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Kamo

1882 - 1922

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Simon Arshaki Ter-Petrosian (Russian: Симон Аршакович Тер-Петросян, romanized: Simon Arshakovich Ter-Petrosyan; Armenian: Սիմոն «Կամօ» Տէր Պետրոսեան; 27 May 1882 – 14 July 1922), better known by his nom de guerre of Kamo (Russian: Камо), was an Old Bolshevik revolutionary and an early companion to Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. From 1903 to 1912, Kamo, a master of disguise, carried out a number of militant operations on behalf of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party, mostly in Georgia, then part of the Russian Empire. He is best known for his central role in the 1907 Tiflis bank robbery, organised by Bolshevik leaders to raise funds for their party activities. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kamo has received more than 55,936 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Kamo is the 9,138th most popular politician (down from 8,949th in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from Georgia (down from 88th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Georgian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kamo ranks 9,138 out of 19,576Before him are Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg, Mustafa Çelebi, Kisshomaru Ueshiba, Diego Martínez Barrio, Shawar, and Lorenzo Tiepolo. After him are Abdullah Abdullah, William IX, Count of Poitiers, Princess Isabella of Croÿ, Joseph Luns, Jules Favre, and Vladivoj, Duke of Bohemia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Kamo ranks 112Before him are Anna Schäffer, Aurel Vlaicu, Inayat Khan, Emma Jung, Walther Meissner, and Robert Hichens. After him are Otto Weddigen, Charles Devendeville, James F. Byrnes, Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Volin, and Donald Crisp. Among people deceased in 1922, Kamo ranks 59Before him are Alexander Antonov, Louis Duchesne, Ali Kemal, Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha, Heinrich Rubens, and Karl Michael Ziehrer. After him are Joseph Oller, Michael Mayr, Arthur Griffith, Géza Gárdonyi, Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, and Jules Guesde.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Kamo ranks 93 out of 406Before him are Haykanoush Danielyan (1893), Anthim the Iberian (1650), Jaba Ioseliani (1926), Akaki Tsereteli (1840), George II of Georgia (1054), and Pharasmanes II of Iberia (100). After him are Eliso Virsaladze (1942), Lusine Zakaryan (1937), Alimardan Topchubashov (1862), Mikhail Loris-Melikov (1824), Mikheil Meskhi (1937), and Nikoloz Baratashvili (1817).

Among POLITICIANS In Georgia

Among politicians born in Georgia, Kamo ranks 52Before him are Teimuraz I of Kakheti (1589), Irakli Tsereteli (1881), Levan Tediashvili (1948), Jaba Ioseliani (1926), George II of Georgia (1054), and Pharasmanes II of Iberia (100). After him are Alimardan Topchubashov (1862), Mikhail Loris-Melikov (1824), Hovhannes Kajaznuni (1868), Pharasmanes I of Iberia (-50), Kakha Kaladze (1978), and Lev Karakhan (1889).