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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 1,970,186 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Rurik is the 422nd most popular politician (down from 412th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Russia (down from 55th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Russian Politician.

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

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 74.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 61

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rurik ranks 422 out of 15,577. Before him are Albert II of Belgium, Henry the Fowler, Charles I of England, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Jeongjo of Joseon, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. After him are Goliath, Eduard Shevardnadze, Shivaji, Sigismund III Vasa, Idi Amin, and Sitting Bull.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 830, Rurik ranks 1. After him are Pope Marinus I, Carloman of Bavaria, Saint Naum, Junayd of Baghdad, Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders, Kocel, Guthrum, Ermentrude of Orléans, Emperor Kōkō, 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, Ansgarde of Burgundy, and Zdeslav of Croatia.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Rurik ranks 57 out of 3,262. Before him are Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1895), Vladimir the Great (958), Boris Godunov (1552), Sergey Lavrov (1950), Gustav Kirchhoff (1824), and Andrei Tarkovsky (1932). After him are Stanislav Petrov (1939), Georg Cantor (1845), Feodor I of Russia (1557), Vasily Zaitsev (1915), Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (1904), and Ivan Turgenev (1818).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Rurik ranks 23. Before him are Alexander II of Russia (1818), Konstantin Chernenko (1911), Vyacheslav Molotov (1890), Turhan Hatice Sultan (1627), Boris Godunov (1552), and Sergey Lavrov (1950). After him are Feodor I of Russia (1557), Peter II of Russia (1715), Anna of Russia (1693), Dmitry Medvedev (1965), Georgy Malenkov (1902), and Frederick I of Prussia (1657).

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