1901 - 1990
Vasily Vasilyevich Kuznetsov (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Кузнецо́в; 13 February [O.S. 31 January] 1901 – 5 June 1990) was a Russian Soviet politician who acted as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union from 1982 to 1983 (after the death of Brezhnev), for a second time in 1984 (after the death of Andropov), and for a third time in 1985 (after the death of Chernenko). He was one of the oldest members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union was formally the highest state post. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasili Kuznetsov has received more than 5,762 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Vasili Kuznetsov is the 4,000th most popular politician (down from 3,648th in 2019), the 397th most popular biography from Russia (down from 355th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular Russian Politician.
Vasili Kuznetsov is most famous for being the first man to swim across the Bering Strait in 1978.
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Among politicians, Vasili Kuznetsov ranks 4,000 out of 15,577. Before him are Mike Pence, Maurice Thorez, Erwin Piscator, Eumenes III, Otto Georg Thierack, and King Huiwen of Qin. After him are Rodolphe Seeldrayers, Gaafar Nimeiry, Marquis of Haihun, Labashi-Marduk, Maria Kaczyńska, and Red Cloud.
1959 - Present
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 3,994
1900 - 1964
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 3,995
1893 - 1966
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 3,996
200 BC - 129 BC
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 3,997
1889 - 1946
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 3,998
356 BC - 311 BC
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 3,999
1901 - 1990
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 4,000
1876 - 1955
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 4,001
1930 - 2009
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 4,002
92 BC - 59 BC
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 4,003
550 BC - 556 BC
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 4,004
1942 - 2010
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 4,005
1822 - 1909
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 4,006
Among people born in 1901, Vasili Kuznetsov ranks 63. Before him are Paul Lazarsfeld, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Erhard Heiden, Princess Sophie of Hohenberg, Luis Monti, and Milada Horáková. After him are Rudolf Slánský, Tage Erlander, Hans Kammler, Stefan Wyszyński, Vincent du Vigneaud, and Rudolf Caracciola. Among people deceased in 1990, Vasili Kuznetsov ranks 43. Before him are Ivan Serov, Rex Harrison, Princess Sophie of Hohenberg, Aaron Copland, Oldřich Nejedlý, and Patrick White. After him are Jill Ireland, Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Art Blakey, Ugo Tognazzi, Alexander Pechersky, and Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum.
1901 - 1976
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 57
1901 - 1972
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 58
1901 - 1933
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 59
1901 - 1990
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 60
1901 - 1983
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 61
1901 - 1950
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 62
1901 - 1990
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 63
1901 - 1952
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 64
1901 - 1985
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 65
1901 - 1945
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 66
1901 - 1981
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 67
1901 - 1978
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 68
1901 - 1959
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 69
1905 - 1990
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 37
1908 - 1990
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 38
1901 - 1990
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 39
1900 - 1990
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 40
1909 - 1990
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 41
1912 - 1990
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 42
1901 - 1990
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 43
1936 - 1990
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 44
1887 - 1990
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 45
1919 - 1990
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 46
1922 - 1990
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 47
1909 - 1990
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 48
1912 - 1990
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 49
Among people born in Russia, Vasili Kuznetsov ranks 397 out of 3,262. Before him are Vladimir Bekhterev (1857), Mengu-Timur (1235), Andrei Bely (1880), Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819), Andriyan Nikolayev (1929), and Zinovy Rozhestvensky (1848). After him are Yaroslav II of Vladimir (1191), Lyudmila Ulitskaya (1943), Valery Leontiev (1949), Roza Shanina (1924), Shamil Basayev (1965), and Sergius of Radonezh (1314).
1857 - 1927
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 391
1235 - 1282
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 392
1880 - 1934
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 393
1819 - 1876
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 394
1929 - 2004
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 395
1848 - 1909
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 396
1901 - 1990
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 397
1191 - 1246
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 398
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 399
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 400
1924 - 1945
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 401
1965 - 2006
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 402
1314 - 1392
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 403
Among politicians born in Russia, Vasili Kuznetsov ranks 122. Before him are Ivan Silayev (1930), Boris Nemtsov (1959), Anna Dostoevskaya (1846), Mathilde Kschessinska (1872), Naina Yeltsina (1932), and Mengu-Timur (1235). After him are Yaroslav II of Vladimir (1191), Pyotr Krasnov (1869), Mehmed I Giray (1465), Patriarch Filaret of Moscow (1553), Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia (1691), and Vsevolod the Big Nest (1154).
1930 - 2023
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 116
1959 - 2015
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 117
1846 - 1918
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 118
1872 - 1971
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 119
1932 - Present
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 120
1235 - 1282
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 121
1901 - 1990
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 122
1191 - 1246
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 123
1869 - 1947
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 124
1465 - 1523
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 125
1553 - 1633
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 126
1691 - 1733
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 127
1154 - 1212
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 128