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Vladimir Vasiliev

1940 - Today

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Vladimir Viktorovich Vasiliev (Russian: Владимир Викторович Васильев; born 18 April 1940) is a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer and choreographer. He was a principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet and its director from 1995 to 2000. He was best known for his role of Spartacus and his powerful leaps and turns. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vladimir Vasiliev has received more than 21,288 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Vladimir Vasiliev is the 64th most popular dancer (down from 58th in 2019), the 1,426th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,294th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Russian Dancer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 21k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Vladimir Vasiliev ranks 64 out of 116. Before him are Alvin Ailey, Micheline Bernardini, John Cranko, Ninette de Valois, Jean Coralli, and John Neumeier. After him are Tamara Khanum, Yvette Chauviré, Lydia Lopokova, Vera Karalli, Olga Preobrajenska, and Mrinalini Sarabhai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Vladimir Vasiliev ranks 284. Before him are Levon Helm, Richard Lynch, Jacques Duquesne, Jia Qinglin, Fleur Jaeggy, and Nanni Galli. After him are Gennadi Strekalov, Ansumane Mané, Sharad Pawar, Philippe Léotard, Conny Plank, and Frankie Avalon.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vladimir Vasiliev ranks 1,426 out of 3,761. Before him are Vladimir Potanin (1961), Aleksei Balabanov (1959), Ivan Pyryev (1901), Nikolay Novikov (1744), Yevgeny Morgunov (1927), and Nadezhda Udaltsova (1885). After him are Karen Shakhnazarov (1952), Abraham of Smolensk (1172), Sergey Botkin (1832), Gennadi Strekalov (1940), Andrej Hoteev (1946), and Alexander Kemurdzhian (1921).

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Among DANCERS In Russia

Among dancers born in Russia, Vladimir Vasiliev ranks 12. Before him are Galina Ulanova (1910), George Balanchine (1904), Alexander Godunov (1949), Agrippina Vaganova (1879), Lev Ivanov (1834), and Léonide Massine (1896). After him are Lydia Lopokova (1892), Vera Karalli (1889), Olga Preobrajenska (1871), Olga Spessivtseva (1895), Yury Grigorovich (1927), and Avdotia Istomina (1799).

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