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Sergei Witte

1849 - 1915

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Count Sergei Yulyevich Witte (Russian: Сергей Юльевич Витте, romanized: Sergey Yulyevich Vitte, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej ˈjʉlʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈvʲitːɛ]; 29 June [O.S. 17 June] 1849 – 13 March [O.S. 28 February] 1915), also known as Sergius Witte, was a Russian statesman who served as the first prime minister of the Russian Empire, replacing the emperor as head of government. Neither liberal nor conservative, he attracted foreign capital to boost Russia's industrialization. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sergei Witte has received more than 878,144 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Sergei Witte is the 2,395th most popular politician (up from 2,549th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Georgia (up from 21st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Georgian Politician.

Sergei Witte is most famous for being the head of the Russian government from 1892-1905. He was a strong supporter of industrialization and helped to put Russia on the world stage as a major power.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sergei Witte ranks 2,395 out of 19,576. Before him are Basiliscus, Samora Machel, Mikheil Saakashvili, Ivan Gašparovič, Alp-Tegin, and Alfonso the Battler. After him are Seleucus IV Philopator, Bonne of Luxembourg, Haakon the Good, Pervez Musharraf, George Vella, and Abdullah II of Jordan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Sergei Witte ranks 11. Before him are Édouard-Henri Avril, Felix Klein, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Bernhard von Bülow, John William Waterhouse, and Alfred von Tirpitz. After him are Bertha Benz, Nogi Maresuke, John Ambrose Fleming, Blanche Monnier, Eva Gonzalès, and Ellen Key. Among people deceased in 1915, Sergei Witte ranks 9. Before him are Frederick Winslow Taylor, Paul Ehrlich, Porfirio Díaz, Henry Moseley, Ellen G. White, and Jean-Henri Fabre. After him are Clara Immerwahr, Leo Frank, Wilhelm Windelband, Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia, Michel Bréal, and Émile Waldteufel.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Sergei Witte ranks 20 out of 406. Before him are David IV of Georgia (1073), Aleksei Brusilov (1853), Sayat-Nova (1712), Nona Gaprindashvili (1941), Sergo Ordzhonikidze (1886), and Mikheil Saakashvili (1967). After him are Rusudan of Georgia (1194), Otar Iosseliani (1934), Pharnavaz I of Iberia (-326), Giya Kancheli (1935), Kato Svanidze (1885), and Herbert Backe (1896).

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Among POLITICIANS In Georgia

Among politicians born in Georgia, Sergei Witte ranks 10. Before him are Eduard Shevardnadze (1928), Tamar of Georgia (1166), Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939), David IV of Georgia (1073), Sergo Ordzhonikidze (1886), and Mikheil Saakashvili (1967). After him are Rusudan of Georgia (1194), Pharnavaz I of Iberia (-326), Kato Svanidze (1885), Herbert Backe (1896), Bagrat III of Georgia (960), and Vakhtang I of Iberia (440).

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