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Rudolf Slánský

1901 - 1952

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Rudolf Slánský (31 July 1901 – 3 December 1952) was a leading Czech Communist politician. Holding the post of the party's General Secretary after World War II, he was one of the leading creators and organizers of Communist rule in Czechoslovakia. After the split between Josip Broz Tito and Joseph Stalin, the latter instigated a wave of "purges" of the respective Communist Party leaderships, to prevent more splits between the Soviet Union and its Central European "satellite" countries. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolf Slánský has received more than 195,489 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Rudolf Slánský is the 4,005th most popular politician (up from 4,189th in 2019), the 129th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 136th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Czech Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rudolf Slánský ranks 4,005 out of 19,576. Before him are Petru Groza, Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, Sancho I of León, Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Emperor Go-Komatsu, and Gérard Genette. After him are Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut, Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Antonín Zápotocký, Fanny Elssler, Leo I, King of Armenia, and Kayqubad III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Rudolf Slánský ranks 61. Before him are Luis Monti, Mildred Harris, Paul Lazarsfeld, Erhard Heiden, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, and Charles Brenton Huggins. After him are Raimundo Orsi, Princess Sophie of Hohenberg, Vasili Kuznetsov, Itzhak Stern, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, and Milada Horáková. Among people deceased in 1952, Rudolf Slánský ranks 31. Before him are Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, Charles Maurras, George Santayana, Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Heinrich von Vietinghoff, and Charles Scott Sherrington. After him are Charles Lightoller, John Langenus, Bedřich Hrozný, Clark L. Hull, René Grousset, and Kurt Schumacher.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Rudolf Slánský ranks 129 out of 1,200. Before him are Franz Reichelt (1879), Boleslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (915), Ivan Lendl (1960), Anton Reicha (1770), Jarmila Kratochvílová (1951), and Adalbert Stifter (1805). After him are Antonín Zápotocký (1884), Barbara Bouchet (1943), Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia (1110), Jan Kubiš (1913), Bretislav I (1005), and Jan Svatopluk Presl (1791).

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Among POLITICIANS In Czechia

Among politicians born in Czechia, Rudolf Slánský ranks 34. Before him are Konrad Henlein (1898), Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen (1856), Mojmir I of Moravia (795), Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1840), Boleslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (915), and Jarmila Kratochvílová (1951). After him are Antonín Zápotocký (1884), Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia (1110), Bretislav I (1005), Bořivoj I, Duke of Bohemia (852), Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia (932), and Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg (1337).

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