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Stepan Krasheninnikov

1711 - 1755

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Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov (Russian: Степа́н Петро́вич Крашени́нников; November 11 [O.S. October 31] 1711 – March 8 [O.S. February 25] 1755) was a Russian explorer of Siberia, naturalist and geographer who gave the first full description of Kamchatka in the early 18th century. He was elected to the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1745. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stepan Krasheninnikov has received more than 34,513 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Stepan Krasheninnikov is the 360th most popular explorer (down from 325th in 2019), the 1,573rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,393rd in 2019) and the 19th most popular Russian Explorer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Stepan Krasheninnikov ranks 360 out of 498. Before him are Irina Solovyova, Miguel Corte-Real, John Wesley Powell, Samuel Baker, Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón, and Georgy Sedov. After him are George Bass, György Almásy, Khariton Laptev, Jean Louis Marie Poiret, Juan de Fuca, and Fyodor Konyukhov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1711, Stepan Krasheninnikov ranks 23. Before him are Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Thomas Wright, Princess Amelia of Great Britain, Shah Jahan III, Carl Gustaf Pilo, and Ignaz Holzbauer.  Among people deceased in 1755, Stepan Krasheninnikov ranks 16. Before him are Johann Georg Gmelin, Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz, Philipp Stamma, Zhang Tingyu, Edward Braddock, and Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen. After him are Angelo Maria Querini, and Maurice Greene.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Stepan Krasheninnikov ranks 1,573 out of 3,761. Before him are Alexandre Volkoff (1885), Teresa Feoderovna Ries (1874), Osip Brik (1888), Pyotr Durnovo (1842), Savva Mamontov (1841), and Yuri Shevchuk (1957). After him are Galina Kulakova (1942), Peter Romanovsky (1892), Dmitry Furmanov (1891), Natalya Bondarchuk (1950), Gennady Khazanov (1945), and Yevgeny Kafelnikov (1974).

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Among EXPLORERS In Russia

Among explorers born in Russia, Stepan Krasheninnikov ranks 19. Before him are Vladimir Atlasov (1661), Aleksei Chirikov (1703), Semyon Chelyuskin (1700), Pyotr Kozlov (1862), Dmitry Laptev (1701), and Irina Solovyova (1937). After him are Khariton Laptev (1700), Pyotr Chikhachyov (1808), Alexander Fersman (1883), Pyotr Anjou (1796), Karl Maximovich (1827), and Yakov Sannikov (1780).

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