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Vladimir Zhirinovsky

1946 - 2022

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Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky (Russian: Владимир Вольфович Жириновский, IPA: [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr ˈvolʲfəvʲɪtɕ ʐɨrʲɪˈnofskʲɪj], né Eidelstein, Russian: Эйдельштейн; 25 April 1946 – 6 April 2022) was a Russian right-wing populist politician and the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) from its creation in 1992 until his death in 2022. He had been a member of the State Duma since 1993 and leader of the LDPR group in the State Duma from 1993 to 2000, and from 2011 to 2022. He served as a deputy chairman of the State Duma from 2000 until 2011. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vladimir Zhirinovsky has received more than 2,133,271 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Vladimir Zhirinovsky is the 2,002nd most popular politician (down from 1,939th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Kazakhstan (up from 11th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Kazakhstani Politician.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky is a Russian politician and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. He is most famous for his controversial statements and his extreme nationalism.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 64

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vladimir Zhirinovsky ranks 2,002 out of 19,576. Before him are Liu Shan, Prince Napoléon Bonaparte, Francis II of the Two Sicilies, William II of Sicily, Khaba, and Stamford Raffles. After him are Najm ad-Din Ayyub, Axel Oxenstierna, Al-Hakam II, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Nikolai Podgorny, and Andrew I of Hungary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Vladimir Zhirinovsky ranks 53. Before him are Talia Shire, Liza Minnelli, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, André the Giant, Jang Song-thaek, and Bob Beamon. After him are Marina Abramović, Charles Dance, Thongloun Sisoulith, Tim Curry, Barry Gibb, and Dragan Džajić. Among people deceased in 2022, Vladimir Zhirinovsky ranks 33. Before him are Dietrich Mateschitz, Thích Nhất Hạnh, Angela Lansbury, Lata Mangeshkar, Peter Brook, and Wolfgang Petersen. After him are Bruno Latour, Mylène Demongeot, Ray Liotta, James Caan, Bill Russell, and William Hurt.

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In Kazakhstan

Among people born in Kazakhstan, Vladimir Zhirinovsky ranks 10 out of 193. Before him are Seljuk (902), Muhammad Shaybani (1451), Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (1953), Akhmad Kadyrov (1951), Lavr Kornilov (1870), and Abai Qunanbaiuly (1845). After him are Aslan Maskhadov (1951), Tughlugh Timur (1329), Edigu (1352), Ablai Khan (1711), Shoqan Walikhanov (1835), and Aleksandr Viktorenko (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In Kazakhstan

Among politicians born in Kazakhstan, Vladimir Zhirinovsky ranks 7. Before him are Tomyris (-600), Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940), Seljuk (902), Muhammad Shaybani (1451), Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (1953), and Akhmad Kadyrov (1951). After him are Aslan Maskhadov (1951), Tughlugh Timur (1329), Edigu (1352), Ablai Khan (1711), Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev (1952), and Dinmukhamed Kunaev (1912).

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