1938 - 2010
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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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.
1902 - 1986
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 17
1571 - 1622
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 18
1900 - 1986
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 19
1784 - 1865
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 20
1918 - 1997
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 21
1904 - 2005
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 22
1938 - 2010
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 23
350 BC - 290 BC
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 24
1932 - 2004
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 25
1922 - 2020
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 26
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 27
1276 - 1348
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 28
1934 - Present
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 29
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.
1938 - 2020
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 41
1938 - 2002
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 42
1938 - Present
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 43
1938 - 1963
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 44
1938 - Present
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 45
1938 - Present
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 46
1938 - 2010
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 47
1938 - 2020
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 48
1938 - 1988
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 49
1938 - 2020
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 50
1938 - 1985
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 51
1938 - 2011
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 52
1938 - Present
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 53
1916 - 2010
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 18
1911 - 2010
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 19
1924 - 2010
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 20
1912 - 2010
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 21
1929 - 2010
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 22
1921 - 2010
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 23
1938 - 2010
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 24
1919 - 2010
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 25
1909 - 2010
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 26
1928 - 2010
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 27
1922 - 2010
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 28
1950 - 2010
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 29
1932 - 2010
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 30
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).
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 245
1921 - 2010
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 246
1856 - 1929
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 247
1837 - 1887
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 248
1880 - 1921
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 249
1889 - 1968
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 250
1938 - 2010
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 251
1894 - 1980
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 252
1912 - 1986
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 253
1827 - 1892
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 254
1880 - 1938
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 255
1795 - 1829
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 256
1261 - 1303
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 257
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).
1872 - 1952
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 1
1938 - 2010
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 2
1871 - 1923
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 3
1923 - 2013
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 4