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Rurik

830 - 879

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Rurik (also spelled Rorik, Riurik or Ryurik; Church Slavonic: Рюрикъ, romanized: Rjurikŭ; Old Norse: Hrøríkʀ; died 879) was a Varangian chieftain of the Rus' who, according to tradition, was invited to reign in Novgorod in the year 862. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rurik has received more than 2,113,639 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Rurik is the 418th most popular politician (up from 422nd in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Russia (down from 57th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Russian Politician.

Rurik is most famous for founding the Kievan Rus, which became the first Russian state.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 74.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 65

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rurik ranks 418 out of 19,576. Before him are Malik-Shah I, Ibn Saud, Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib, Herod Antipas, Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, and Louis VII of France. After him are Albert II of Belgium, Vitellius, Ludwig II of Bavaria, Harald Fairhair, Hafsa Sultan, and Rehoboam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 830, Rurik ranks 1. After him are Pope Marinus I, Junayd of Baghdad, Saint Naum, Carloman of Bavaria, Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders, Kocel, Ermentrude of Orléans, Emperor Kōkō, Guthrum, Rimbert, and Mutimir of Serbia. Among people deceased in 879, Rurik ranks 1. After him are Louis the Stammerer, Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders, Anastasius Bibliothecarius, Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar, Zdeslav of Croatia, and Ansgarde of Burgundy.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Rurik ranks 58 out of 3,761. Before him are Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844), Georgy Malenkov (1902), Andrei Tarkovsky (1932), Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1895), Vladimir the Great (958), and Alexander Nevsky (1220). After him are Rudolf Nureyev (1938), Peter Kropotkin (1842), Ivan Turgenev (1818), Frederick I of Prussia (1657), Georg Cantor (1845), and Mikhail Kutuzov (1745).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Rurik ranks 22. Before him are Konstantin Chernenko (1911), Turhan Hatice Sultan (1627), Vyacheslav Molotov (1890), Elizabeth of Russia (1709), Paul I of Russia (1754), and Georgy Malenkov (1902). After him are Frederick I of Prussia (1657), Yaroslav the Wise (978), Peter II of Russia (1715), Anna of Russia (1693), Ivan III of Russia (1440), and Boris Godunov (1552).

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