RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Gamzat-bek

1789 - 1834

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Hamzat Bek (also Hamza, or Gamzat from the Russian rendering; Avar: ХIамзат Бек, romanized: Ħamzat Bek; Chechen: Хьамзат Бек, romanized: Ẋamzat Bek; Russian: Гамзат-бек, romanized: Gamzat-bek; 1789 – 1 October [O.S. 19 September] 1834) was the imam of Dagestan between 1832 and 1834. He was the second leader of the movement begun by his predecessor Ghazi Muhammad for the implementation of sharia in Dagestan. He fought against local communities and rulers that followed customary law (adat) and against the Russian army. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gamzat-bek has received more than 63,463 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Gamzat-bek is the 1,912th most popular religious figure (down from 1,885th in 2019), the 1,108th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,148th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Russian Religious Figure.

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  • 63k

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  • 52.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Gamzat-bek ranks 1,912 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Achillas of Alexandria, Anders Arborelius, Theodor Innitzer, Louis Bertrand, Juan José Omella, and Menocchio. After him are Juraj Haulik, Gilberto Agustoni, Carlos Osoro Sierra, Julius Darmaatmadja, Charles Fox Parham, and Pierre Robert Olivétan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1789, Gamzat-bek ranks 25. Before him are Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, and Silvio Pellico. After him are William Cranch Bond, Friedrich Boie, Charles Rivière-Hérard, Auguste Couder, Bernhard Severin Ingemann, and Henry Pottinger. Among people deceased in 1834, Gamzat-bek ranks 27. Before him are James Weddell, Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow, Robert Morrison, William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Giovanni Aldini, and Elisa Radziwiłł. After him are Charles Lamb, Filip Višnjić, Albrecht Wilhelm Roth, Thomas Telford, George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, and Joseph Bové.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Gamzat-bek ranks 1,108 out of 3,761. Before him are Savely Kramarov (1934), Yusuf Akçura (1876), Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg (1845), Rudolf Barshai (1924), Vladimir Kappel (1883), and Alexander Kazhdan (1922). After him are Alexei Starobinsky (1948), Grigory Shelikhov (1747), Oleg Kalugin (1934), Viktor Sukhorukov (1951), Vladimir Atlasov (1661), and Lyudmila Petrushevskaya (1938).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Russia

Among religious figures born in Russia, Gamzat-bek ranks 30. Before him are Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov (1852), Theophan the Recluse (1815), Innocent of Alaska (1797), Hyacinth (1777), Stephen of Perm (1340), and Patriarch Job of Moscow (1525). After him are Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow (1530), Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807), Alexius, Metropolitan of Kiev (1290), Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow (1507), Nilus of Sora (1433), and Abraham of Smolensk (1172).

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