1415 - 1462
Vasily II Vasilyevich (Russian: Василий II Васильевич, also transcribed as Vasili or Vasilii; 10 March 1415 – 27 March 1462), also known as Vasily the Blind or Vasily the Dark (Василий Тёмный), was a Grand Prince of Moscow in the 15th century. When his father died in 1425, the 10-year-old Vasily and his uncle Dmitry Shemyaka started fighting over the right to the throne, causing the Muscovite War of Succession (1425–1453). At one point, Vasily was captured and blinded by his opponents. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasily II of Moscow has received more than 238,960 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia. Vasily II of Moscow is the 2,091st most popular politician (up from 2,275th in 2019), the 213th most popular biography from Russia (up from 227th in 2019) and the 75th most popular Russian Politician.
Vasily II of Moscow is most famous for his victory over the Mongols in the Battle of Kulikovo Field.
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Among politicians, Vasily II of Moscow ranks 2,091 out of 15,577. Before him are Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, Kavad I, Al-Mahdi, Robert I, Duke of Parma, King Zhaoxiang of Qin, and Arthur Balfour. After him are Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Eric V of Denmark, Nogai Khan, Stamford Raffles, Gabriel Bethlen, and Tiberius II Constantine.
1787 - 1816
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 2,085
473 - 531
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 2,086
744 - 785
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 2,087
1848 - 1907
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 2,088
325 BC - 251 BC
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 2,089
1848 - 1930
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 2,090
1415 - 1462
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 2,091
1819 - 1901
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 2,092
1249 - 1286
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 2,093
1300 - 1300
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 2,094
1781 - 1826
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 2,095
1580 - 1629
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 2,096
520 - 582
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 2,097
Among people born in 1415, Vasily II of Moscow ranks 4. Before him are Piero della Francesca, Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, and Dieric Bouts. After him are Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, Jan Długosz, Joanot Martorell, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Albert van Ouwater, John Argyropoulos, Aristotele Fioravanti, and Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia. Among people deceased in 1462, Vasily II of Moscow ranks 1. After him are Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia, Anne of Cyprus, Pasquale Malipiero, and Dai Jin.
1415 - 1492
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 1
1415 - 1493
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 2
1415 - 1475
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 3
1415 - 1462
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 4
1415 - 1495
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 5
1415 - 1480
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 6
1415 - 1465
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 7
1415 - 1472
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 8
1415 - 1475
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 9
1415 - 1487
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 10
1415 - 1486
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 11
1415 - 1481
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 12
1415 - 1462
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 1
1432 - 1462
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 2
1418 - 1462
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 3
1392 - 1462
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 4
1388 - 1462
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 5
Among people born in Russia, Vasily II of Moscow ranks 213 out of 3,262. Before him are Ivan I of Moscow (1288), Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (1857), Roman Abramovich (1966), Alexander Herzen (1812), The French Angel (1903), and Pafnuty Chebyshev (1821). After him are Fritz Albert Lipmann (1899), Ivan Krylov (1769), Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg (1599), Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904), Patriarch Kirill of Moscow (1946), and Nikolay Chernyshevsky (1828).
1288 - 1340
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 207
1857 - 1905
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 208
1966 - Present
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 209
1812 - 1870
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 210
1903 - 1954
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 211
1821 - 1894
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 212
1415 - 1462
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 213
1899 - 1986
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 214
1769 - 1844
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 215
1599 - 1655
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 216
1904 - 1986
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 217
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 218
1828 - 1889
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 219
Among politicians born in Russia, Vasily II of Moscow ranks 75. Before him are Gennady Yanayev (1937), Gennady Zyuganov (1944), Mikhail Suslov (1902), Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia (1895), Öz Beg Khan (1282), and Ivan I of Moscow (1288). After him are Vasily Blokhin (1895), Dmitry Ustinov (1908), Mikhail Mishustin (1966), Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia (1847), Gustav Bauer (1870), and Lyudmila Putina (1958).
1937 - 2010
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 69
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 70
1902 - 1982
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 71
1895 - 1970
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 72
1282 - 1341
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 73
1288 - 1340
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 74
1415 - 1462
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 75
1895 - 1955
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 76
1908 - 1984
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 77
1966 - Present
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 78
1847 - 1909
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 79
1870 - 1944
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 80
1958 - Present
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 81