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Vladimir Ivashko

1932 - 1994

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Vladimir Antonovich Ivashko (Russian: Влади́мир Анто́нович Ива́шко; Ukrainian: Володимир Антонович Івашко, Volodymyr Antonovych Ivashko; 28 October 1932 – 13 November 1994) was a Soviet Ukrainian politician, briefly acting as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) during the period from 24 to 29 August 1991. On 24 August Mikhail Gorbachev resigned from the post, and on 29 August the CPSU was suspended by the Supreme Soviet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vladimir Ivashko has received more than 944,041 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Vladimir Ivashko is the 3,906th most popular politician (down from 2,221st in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 79th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Ukrainian Politician.

Vladimir Ivashko is most famous for being the Soviet Union's first cosmonaut. He was the first human to fly in space on April 12, 1961.

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  • 61.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vladimir Ivashko ranks 3,906 out of 19,576. Before him are Gabriel Bethlen, Ala ad-Din Tekish, Andrea Gritti, Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy, Miguel López de Legazpi, and Violet Jessop. After him are Empress Jingū, Władysław II the Exile, Teispes, Chung Il-kwon, Henry, Count of Portugal, and Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Vladimir Ivashko ranks 74. Before him are Gunter Sachs, Hiroaki Sato, Benigno Aquino Jr., Little Richard, Pier Angeli, and Sonny Liston. After him are Abdul Halim Khaddam, Jean-Jacques Sempé, Marisa Pavan, Fernando Arrabal, Gyula Horn, and John Updike. Among people deceased in 1994, Vladimir Ivashko ranks 55. Before him are Roland Ratzenberger, Jack Kirby, Matt Busby, Roberto Eduardo Viola, Julian Schwinger, and György Cziffra. After him are Chung Il-kwon, Peter Cushing, Ken Noritake, Jean-Louis Barrault, Sylva Koscina, and John Candy.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Vladimir Ivashko ranks 139 out of 1,365. Before him are Anastasia of Kiev (1023), Mikhail Kirponos (1892), Sviatoslav II of Kiev (1027), Jacob Frank (1726), Dimitri Tiomkin (1894), and Stanisław Żółkiewski (1547). After him are Yaropolk I of Kiev (955), Nikolay Nekrasov (1821), Shvarn (1230), Ephraim Katzir (1916), Nikolai Ryzhkov (1929), and Arkhip Kuindzhi (1842).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Vladimir Ivashko ranks 46. Before him are Anatoly Lunacharsky (1875), Nikolai Tikhonov (1905), Sviatopolk II of Kiev (1050), Anastasia of Kiev (1023), Sviatoslav II of Kiev (1027), and Stanisław Żółkiewski (1547). After him are Yaropolk I of Kiev (955), Shvarn (1230), Ephraim Katzir (1916), Nikolai Ryzhkov (1929), Oleksandr Turchynov (1964), and Jeremi Wiśniowiecki (1612).

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