1924 - 2007
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kryuchkov (Russian: Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Крючко́в; 29 February 1924 – 23 November 2007) was a Soviet lawyer, diplomat, and head of the KGB, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU. Initially working in the Soviet justice system as a prosecutor's assistant, Kryuchkov then graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of the Soviet Foreign Ministry and became a diplomat. During his years in the foreign service, he met Yuri Andropov, who became his main patron. From 1974 until 1988, Kryuchkov headed the foreign intelligence branch of the KGB, the First Chief Directorate (PGU). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vladimir Kryuchkov has received more than 504,472 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimir Kryuchkov is the 3,596th most popular politician (down from 3,364th in 2019), the 364th most popular biography from Russia (down from 329th in 2019) and the 112th most popular Russian Politician.
Vladimir Kryuchkov was the head of the KGB in the Soviet Union. He was most famous for his role in the attempted coup against Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991.
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Among politicians, Vladimir Kryuchkov ranks 3,596 out of 15,577. Before him are Alexios I of Trebizond, John, Elector of Saxony, Masamune, Muhammad al-Nasir, Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria, and Kato Svanidze. After him are Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark, Nikolai Ryzhkov, Ebrahim Raisi, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Ferdinand II of León, and Blanche II of Navarre.
1182 - 1222
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 3,590
1468 - 1532
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 3,591
1300 - 1400
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 3,592
1200 - 1213
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 3,593
885 - 937
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 3,594
1885 - 1907
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 3,595
1924 - 2007
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 3,596
1905 - 1981
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 3,597
1929 - Present
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 3,598
1960 - Present
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 3,599
1636 - 1715
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 3,600
1137 - 1188
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 3,601
1424 - 1464
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 3,602
Among people born in 1924, Vladimir Kryuchkov ranks 51. Before him are Allan MacLeod Cormack, Guy Williams, Luigi Nono, Ahmadou Ahidjo, Madame Nhu, and Lee Iacocca. After him are Georges Prêtre, Giovanni Sartori, Bulat Okudzhava, Matthäus Hetzenauer, Eduardo Chillida, and Roberto Eduardo Viola. Among people deceased in 2007, Vladimir Kryuchkov ranks 36. Before him are Paul Lauterbur, Stanley Miller, Lois Maxwell, Marcheline Bertrand, Henri Troyat, and Pierre-Gilles de Gennes. After him are Arthur Kornberg, Paul Watzlawick, Jane Wyman, Robert Jordan, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, and Jean-Claude Brialy.
1924 - 1998
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 45
1924 - 1989
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 46
1924 - 1990
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 47
1924 - 1989
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 48
1924 - 2011
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 49
1924 - 2019
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 50
1924 - 2007
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 51
1924 - 2017
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 52
1924 - 2017
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 53
1924 - 1997
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 54
1924 - 2004
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 55
1924 - 2002
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 56
1924 - 1994
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 57
1929 - 2007
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 30
1930 - 2007
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 31
1927 - 2007
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 32
1950 - 2007
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 33
1911 - 2007
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 34
1932 - 2007
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 35
1924 - 2007
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 36
1918 - 2007
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 37
1921 - 2007
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 38
1917 - 2007
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 39
1948 - 2007
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 40
1912 - 2007
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 41
1933 - 2007
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 42
Among people born in Russia, Vladimir Kryuchkov ranks 364 out of 3,262. Before him are Galina Ulanova (1910), Dmitry Pavlov (1897), Viktor Kulikov (1921), Henri Troyat (1911), Sergey Ilyushin (1894), and Vasily Dokuchaev (1846). After him are Nikolay Karamzin (1766), Anna Netrebko (1971), Vera Menchik (1906), Jani Beg (1300), Ivan Serov (1905), and Lovis Corinth (1858).
1910 - 1998
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 358
1897 - 1941
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 359
1921 - 2013
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 360
1911 - 2007
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 361
1894 - 1977
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 362
1846 - 1903
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 363
1924 - 2007
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 364
1766 - 1826
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 365
1971 - Present
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 366
1906 - 1944
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 367
1300 - 1357
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 368
1905 - 1990
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 369
1858 - 1925
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 370
Among politicians born in Russia, Vladimir Kryuchkov ranks 112. Before him are Anatoly Sobchak (1937), Alexander Danilovich Menshikov (1673), Yury of Moscow (1281), Andrey Bogolyubsky (1111), Princess Louise of Prussia (1808), and Yakov Yurovsky (1878). After him are Jani Beg (1300), Ivan Serov (1905), Oleg Penkovsky (1919), Ivan Silayev (1930), Boris Nemtsov (1959), and Anna Dostoevskaya (1846).
1937 - 2000
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 106
1673 - 1729
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 107
1281 - 1325
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 108
1111 - 1174
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 109
1808 - 1870
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 110
1878 - 1938
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 111
1924 - 2007
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 112
1300 - 1357
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 113
1905 - 1990
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 114
1919 - 1963
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 115
1930 - 2023
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 116
1959 - 2015
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 117
1846 - 1918
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 118