HOCKEY PLAYER

Vladimir Petrov

1947 - 2017

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Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Петро́в; 30 June 1947 – 28 February 2017) was a Russian ice hockey player, Olympic gold (1972, 1976) and silver medalist (1980). Born in Krasnogorsk, Petrov played in the Soviet Ice Hockey League for Krylya Sovetov, Moscow (from 1965 to 1967), CSKA Moscow (from 1967 to 1981) and SKA, Leningrad (from 1981 to 1983). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vladimir Petrov has received more than 15,367 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Vladimir Petrov is the 15th most popular hockey player, the 1,384th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,283rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Russian Hockey Player.

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  • 57.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Vladimir Petrov ranks 15 out of 676. Before him are Jiří Holeček, Bobby Hull, Jaromír Jágr, Sergei Makarov, Stan Mikita, and Phil Esposito. After him are Viacheslav Fetisov, Mario Lemieux, Henri Richard, Bobby Orr, Jiří Holík, and Jari Kurri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Vladimir Petrov ranks 369. Before him are Mihaela Peneș, Laurent Pokou, Stephen Collins, Akira Terao, Alaksandar Milinkievič, and Linda Thorson. After him are Michael S. Hart, Gøsta Esping-Andersen, Roy Raymond, Bill Richardson, Samuel Schmid, and Svetlana Toma. Among people deceased in 2017, Vladimir Petrov ranks 246. Before him are Ilya Glazunov, Prodigy, Hans Alfredson, Gisèle Casadesus, Gorden Kaye, and Vitaly Churkin. After him are Torgny Lindgren, Željko Perušić, Eugene Garfield, Tony Atkinson, Svend Asmussen, and Ruth Pfau.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vladimir Petrov ranks 1,384 out of 3,761. Before him are Karl Vaino (1923), Vitaly Churkin (1952), Johannes Bobrowski (1917), Natalya Kovshova (1920), Anatoli Firsov (1941), and Victor Skumin (1948). After him are Teffi (1872), Lyudmila Zhuravleva (1946), Alexander Protopopov (1866), Masha Gessen (1967), Marfa Boretskaya (1450), and Filipp Oktyabrsky (1899).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Russia

Among hockey players born in Russia, Vladimir Petrov ranks 5. Before him are Vladislav Tretiak (1952), Valeri Kharlamov (1948), Viktor Tikhonov (1930), and Sergei Makarov (1958). After him are Viacheslav Fetisov (1958), Igor Larionov (1960), Viktor Konovalenko (1938), Alexander Yakushev (1947), Alexander Ovechkin (1985), Alexei Kasatonov (1959), and Vyacheslav Starshinov (1940).

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