1970 - Today
Igor Vsevolodovich Girkin (Russian: И́горь Все́володович Ги́ркин, IPA: [ˈiɡərʲ ˈfsʲevələdəvʲɪdʑ ˈɡʲirkʲɪn]; born 17 December 1970), also known by the alias Igor Ivanovich Strelkov (Russian: И́горь Ива́нович Стрелко́в, IPA: [ˈiɡərʲ ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ strʲɪlˈkof]), is a Russian army veteran and former Federal Security Service (FSB) officer who played a key role in the Russian annexation of Crimea, and then in the Donbas War as an organizer of militant groups in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).Girkin admitted responsibility for sparking the Donbas War in eastern Ukraine when, in April 2014, he led a group of armed Russian militants who seized Sloviansk. His role in the siege gained him influence and attention, and he was appointed to the position of Minister of Defense in the Donetsk People's Republic, a puppet state of Russia. Girkin was charged with terrorism by Ukrainian authorities. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Igor Strelkov has received more than 14,843 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Igor Strelkov is the 11,706th most popular politician (up from 13,296th in 2019), the 1,307th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,672nd in 2019) and the 342nd most popular Russian Politician.
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Among politicians, Igor Strelkov ranks 11,706 out of 15,577. Before him are Mohamed Bazoum, Wihtred of Kent, Lino Červar, Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury, Andrzej Bartkowiak, and King Zhending of Zhou. After him are Juan Guaidó, Domenico Flabanico, Maria Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, Crateuas of Macedon, Nawruz Beg, and Bako Sahakyan.
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 11,700
670 - 725
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 11,701
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 11,702
1914 - 1993
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 11,703
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 11,704
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 11,705
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 11,706
1983 - Present
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 11,707
950 - 1041
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 11,708
1634 - 1665
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 11,709
490 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 11,710
1350 - 1360
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 11,711
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 11,712
Among people born in 1970, Igor Strelkov ranks 83. Before him are Nicolas Winding Refn, Shonda Rhimes, Petra Mede, Elizabeth Mitchell, Warwick Davis, and Mehmet Scholl. After him are Minnie Driver, Matthew Lillard, Peter Aerts, Lara Flynn Boyle, Ekrem İmamoğlu, and Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
1970 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 77
1970 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 78
1970 - Present
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 79
1970 - Present
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 80
1970 - Present
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 81
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 82
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 83
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 84
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 85
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 86
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 87
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 88
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 89
Among people born in Russia, Igor Strelkov ranks 1,307 out of 3,262. Before him are Igor Chislenko (1939), Yury Solomin (1935), Julia Volkova (1985), Alexander Protopopov (1866), Filipp Oktyabrsky (1899), and Alexander Lebedev (1959). After him are Yury Glazkov (1939), Pavel Fedotov (1815), Solomon Lefschetz (1884), Yuri Rytkheu (1930), Aleksey Pisemsky (1821), and Sergei Shtemenko (1907).
1939 - 1994
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 1,301
1935 - 2024
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 1,302
1985 - Present
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 1,303
1866 - 1918
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 1,304
1899 - 1969
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 1,305
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 1,306
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 1,307
1939 - 2008
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 1,308
1815 - 1852
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 1,309
1884 - 1972
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 1,310
1930 - 2008
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 1,311
1821 - 1881
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 1,312
1907 - 1976
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 1,313
Among politicians born in Russia, Igor Strelkov ranks 342. Before him are Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky (1824), Artaxias III (-13), Mikhail Pokrovsky (1868), Andrey Lukanov (1938), Alexander Protopopov (1866), and Alexander Lebedev (1959). After him are Fyodor Dan (1871), Sergey Mironov (1953), Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (1962), Rustam Minnikhanov (1957), Lev Perovski (1792), and Jacob Bruce (1669).
1824 - 1896
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 336
13 BC - 34
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 337
1868 - 1932
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 338
1938 - 1996
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 339
1866 - 1918
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 340
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 341
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 342
1871 - 1947
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 343
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 344
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 345
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 346
1792 - 1856
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 347
1669 - 1735
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 348