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Vyacheslav Menzhinsky

1874 - 1934

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Vyacheslav Rudolfovich Menzhinsky (Russian: Вячесла́в Рудо́льфович Менжи́нский, Polish: Wiesław Rudolfowicz Mężyński; 31 August [O.S. 19 August] 1874 – 10 May 1934) was a Soviet revolutionary and politician who served as chairman of the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union, from 1926 to 1934. Born to Polish parents in Saint Petersburg, Menzhinsky joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1902. He emigrated from Russia in 1907, and spent the next decade in Europe and the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vyacheslav Menzhinsky has received more than 268,343 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Vyacheslav Menzhinsky is the 5,835th most popular politician (down from 5,290th in 2019), the 543rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 513th in 2019) and the 155th most popular Russian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vyacheslav Menzhinsky ranks 5,835 out of 19,576Before him are Camille Chamoun, Dino Grandi, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, Danilo Türk, María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba, and Rahmon Nabiyev. After him are Joaquín Balaguer, Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Ranil Wickremesinghe, Bai Chongxi, Az-Zahir, and Mundzuk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Vyacheslav Menzhinsky ranks 53Before him are Otto Mueller, Prince Jean, Duke of Guise, D. F. Malan, Henri Farman, Elsa Beskow, and Albin Lermusiaux. After him are Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels, Thomas J. Watson, André-Louis Debierne, Franz Schmidt, Isaac Carasso, and Martin Lowry. Among people deceased in 1934, Vyacheslav Menzhinsky ranks 44Before him are Pietro Gasparri, Alexander von Kluck, William Morris Davis, Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta, Adrien de Gerlache, and Hubert Lyautey. After him are Fritz Gerlich, Franz Schreker, Winsor McCay, Thorleif Haug, Hendrik Petrus Berlage, and Hans Hahn.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vyacheslav Menzhinsky ranks 543 out of 3,761Before him are Mikhail Mil (1909), Vyacheslav Tikhonov (1928), Igor Netto (1930), Tode Mongke (1282), Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev (1906), and Markian Popov (1902). After him are Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (1825), Mikhail Fradkov (1950), Sheikh Mansur (1750), Nicholas of Japan (1836), Anatoly Lyadov (1855), and Sergey Sazonov (1860).

Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Vyacheslav Menzhinsky ranks 155Before him are Mathilde Kschessinska (1872), Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark (1888), Hadji Murad (1795), Igor Ivanov (1945), Simeon Bekbulatovich (1600), and Andrei Karlov (1954). After him are Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (1825), Mikhail Fradkov (1950), Sheikh Mansur (1750), Sergey Sazonov (1860), Boris Pugo (1937), and Vasily Chapayev (1887).