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Galina Vishnevskaya

1926 - 2012

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Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya (Russian: Галина Павловна Вишневская, née Ivanova, Иванова; 25 October 1926 – 11 December 2012) was a Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1966. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Galina Vishnevskaya has received more than 186,542 page views. Her biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Galina Vishnevskaya is the 344th most popular singer (down from 317th in 2019), the 575th most popular biography from Russia (down from 569th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Russian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Galina Vishnevskayas by language

Over the past year Galina Vishnevskaya has had the most page views in the with 98,648 views, followed by English (19,523), and Spanish (5,184). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (156.08%), Tatar (94.12%), and Czech (69.20%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Galina Vishnevskaya ranks 344 out of 4,381. Before her are Kiri Te Kanawa, Christina Aguilera, Heino, Joe Lynn Turner, Gene Vincent, and Billy Preston. After her are Omara Portuondo, Liz Mitchell, Eartha Kitt, Nina Matviienko, Rubén Blades, and Solomon Burke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Galina Vishnevskaya ranks 117. Before her are Abdul Rahim Hatif, Robert Fogel, Irene Camber, Jimmy Savile, Henry Molaison, and Sydney Chaplin. After her are Hans Werner Henze, Yevgeny Leonov, Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, Kim Jong-pil, Cloris Leachman, and Muhammad al-Badr. Among people deceased in 2012, Galina Vishnevskaya ranks 83. Before her are Santiago Carrillo, Paul L. Smith, Kathryn Joosten, Miguel de la Madrid, Maurice Herzog, and Neslişah Sultan. After her are Maurice André, Hans Werner Henze, Gore Vidal, Meles Zenawi, Rajesh Khanna, and Miljan Miljanić.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Galina Vishnevskaya ranks 575 out of 3,761. Before her are Nikolai Medtner (1879), Yury Solomin (1935), Eldar Ryazanov (1927), Lyubov Orlova (1902), Mikhail Lazarev (1788), and Alexander Pokryshkin (1913). After her are Fedor Tokarev (1871), Boris Kustodiev (1878), Zeki Velidi Togan (1890), Yevgeny Leonov (1926), Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev (1832), and Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (1864).

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Among SINGERS In Russia

Among singers born in Russia, Galina Vishnevskaya ranks 7. Before her are Alla Pugacheva (1949), Anna Netrebko (1971), Feodor Chaliapin (1873), Eduard Khil (1934), Viktor Tsoi (1962), and Valery Leontiev (1949). After her are Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962), Lidia Ruslanova (1900), Georg Ots (1920), Martti Talvela (1935), Elena Obraztsova (1939), and Lyudmila Zykina (1929).

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