RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Vladimir the Great

958 - 1015

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Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych (Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь, romanized: Volodiměr Svętoslavič; Christian name: Basil; c. 958 – 15 July 1015), given the epithet "the Great", was Prince of Novgorod from 970 and Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 until his death in 1015. The Eastern Orthodox Church canonised him as Saint Vladimir. Vladimir's father was Sviatoslav I of the Rurik dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vladimir the Great has received more than 2,549,353 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Vladimir the Great is the 164th most popular religious figure (down from 151st in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Russia (down from 52nd in 2019) and the most popular Russian Religious Figure.

Vladimir the Great was most famous for his conversion of the Slavs to Christianity.

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  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 78.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 65

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Vladimir the Great ranks 164 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Sixtus V, Ānanda, Pope Callixtus III, Pope Martin IV, Pope Julius III, and Pope Honorius III. After him are Seti I, Pope Gregory XII, Pope Paul IV, Pope Felix I, Pope Boniface IX, and Pope Innocent XI.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 958, Vladimir the Great ranks 1. After him are Basil II, Samuel of Bulgaria, Otto-William, Count of Burgundy, and Jayavarman V. Among people deceased in 1015, Vladimir the Great ranks 1. After him are Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria, Al-Sharif al-Radi, Arduin of Ivrea, Ernest I, Duke of Swabia, Adelaide, Abbess of Vilich, and Lambert I, Count of Louvain.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vladimir the Great ranks 56 out of 3,761. Before him are Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919), Andrei Sakharov (1921), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844), Georgy Malenkov (1902), Andrei Tarkovsky (1932), and Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1895). After him are Alexander Nevsky (1220), Rurik (830), Rudolf Nureyev (1938), Peter Kropotkin (1842), Ivan Turgenev (1818), and Frederick I of Prussia (1657).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Russia

Among religious figures born in Russia, Vladimir the Great ranks 1. After him are Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1899), Patriarch Kirill of Moscow (1946), Seraphim of Sarov (1754), Patriarch Nikon of Moscow (1605), Eugen Sandow (1867), Ilia II of Georgia (1933), Sergius of Radonezh (1314), Avvakum (1620), Basil Fool for Christ (1468), Nadezhda von Meck (1831), and Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow (1865).

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