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Viktor Chernomyrdin

1938 - 2010

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Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin (Russian: Ви́ктор Степа́нович Черномы́рдин, IPA: [ˈvʲiktər sʲtʲɪˈpanəvʲɪtɕ tɕɪrnɐˈmɨrdʲɪn]; 9 April 1938 – 3 November 2010) was a Soviet and Russian politician and businessman. He was the Minister of Gas Industry of the Soviet Union (13 February 1985 – 17 July 1989), after which he became first chairman of Gazprom energy company and the second-longest-serving Prime Minister of Russia (1992–1998) based on consecutive years. He was a key figure in Russian politics in the 1990s and a participant in the transition from a planned to a market economy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viktor Chernomyrdin has received more than 476,685 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia. Viktor Chernomyrdin is the 23rd most popular diplomat, the 251st most popular biography from Russia (up from 342nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Diplomat.

Viktor Chernomyrdin is most famous for being the Prime Minister of Russia from 1992 to 1998. He was instrumental in Russia's transition from a centrally planned economy to a market economy.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Viktor Chernomyrdin ranks 23 out of 52. Before him are Alva Myrdal, Hasekura Tsunenaga, Chiune Sugihara, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Chaim Herzog, and George F. Kennan. After him are Megasthenes, Thomas Klestil, George Blake, Irina Bokova, Giovanni Villani, and Édith Cresson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Viktor Chernomyrdin ranks 47. Before him are Diana Rigg, Robert Nozick, Otto Rehhagel, Michael Rockefeller, Frederick Forsyth, and David Irving. After him are Jiří Menzel, Raymond Carver, Brian Dennehy, Ian Stewart, Lynn Margulis, and Tomas Lindahl. Among people deceased in 2010, Viktor Chernomyrdin ranks 24. Before him are Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Maurice Allais, Georges Charpak, Alois Brunner, Jean Simmons, and Vasily Smyslov. After him are Dino De Laurentiis, Miep Gies, Francesco Cossiga, Blake Edwards, Néstor Kirchner, and Algirdas Brazauskas.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Viktor Chernomyrdin ranks 251 out of 3,262. Before him are Grigori Perelman (1966), Vasily Smyslov (1921), Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856), Ivan Kramskoi (1837), Alexander Blok (1880), and Pitirim Sorokin (1889). After him are Alexander Oparin (1894), Leonid Kantorovich (1912), Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia (1827), Bruno Taut (1880), Alexander Griboyedov (1795), and Daniel of Moscow (1261).

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Among DIPLOMATS In Russia

Among diplomats born in Russia, Viktor Chernomyrdin ranks 2. Before him are Alexandra Kollontai (1872). After him are Vatslav Vorovsky (1871) and Max Jakobson (1923).

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