1856 - 1918
Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov ( plih-KAH-nəf; Russian: Гео́ргий Валенти́нович Плеха́нов, IPA: [ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj vəlʲɪnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ plʲɪˈxanəf] (listen); 11 December [O.S. 29 November] 1856 – 30 May 1918) was a Russian revolutionary, philosopher and Marxist theoretician. He was a founder of the social-democratic movement in Russia and was one of the first Russians to identify himself as "Marxist". Facing political persecution, Plekhanov emigrated to Switzerland in 1880, where he continued in his political activity attempting to overthrow the Tsarist regime in Russia. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georgi Plekhanov has received more than 386,360 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 54 in 2019). Georgi Plekhanov is the 199th most popular philosopher (up from 206th in 2019), the 135th most popular biography from Russia (up from 137th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Philosopher.
Georgi Plekhanov was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and a founder of the social-democratic movement in Russia. He was a member of the first socialist organization in Russia, the Emancipation of Labor Group, and a founder of the first Russian social-democratic party, the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party.
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Among philosophers, Georgi Plekhanov ranks 199 out of 1,081. Before him are Pierre Bayle, John Scotus Eriugena, Nicolas Malebranche, Xun Kuang, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and Marquis de Condorcet. After him are George Herbert Mead, Paulo Freire, Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, Apollonius of Tyana, Gabriel Marcel, and Diogenes of Apollonia.
1647 - 1706
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 193
810 - 877
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 194
1638 - 1715
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 195
313 BC - 238 BC
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 196
1881 - 1955
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 197
1743 - 1794
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 198
1856 - 1918
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 199
1863 - 1931
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 200
1921 - 1997
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 201
1714 - 1780
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 202
15 - 100
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 203
1889 - 1973
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 204
460 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 205
Among people born in 1856, Georgi Plekhanov ranks 13. Before him are Frederick Winslow Taylor, Louis Sullivan, Archduchess Gisela of Austria, Robert Peary, Napoléon, Prince Imperial, and Emil Kraepelin. After him are Tongzhi Emperor, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Ivan Franko, Svetozar Boroević, and Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia. Among people deceased in 1918, Georgi Plekhanov ranks 22. Before him are Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, Alexandra Feodorovna, Otto Wagner, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, and Louis Renault. After him are Roland Garros, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, César Cui, Lavr Kornilov, Niko Pirosmani, and Ferdinand Hodler.
1856 - 1915
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 7
1856 - 1924
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 8
1856 - 1932
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 9
1856 - 1920
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 10
1856 - 1879
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 11
1856 - 1926
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 12
1856 - 1918
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 13
1856 - 1875
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 14
1856 - 1920
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 15
1856 - 1921
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 16
1856 - 1916
HPI: 64.52
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1856 - 1920
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 18
1856 - 1929
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 19
1878 - 1918
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 16
1872 - 1918
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 17
1841 - 1918
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 18
1899 - 1918
HPI: 69.64
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1897 - 1918
HPI: 68.74
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1843 - 1918
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 21
1856 - 1918
HPI: 68.32
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1888 - 1918
HPI: 67.03
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1864 - 1918
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 24
1835 - 1918
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 25
1870 - 1918
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 26
1862 - 1918
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 27
1853 - 1918
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 28
Among people born in Russia, Georgi Plekhanov ranks 135 out of 3,262. Before him are Mikhail Glinka (1804), Anatoly Dyatlov (1931), Alexei Rykov (1881), Alexander Kolchak (1874), Mikhail Botvinnik (1911), and Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895). After him are Mily Balakirev (1837), Felix Yusupov (1887), Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (1708), Martti Ahtisaari (1937), Sergei Yesenin (1895), and Dmitry Donskoy (1350).
1804 - 1857
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 129
1931 - 1995
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 130
1881 - 1938
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 131
1874 - 1920
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 132
1911 - 1995
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 133
1895 - 1977
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 134
1856 - 1918
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 135
1837 - 1910
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 136
1887 - 1967
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 137
1708 - 1728
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 138
1937 - Present
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 139
1895 - 1925
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 140
1350 - 1389
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 141
Among philosophers born in Russia, Georgi Plekhanov ranks 4. Before him are Immanuel Kant (1724), Mikhail Bakunin (1814), and Mikhail Bakhtin (1895). After him are Vladimir Solovyov (1853), Alexandre Koyré (1892), Alexandre Kojève (1902), Johann Georg Hamann (1730), Yuri Lotman (1922), Lev Gumilyov (1912), Sergei Bulgakov (1871), and Ivan Ilyin (1883).
1724 - 1804
HPI: 90.76
Rank: 1
1814 - 1876
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 2
1895 - 1975
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 3
1856 - 1918
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 4
1853 - 1900
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 5
1892 - 1964
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 6
1902 - 1968
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 7
1730 - 1788
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 8
1922 - 1993
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 9
1912 - 1992
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 10
1871 - 1944
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 11
1883 - 1954
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 12