1908 - 1996
Petro Yukhymovych Shelest (14 February [O.S. 1 February] 1908 – 22 January 1996) was a Ukrainian Soviet politician who served as First Secretary of the Ukrainian Communist Party from 1965 until his removal in 1972. Ideologically a social moderate and a national communist, he oversaw a widespread liberalisation of Ukrainian society as part of the Khrushchev Thaw and Sixtier movement that led to increased visibility of the Ukrainian language and culture in public life. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Petro Shelest has received more than 78,349 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Petro Shelest is the 9,518th most popular politician (down from 9,322nd in 2019), the 367th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 371st in 2019) and the 105th most popular Ukrainian Politician.
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Among politicians, Petro Shelest ranks 9,518 out of 15,577. Before him are Giru of Baekje, Hugo von Pohl, Wenceslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, Alcetas, Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Regina Jonas. After him are Bjarni Benediktsson, Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Black Hawk, Otto IV, Duke of Lower Bavaria, Lawrence Eagleburger, and Nikephoros II Orsini.
50 - 128
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 9,512
1855 - 1916
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 9,513
1137 - 1192
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 9,514
400 BC - 319 BC
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 9,515
1737 - 1758
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 9,516
1902 - 1944
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 9,517
1908 - 1996
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 9,518
1908 - 1970
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 9,519
1640 - 1709
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 9,520
1767 - 1838
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 9,521
1307 - 1334
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 9,522
1930 - 2011
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 9,523
1328 - 1359
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 9,524
Among people born in 1908, Petro Shelest ranks 139. Before him are Christa Schroeder, Juan López Fontana, Yevgeny Vuchetich, William Hartnell, Gisèle Freund, and Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark. After him are Bjarni Benediktsson, Karel Ančerl, Son Ngoc Thanh, Anna Sten, Elek Schwartz, and Maria Prymachenko. Among people deceased in 1996, Petro Shelest ranks 116. Before him are Jo Van Fleet, Antonín Mrkos, Margaux Hemingway, Shams Pahlavi, Brunó Ferenc Straub, and Annabella. After him are Alejandro Agustín Lanusse, Koichi Oita, J. R. Jayewardene, Rob Hall, Jack Nance, and Jamie Uys.
1908 - 1984
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 133
1908 - 1983
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 134
1908 - 1974
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 135
1908 - 1975
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 136
1908 - 2000
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 137
1908 - 1980
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 138
1908 - 1996
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 139
1908 - 1970
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 140
1908 - 1973
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 141
1908 - 1977
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 142
1908 - 1993
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 143
1908 - 2000
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 144
1908 - 1997
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 145
1915 - 1996
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 110
1918 - 1996
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 111
1954 - 1996
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 112
1917 - 1996
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 113
1914 - 1996
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 114
1907 - 1996
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 115
1908 - 1996
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 116
1918 - 1996
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 117
1914 - 1996
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 118
1906 - 1996
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 119
1961 - 1996
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 120
1943 - 1996
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 121
1921 - 1996
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 122
Among people born in Ukraine, Petro Shelest ranks 367 out of 1,083. Before him are Mikhail Artsybashev (1878), Richard Boleslawski (1889), Joseph Schmidt (1904), Karol Mikuli (1821), Olga Kurylenko (1979), and Anatoly Onoprienko (1959). After him are Władysław Horodecki (1863), Leonid Popov (1945), Anna Walentynowicz (1929), Igor Moiseyev (1906), Lev Kopelev (1912), and Ivan Puluj (1845).
1878 - 1927
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 361
1889 - 1937
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 362
1904 - 1942
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 363
1821 - 1897
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 364
1979 - Present
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 365
1959 - 2013
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 366
1908 - 1996
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 367
1863 - 1930
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 368
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 369
1929 - 2010
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 370
1906 - 2007
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 371
1912 - 1997
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 372
1845 - 1918
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 373
Among politicians born in Ukraine, Petro Shelest ranks 105. Before him are Vitaliy Masol (1928), Nikolai Kibalchich (1853), Lev Mekhlis (1889), Nicolae Văcăroiu (1943), Polina Astakhova (1936), and Ihor Kolomoyskyi (1963). After him are Anna Walentynowicz (1929), Igor Moiseyev (1906), Mikhail Rodzianko (1859), Vera Kholodnaya (1893), Maria Dobroniega of Kiev (null), and Arseniy Yatsenyuk (1974).
1928 - 2018
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 99
1853 - 1881
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 100
1889 - 1953
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 101
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 102
1936 - 2005
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 103
1963 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 104
1908 - 1996
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 105
1929 - 2010
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 106
1906 - 2007
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 107
1859 - 1924
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 108
1893 - 1919
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 109
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 110
1974 - Present
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 111