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Saparmurat Niyazov

1940 - 2006

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Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov (Russian: Сапармурат Атаевич Ниязов; Turkmen: Saparmyrat Ataýewiç Nyýazow; 19 February 1940 – 21 December 2006), known as Türkmenbaşy, was a Turkmen politician who led Turkmenistan from 1985 until his death in 2006. He was the first secretary of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan from 1985 until 1991 and supported the 1991 Soviet coup attempt. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saparmurat Niyazov has received more than 2,206,155 page views. His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2019). Saparmurat Niyazov is the 1,246th most popular politician (down from 571st in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Turkmenistan (down from 1st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Turkmen Politician.

Saparmurat Niyazov was the president of Turkmenistan from 1990 to 2006. He is most famous for renaming the months and days of the week in order to honor himself and his mother.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 82

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Saparmurat Niyazov ranks 1,246 out of 19,576. Before him are Totila, Mohammed V of Morocco, Emir Abdelkader, Juba II, Mayer Amschel Rothschild, and Casimir IV Jagiellon. After him are Romanos I Lekapenos, Zedekiah, Vidkun Quisling, Karađorđe, Daoguang Emperor, and Constantine VI.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Saparmurat Niyazov ranks 24. Before him are Gao Xingjian, Muhammad Yunus, J. M. Coetzee, Carlos Slim, Joseph Brodsky, and Michel Temer. After him are Brian De Palma, Martin Sheen, Joachim Gauck, John Hurt, Pina Bausch, and Peter Fonda. Among people deceased in 2006, Saparmurat Niyazov ranks 14. Before him are Stanisław Lem, James Brown, Philippe Noiret, Syd Barrett, Oriana Fallaci, and Alfredo Stroessner. After him are Owen Chamberlain, Heinrich Harrer, György Ligeti, Mako, Anna Politkovskaya, and Ibrahim Rugova.

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In Turkmenistan

Among people born in Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov ranks 4 out of 50. Before him are Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (780), Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu (1199), and Abu Muslim (718). After him are Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (1957), Al-Nasa'i (829), Al-Zamakhshari (1075), Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur (1603), Ibn Khordadbeh (820), Chaghri Beg (989), Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak (736), and Al-Muqanna (800).

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Among POLITICIANS In Turkmenistan

Among politicians born in Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov ranks 2. Before him are Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu (1199). After him are Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (1957), Chaghri Beg (989), Al-Muqanna (800), Mithridates II of Parthia (-150), Andronikos I of Trebizond (1101), Yahya ibn Khalid (701), Jaʻfar ibn Yahya (767), Serdar Berdimuhamedow (1981), Dmitri Shepilov (1905), and Ibrahim I ibn al-Aghlab (756).

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