RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Herman of Alaska

1756 - 1837

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Herman of Alaska (Russian: Герман Аляскинский, romanized: German Alaskinsky; c. 1756 – November 15, 1837) was a Russian Orthodox monk and missionary to Alaska, which was then part of Russian America. His gentle approach and ascetic life earned him the love and respect of both the native Alaskans and the Russian colonists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herman of Alaska has received more than 242,125 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Herman of Alaska is the 2,329th most popular religious figure (down from 2,220th in 2019), the 1,452nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,477th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Russian Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Herman of Alaska ranks 2,329 out of 3,187. Before him are Diego Gelmírez, Edmund Campion, Cesare Orsenigo, Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, Pedro Páez, and Irmã Dulce. After him are Heo Hwang-ok, Frederick Jagiellon, Giuseppe Pizzardo, Patrick Allen, Zacharias of Jerusalem, and Alexandre José Maria dos Santos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1756, Herman of Alaska ranks 33. Before him are Vincent-Marie Viénot, Count of Vaublanc, Karl Philipp Moritz, Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, John Trumbull, François Chabot, and Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros. After him are Jan Śniadecki, Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve, Henry Raeburn, Michael von Kienmayer, Everard Home, and Francesca Lebrun. Among people deceased in 1837, Herman of Alaska ranks 35. Before him are Yuri Lisyansky, Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus, Louis-Sébastien Lenormand, Valentino Fioravanti, Alexander Bestuzhev, and Agustín Eyzaguirre. After him are John Soane, Diego Portales, Princess Louise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Étienne-Gaspard Robert, Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel, and Pavel Schilling.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Herman of Alaska ranks 1,452 out of 3,761. Before him are Alevtina Kolchina (1930), Gavriil Kachalin (1911), Countess Friederike von Schlieben (1757), Julia Volkova (1985), Fyodor Dan (1871), and Aleksandr Gerasimov (1881). After him are Gennady Sarafanov (1942), Aleksandr Abdulov (1953), Larin Paraske (1832), Petr Aven (1955), Igor Rodionov (1936), and Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov (1935).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Russia

Among religious figures born in Russia, Herman of Alaska ranks 38. Before him are Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807), Alexius, Metropolitan of Kiev (1290), Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow (1507), Nilus of Sora (1433), Abraham of Smolensk (1172), and Marina Semyonova (1908). After him are Elsa Brändström (1888), Nikolay Ilminsky (1822), Anna Filosofova (1837), Talgat Tadzhuddin (1948), Grigory Rodchenkov (1958), and Hilarion (1966).

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