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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 2,332,482 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Vladimir the Great is the 155th most popular religious figure (up from 449th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 60th 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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  • 74.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 62

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Vladimir the Great ranks 155 out of 2,238. Before him are Pope Sixtus IV, Pope Clement XI, Pope Pius IV, Bernadette Soubirous, Pope Gregory XII, and Huldrych Zwingli. After him are Saint Christopher, Pope Julius III, Pope Gregory XI, Pope Paul IV, Jeremiah, and Pope Leo I.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vladimir the Great ranks 52 out of 3,262. Before him are Vladimir Nabokov (1899), E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844), Turhan Hatice Sultan (1627), David Hilbert (1862), and Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1895). After him are Boris Godunov (1552), Sergey Lavrov (1950), Gustav Kirchhoff (1824), Andrei Tarkovsky (1932), Rurik (830), and Stanislav Petrov (1939).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Russia

Among religious figures born in Russia, Vladimir the Great ranks 1. After him are Seraphim of Sarov (1754), Patriarch Kirill of Moscow (1946), Patriarch Nikon of Moscow (1605), Ilia II of Georgia (1933), Eugen Sandow (1867), Sergius of Radonezh (1314), Avvakum (1620), Basil Fool for Christ (1468), Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow (1865), Tode Mongke (1282), and Nicholas of Japan (1836).

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