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Viktor Kingissepp

1888 - 1922

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Viktor Eduard Kingissepp (Russian: Виктор Эдуардович Кингисепп; 24 March [O.S. 12 March] 1888 – 4 May 1922) was an Estonian communist politician, the leader of the Estonian Communist Party. The son of a factory worker, he joined a Marxist circle as a schoolboy in Arensburg (now Kuressaare) (which was renamed Kingissepp in 1952, but was restored to its original Estonian name in 1988), and organised the Estonian section of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, in St Petersburg. During the war with Germany, he was put in charge of a medical train on the Western Front. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viktor Kingissepp has received more than 43,010 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Viktor Kingissepp is the 10,803rd most popular politician (down from 9,790th in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 63rd in 2019) and the 25th most popular Estonian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Viktor Kingissepp ranks 10,803 out of 19,576. Before him are Enlil-nirari, Jim Gray, Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria, Teodato Ipato, and Daru of Baekje. After him are Stojan Protić, Vlas Chubar, Radu Vasile, Ashur-resh-ishi I, Marcus Lollius, and Andrew Moray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Viktor Kingissepp ranks 124. Before him are Josef Beran, Archduchess Isabella of Austria, Friedrich Wolf, Hans Graf von Sponeck, Antonio Ascari, and Francisco Canaro. After him are Joachim Lemelsen, Kan Kikuchi, Barry Fitzgerald, Kaarel Eenpalu, Mary Eristavi, and Lotte Lehmann. Among people deceased in 1922, Viktor Kingissepp ranks 76. Before him are Max Abraham, Luigi Denza, Christiaan de Wet, Felip Pedrell, Ricardo Flores Magón, and Bahaeddin Şakir. After him are William Stewart Halsted, Lord Leopold Mountbatten, Kabayama Sukenori, Yevgeny Vakhtangov, William J. Seymour, and Pavle Jurišić Šturm.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Viktor Kingissepp ranks 69 out of 351. Before him are Johannes Aavik (1880), George Hackenschmidt (1877), Jüri Lossmann (1891), Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz (1793), August Kork (1887), and Herman Wrangel (1584). After him are Edgar Savisaar (1950), Paul Ariste (1905), Alexander von Benckendorff (1782), Hella Wuolijoki (1886), Eduard Vilde (1865), and Heino Eller (1887).

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Among POLITICIANS In Estonia

Among politicians born in Estonia, Viktor Kingissepp ranks 25. Before him are Johannes Vares (1890), Jaan Tõnisson (1868), Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoeveden (1750), Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg (1794), Jüri Uluots (1890), and Herman Wrangel (1584). After him are Edgar Savisaar (1950), Alexander von Benckendorff (1782), Kaarel Eenpalu (1888), Jaan Anvelt (1884), August Sabbe (1909), and Friedrich Akel (1871).

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