RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Innocent of Alaska

1797 - Today

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Innocent of Alaska (Russian: Иннокентий; August 26, 1797 – 12 April [O.S. March 31] 1879), also known as Innocent Metropolitan of Moscow, was a Russian Orthodox missionary priest, then the first Orthodox bishop and archbishop in the Americas, and finally the Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna. Remembered for his missionary work, scholarship, and leadership in Alaska and the Russian Far East during the 19th century, he is known for his abilities as a scholar, linguist, and administrator, as well as his great zeal for his work. As a missionary priest he took his wife and family with him. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Innocent of Alaska has received more than 186,156 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Innocent of Alaska is the 1,832nd most popular religious figure (down from 1,825th in 2019), the 1,052nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,090th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Russian Religious Figure.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.07

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  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Innocent of Alaska ranks 1,832 out of 3,187. Before him are Juvenal of Jerusalem, Peter Hans Kolvenbach, Nirmala Srivastava, Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, and Lupus of Troyes. After him are Pinedjem II, Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi, Peter Turkson, Alexander of Bergamo, Manuel Monteiro de Castro, and Joseph Cafasso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1797, Innocent of Alaska ranks 52. Before him are Wilhelm Beer, Friedrich von Lütke, Prince Adolf zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, El Hadj Umar Tall, Karl Otfried Müller, and Henry E. Steinway. After him are Gotthilf Hagen, Adrien-Henri de Jussieu, Paweł Strzelecki, Ramón Castilla, Heinrich Kuhl, and Anthony Panizzi.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Innocent of Alaska ranks 1,052 out of 3,761. Before him are Emil Wiechert (1861), Tini Beg (1341), Kliment Timiryazev (1843), Irina Shayk (1986), Alexander Guchkov (1862), and Eleanor of Prussia (1583). After him are Georg Ots (1920), Yuri Orlov (1924), Endel Tulving (1927), Lev Oborin (1907), Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky (1824), and Andrei Kirilenko (1906).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Russia

Among religious figures born in Russia, Innocent of Alaska ranks 26. Before him are Matrona Nikonova (1881), Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow (1877), Abdurreshid Ibrahim (1857), Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow (1910), Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov (1852), and Theophan the Recluse (1815). After him are Hyacinth (1777), Stephen of Perm (1340), Patriarch Job of Moscow (1525), Gamzat-bek (1789), Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow (1530), and Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807).

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