MUSICIAN

Yegor Letov

1964 - 2008

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Igor "Yegor" Fyodorovich Letov (Russian: И́горь "Его́р" Фёдорович Ле́тов, IPA: [ˈiɡərʲ ˈfʲɵdərəvʲɪtɕ jɪˈɡor ˈlʲetəf]; (10 September 1964 – 19 February 2008) was a Russian poet, musician, singer-songwriter, audio engineer and conceptual artist, best known as the founder and leader of the post-punk/psychedelic rock band Grazhdanskaya Oborona (Russian: Гражданская Оборона, lit. 'Civil Defense'). He was also the founder of the conceptual art avant-garde project Kommunizm and psychedelic rock outfit Egor i Opizdenevshie. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yegor Letov has received more than 353,346 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Yegor Letov is the 1,378th most popular musician (up from 1,567th in 2019), the 1,839th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,884th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Russian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Yegor Letov ranks 1,378 out of 3,175. Before him are Michel Sogny, Rhoma Irama, Andreas Kisser, Garth Hudson, Mark Lanegan, and Ron Asheton. After him are Vlatko Stefanovski, Anouar Brahem, Edgar Winter, Curtis Fuller, Joe Sample, and Gary Rossington.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Yegor Letov ranks 237. Before him are Andrea Benetti, Adnan Al Talyani, Jens Weißflog, David Morrissey, Hope Davis, and Mark Lanegan. After him are Jacques Songo'o, Anfisa Reztsova, Satoshi Furukawa, Carsten Wolf, Kaj Leo Johannesen, and Mikhail Popkov. Among people deceased in 2008, Yegor Letov ranks 239. Before him are Norman Smith, John List, Elfriede Kaun, Anatoly Khrapaty, Natalia Bekhtereva, and Adolfo Suárez Rivera. After him are Rafael Azcona, František Čapek, Nikolai Baibakov, Mikhail Solomentsev, Ignazio Fabra, and William Gibson.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yegor Letov ranks 1,839 out of 3,761. Before him are Josef Lhévinne (1874), Viktor Khristenko (1957), Raisa Smetanina (1952), Raisa Aronova (1920), Erast Garin (1902), and Vladimir Yermoshin (1942). After him are Ivan Osterman (1725), Anatoly Maltsev (1909), Dima Bilan (1981), Alexei Mordashov (1965), Buvaisar Saitiev (1975), and Anfisa Reztsova (1964).

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Among MUSICIANS In Russia

Among musicians born in Russia, Yegor Letov ranks 28. Before him are Alexei Lubimov (1944), Viktoria Mullova (1959), Vladimir Spivakov (1944), Anahit Tsitsikian (1926), Andrei Gavrilov (1955), and Josef Lhévinne (1874). After him are Issay Dobrowen (1891), Yuri Bashmet (1953), Alexander Rosenbaum (1951), Mikhail Krug (1962), Zhanna Bichevskaya (1944), and Vasily Andreyev (1861).

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