1937 - 2010
Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev (Russian: Геннадий Иванович Янаев; 26 August 1937 – 24 September 2010) was a Soviet politician. Yanayev's political career spanned the rules of Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Andropov and Chernenko, and culminated during the Gorbachev years. Yanayev was born in Perevoz, Gorky Oblast. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gennady Yanayev has received more than 706,578 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Gennady Yanayev is the 1,972nd most popular politician (up from 2,496th in 2019), the 199th most popular biography from Russia (up from 251st in 2019) and the 69th most popular Russian Politician.
Gennady Yanayev is most famous for his attempted coup d'état in the Soviet Union in 1991.
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Among politicians, Gennady Yanayev ranks 1,972 out of 15,577. Before him are Richard II, Duke of Normandy, Injong of Joseon, Ram Nath Kovind, Jeongjong, 3rd monarch of Goryeo, Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat, and Andrew I of Hungary. After him are Afonso IV of Portugal, Pang Tong, Mary of Guise, Al-Kamil, Gennady Zyuganov, and James Callaghan.
963 - 1026
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 1,966
1515 - 1545
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 1,967
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 1,968
923 - 949
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 1,969
1150 - 1207
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 1,970
1010 - 1060
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 1,971
1937 - 2010
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 1,972
1291 - 1357
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 1,973
179 - 214
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 1,974
1515 - 1560
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 1,975
1177 - 1238
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 1,976
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 1,977
1912 - 2005
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 1,978
Among people born in 1937, Gennady Yanayev ranks 31. Before him are Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Robert Coleman Richardson, Philip Glass, Bruce McLaren, Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, and Jared Diamond. After him are Bill Cosby, Alain Badiou, David Hockney, Gordon Banks, Princess Birgitta of Sweden, and Avram Hershko. Among people deceased in 2010, Gennady Yanayev ranks 16. Before him are Zecharia Sitchin, Juan Antonio Samaranch, Claude Chabrol, Dennis Hopper, Bobby Farrell, and Marshall Warren Nirenberg. After him are Ali Hassan al-Majid, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Maurice Allais, Georges Charpak, Alois Brunner, and Jean Simmons.
1937 - Present
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 25
1937 - 2013
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 26
1937 - Present
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 27
1937 - 1970
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 28
1937 - 2024
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 29
1937 - Present
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 30
1937 - 2010
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 31
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 32
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 33
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 34
1937 - 2019
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 35
1937 - Present
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 36
1937 - Present
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 37
1920 - 2010
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 10
1920 - 2010
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 11
1930 - 2010
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 12
1936 - 2010
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 13
1949 - 2010
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 14
1927 - 2010
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 15
1937 - 2010
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 16
1941 - 2010
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 17
1916 - 2010
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 18
1911 - 2010
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 19
1924 - 2010
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 20
1912 - 2010
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 21
1929 - 2010
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 22
Among people born in Russia, Gennady Yanayev ranks 199 out of 3,262. Before him are Vasily Stalin (1921), Nikolai Vavilov (1887), Natalia Goncharova (1881), Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (1853), Yakov Sverdlov (1885), and Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia (1876). After him are Gennady Zyuganov (1944), Vladimir Vernadsky (1863), Alla Pugacheva (1949), Mikhail Suslov (1902), Andrei Tupolev (1888), and Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia (1895).
1921 - 1962
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 193
1887 - 1943
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 194
1881 - 1962
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 195
1853 - 1920
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 196
1885 - 1919
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 197
1876 - 1938
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 198
1937 - 2010
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 199
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 200
1863 - 1945
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 201
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 202
1902 - 1982
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 203
1888 - 1972
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 204
1895 - 1970
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 205
Among politicians born in Russia, Gennady Yanayev ranks 69. Before him are Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia (1690), Sergey Shoygu (1955), Yuri Dolgorukiy (1095), Anastasia Romanovna (1530), Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia (1891), and Yakov Sverdlov (1885). After him are Gennady Zyuganov (1944), Mikhail Suslov (1902), Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia (1895), Öz Beg Khan (1282), Ivan I of Moscow (1288), and Vasily II of Moscow (1415).
1690 - 1718
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 63
1955 - Present
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 64
1095 - 1157
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 65
1530 - 1560
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 66
1891 - 1942
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 67
1885 - 1919
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 68
1937 - 2010
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 69
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 70
1902 - 1982
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 71
1895 - 1970
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 72
1282 - 1341
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 73
1288 - 1340
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 74
1415 - 1462
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 75