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Pyotr Leshchenko

1898 - 1954

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Pyotr Konstantinovich Leshchenko (Ukrainian: Петро Константинович Лещенко; Russian: Пётр Константинович Лещенко; 2 June 1898 Isayeve, Odessa uezd, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) – 16 July 1954 Bucharest), a singer in the Russian Empire, and later Romania, is universally considered "the King of Russian Tango" and specifically known for his rendition of "Serdtse"—a tango, sung unusually not in Spanish but in Russian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pyotr Leshchenko has received more than 102,999 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Pyotr Leshchenko is the 1,047th most popular singer (down from 790th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Pyotr Leshchenko ranks 1,047 out of 4,381. Before him are Julia Boutros, Nilla Pizzi, Suraphol Sombatcharoen, Lisa Ono, Irina Allegrova, and Anita Traversi. After him are Vanilla Ice, Demi Lovato, Mathé Altéry, Hanka Paldum, Kikki Danielsson, and Luis Miguel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Pyotr Leshchenko ranks 170. Before him are Eugen Wüster, Reino Ragnar Lehto, Eduard Pütsep, Aksel Airo, Tang Enbo, and Akmal Ikramov. After him are Therese Giehse, Simon Vestdijk, Masuji Ibuse, Erik Abrahamsson, Clemente Biondetti, and Mitchell Leisen. Among people deceased in 1954, Pyotr Leshchenko ranks 98. Before him are William Hoyt, Werner Bischof, Jacques Mieses, Zofia Nałkowska, Tang Enbo, and Leonard Eugene Dickson. After him are Ellen Thesleff, Pat McDonald, Ludwik Hirszfeld, Henri Laurent, Ivan Maslennikov, and Kaare Klint.

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