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Georgiy Gongadze

1969 - 2000

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Georgiy Ruslanovych Gongadze (21 May 1969 – 17 September 2000) was a Georgian-Ukrainian journalist and film director who was kidnapped and murdered in 2000 near Kyiv. He founded the online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda along with Olena Prytula in 2000. The circumstances of his death became a national scandal and a focus for protests against then-President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georgiy Gongadze has received more than 238,362 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Georgiy Gongadze is the 14,748th most popular politician (down from 14,372nd in 2019), the 212th most popular biography from Georgia (down from 198th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular Georgian Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Georgiy Gongadze ranks 14,748 out of 19,576. Before him are Georgi Kyoseivanov, Charles Athanase Walckenaer, Ali Farzat, Anna, Manuel María Lombardini, and Heo Mok. After him are Dezső Bánffy, Louis Aliot, Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain, Merankhre Mentuhotep, Andrea Casiraghi, and Ünal Üstel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Georgiy Gongadze ranks 227. Before him are Lee Jae-yong, Akebono Tarō, Toby Stephens, Stefan Schwarz, Sheryl Sandberg, and Kim Rossi Stuart. After him are Louis Aliot, Alexandra Hedison, Mr. Lawrence, Hernán Gaviria, Jay Kay, and Barney Greenway. Among people deceased in 2000, Georgiy Gongadze ranks 225. Before him are Viktor Kolotov, Laila Kinnunen, Kirsty MacColl, Vincentas Sladkevičius, Tony Cliff, and Spyridon Chazapis. After him are Corneliu Mănescu, Adelaida Avagyan, Tofig Guliyev, Egon Jönsson, Nat Adderley, and István Gulyás.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Georgiy Gongadze ranks 212 out of 406. Before him are Arpenik Nalbandyan (1916), Iakob Tsurtaveli (500), Shota Chochishvili (1950), Merab Ninidze (1965), Dilara Aliyeva (1929), and Mirian I of Iberia (null). After him are Givi Nodia (1948), Ghazaros Aghayan (1840), Yervand Kochar (1899), Otar Korkia (1923), Sergo Kotrikadze (1936), and Zurab Sakandelidze (1945).

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Among POLITICIANS In Georgia

Among politicians born in Georgia, Georgiy Gongadze ranks 82. Before him are Mikhail Tskhakaya (1865), Givi Javakhishvili (1912), Giorgi Kvirikashvili (1967), Georges Pitoëff (1884), Dilara Aliyeva (1929), and Mirian I of Iberia (null). After him are Giorgi Gakharia (1975), Zurab Noghaideli (1964), Besarion Gugushvili (1945), Vano Merabishvili (1968), Grigol Vashadze (1958), and Roman Dzindzichashvili (1944).

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