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Sviatopolk I of Kiev

978 - 1019

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Sviatopolk I Vladimirovich (also called Sviatopolk the Accursed or the Accursed Prince; Old East Slavic: Свѧтоплъкъ, romanized: Svętoplŭkŭ; c. 980 – 1019) was Prince of Turov from 988 to 1015 and Grand Prince of Kiev from 1015 to 1019. He earned his sobriquet after allegedly murdering his brothers during his bid to take the throne. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sviatopolk I of Kiev has received more than 330,381 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Sviatopolk I of Kiev is the 2,372nd most popular politician (down from 2,261st in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Belarus (down from 14th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Belarusian Politician.

Sviatopolk I of Kiev is most famous for his role in the murder of his brother, Yaroslav the Wise, and his family.

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  • 330k

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  • 69.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sviatopolk I of Kiev ranks 2,372 out of 19,576. Before him are Tiberius III, Erich Koch, Donald Rumsfeld, Antanas Smetona, Mohammed Daoud Khan, and Berengar II of Italy. After him are Albrecht von Roon, Inessa Armand, Kiya, Berenice IV of Egypt, Necho I, and Manfred Gerlach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 978, Sviatopolk I of Kiev ranks 4. Before him are Yaroslav the Wise, Zoë Porphyrogenita, and Cunigunde of Luxembourg. After him is Ibn 'Abd al-Barr. Among people deceased in 1019, Sviatopolk I of Kiev ranks 1. After him are Frederick of Luxembourg, and Sergius II of Constantinople.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Sviatopolk I of Kiev ranks 18 out of 368. Before him are Chaim Soutine (1893), Meyer Lansky (1902), Olga Korbut (1955), Zhores Alferov (1930), Zalman Shazar (1889), and Ryszard Kapuściński (1932). After him are Mstislav I of Kiev (1076), Isser Harel (1912), Yanka Kupala (1882), Ossip Zadkine (1888), Pavel Sukhoi (1895), and Alexander Parvus (1867).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belarus

Among politicians born in Belarus, Sviatopolk I of Kiev ranks 9. Before him are Chaim Weizmann (1874), Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877), Alexander Lukashenko (1954), Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732), Andrei Gromyko (1909), and Zalman Shazar (1889). After him are Mstislav I of Kiev (1076), Isser Harel (1912), Maria Kaczyńska (1942), Stanislav Shushkevich (1934), Marek Edelman (1922), and Elena Glinskaya (1510).

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