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Igor Strelkov

1970 - Today

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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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  • 32

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  • 3.58

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  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Igor Strelkov ranks 11,706 out of 15,577Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Igor Strelkov ranks 83Before 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.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Igor Strelkov ranks 1,307 out of 3,262Before 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).

Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Igor Strelkov ranks 342Before 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).

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