1908 - 1954
Viktor Semyonovich Abakumov (Russian: Виктор Семёнович Абакумов; 24 April 1908 – 19 December 1954) was a high-level Soviet security official who from 1943 to 1946 was the head of SMERSH in the USSR People's Commissariat of Defense, and from 1946 to 1951 of the Minister of State Security or MGB (ex-NKGB). He was removed from office and arrested in 1951 on charges of failing to investigate the Doctors' Plot. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viktor Abakumov has received more than 333,712 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Viktor Abakumov is the 5,284th most popular politician (up from 5,288th in 2019), the 510th most popular biography from Russia (down from 504th in 2019) and the 150th most popular Russian Politician.
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Among politicians, Viktor Abakumov ranks 5,284 out of 15,577. Before him are Vologases IV, Matthias Erzberger, Dhu Nuwas, Willem Drees, Sverker II of Sweden, and As-Salih Ayyub. After him are Tiridates I of Armenia, Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, Birsa Munda, Fu Hao, Wanyan Liang, and Henry III, Margrave of Meissen.
150 - 191
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 5,278
1875 - 1921
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 5,279
450 - 523
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 5,280
1886 - 1988
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 5,281
1164 - 1210
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 5,282
1205 - 1249
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 5,283
1908 - 1954
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 5,284
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 5,285
1878 - 1943
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 5,286
1875 - 1900
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 5,287
1400 BC - 1300 BC
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 5,288
1122 - 1161
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 5,289
1218 - 1288
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 5,290
Among people born in 1908, Viktor Abakumov ranks 75. Before him are Max Bill, Cus D'Amato, Tex Avery, Amintore Fanfani, Lionel Stander, and André Martinet. After him are Giovannino Guareschi, Remedios Varo, Eduard Roschmann, Rómulo Betancourt, Atahualpa Yupanqui, and Michael Redgrave. Among people deceased in 1954, Viktor Abakumov ranks 36. Before him are Clemens Krauss, Franco Alfano, Gideon Sundback, Archduke Eugen of Austria, Stig Dagerman, and Aristides de Sousa Mendes. After him are Sadriddin Ayni, Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels, Ivan Ilyin, Princess Margaret of Prussia, Oscar Straus, and Marianne Weber.
1908 - 1994
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 69
1908 - 1985
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 70
1908 - 1980
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 71
1908 - 1999
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 72
1908 - 1994
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 73
1908 - 1999
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 74
1908 - 1954
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 75
1908 - 1968
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 76
1908 - 1963
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 77
1908 - 1977
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 78
1908 - 1981
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 79
1908 - 1992
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 80
1908 - 1985
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 81
1893 - 1954
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 30
1875 - 1954
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 31
1880 - 1954
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 32
1863 - 1954
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 33
1923 - 1954
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 34
1885 - 1954
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 35
1908 - 1954
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 36
1878 - 1954
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 37
1874 - 1954
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 38
1883 - 1954
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 39
1872 - 1954
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 40
1870 - 1954
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 41
1870 - 1954
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 42
Among people born in Russia, Viktor Abakumov ranks 510 out of 3,262. Before him are Mikhail Alekseyev (1857), Sergey Akhromeyev (1923), Vyacheslav Tikhonov (1928), Mukhtar Auezov (1897), Boris Kustodiev (1878), and Mikhail Chigorin (1850). After him are Nikolay Gumilyov (1886), Sergei Ivanov (1953), Helena of Moscow (1476), Vyacheslav Menzhinsky (1874), Martiros Saryan (1880), and Gabdulkhay Akhatov (1927).
1857 - 1918
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 504
1923 - 1991
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 505
1928 - 2009
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 506
1897 - 1961
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 507
1878 - 1927
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 508
1850 - 1908
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 509
1908 - 1954
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 510
1886 - 1921
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 511
1953 - Present
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 512
1476 - 1513
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 513
1874 - 1934
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 514
1880 - 1972
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 515
1927 - 1986
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 516
Among politicians born in Russia, Viktor Abakumov ranks 150. Before him are Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia (1859), Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (1864), Pavel Milyukov (1859), Mikhail of Tver (1271), Yevgeny Mravinsky (1903), and Ivan Maisky (1884). After him are Sergei Ivanov (1953), Helena of Moscow (1476), Vyacheslav Menzhinsky (1874), Vasily Chapayev (1887), Boris Pugo (1937), and Sheikh Mansur (1750).
1859 - 1919
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 144
1864 - 1931
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 145
1859 - 1943
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 146
1271 - 1318
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 147
1903 - 1988
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 148
1884 - 1975
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 149
1908 - 1954
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 150
1953 - Present
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 151
1476 - 1513
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 152
1874 - 1934
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 153
1887 - 1919
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 154
1937 - 1991
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 155
1750 - 1794
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 156