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Vasili Kuznetsov

1901 - 1990

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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

Among politicians, Vasili Kuznetsov ranks 4,000 out of 15,577Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Vasili Kuznetsov ranks 63Before 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 43Before 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.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vasili Kuznetsov ranks 397 out of 3,262Before 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).

Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Vasili Kuznetsov ranks 122Before 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).