%)

Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Galina Ulanova ranks 19 out of 116. Before her are Mikhail Baryshnikov, Maya Plisetskaya, Jean-Georges Noverre, Martha Graham, Michel Fokine, and Tamara Karsavina. After her are George Balanchine, Serge Lifar, Alicia Alonso, Carlo Blasis, Izumo no Okuni, and Bronislava Nijinska.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Galina Ulanova ranks 55. Before her are Momofuku Ando, Erich Kempka, Kim Il, Said bin Taimur, Farid al-Atrash, and Francisco Varallo. After her are Jean-Louis Barrault, Dorothy Vaughan, August Landmesser, Imi Lichtenfeld, Tancredo Neves, and Lobsang Rampa. Among people deceased in 1998, Galina Ulanova ranks 32. Before her are Linda McCartney, Alfred Schnittke, George H. Hitchings, André Weil, Lúcio Costa, and Kenichi Fukui. After her are Bob Kane, Derek Barton, Nelson Goodman, Florence Griffith Joyner, Martha Gellhorn, and Conrad Schumann.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Galina Ulanova ranks 403 out of 3,761. Before her are Adelina Sotnikova (1996), Vasili Kuznetsov (1901), Fyodor Ushakov (1745), Yuri Oganessian (1933), Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (1783), and Mordechai Spiegler (1944). After her are Bulat Okudzhava (1924), Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819), Léon Theremin (1896), Lev Kuleshov (1899), Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov (1737), and George Balanchine (1904).

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Among DANCERS In Russia

Among dancers born in Russia, Galina Ulanova ranks 6. Before her are Rudolf Nureyev (1938), Anna Pavlova (1881), Maya Plisetskaya (1925), Michel Fokine (1880), and Tamara Karsavina (1885). After her are George Balanchine (1904), Alexander Godunov (1949), Agrippina Vaganova (1879), Lev Ivanov (1834), Léonide Massine (1896), and Vladimir Vasiliev (1940).

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