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MUSICIAN

Yegor Letov

1964 - 2008

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Igor Fedorovich "Egor" Letov (Russian: И́горь Фёдорович "Его́р" 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 302,645 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Yegor Letov is the 1,572nd most popular musician (up from 1,653rd in 2019), the 1,888th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,731st in 2019) and the 31st most popular Russian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Yegor Letov ranks 1,572 out of 2,662Before him are Rob Bourdon, Vernon Duke, Sean Lennon, Mr Lordi, Cedar Walton, and Earl Wild. After him are Doc Watson, Joseph Williams, Mana, Steve Hillage, Alexei Lubimov, and Otis Spann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Yegor Letov ranks 276Before him are Marco Rossi, Maxim Kontsevich, Nick Menza, Vladimír Weiss, Helena Bergström, and Theresa Randle. After him are Ken Shamrock, Duran Çetin, Victor Ferreyra, Dalton Vigh, Aviv Kochavi, and Éric Bernard. Among people deceased in 2008, Yegor Letov ranks 260Before him are Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, Judah Folkman, Omar Caetano, Pauline Baynes, Derog Gioura, and Tony Hillerman. After him are František Čapek, Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan, Jimmy Stewart, Jo Stafford, Alton Ellis, and Randy Pausch.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yegor Letov ranks 1,888 out of 3,262Before him are Lev Alburt (1945), Valentin Ivanov (1961), Jorma Valkama (1928), Nikolai Menshutkin (1842), Vernon Duke (1903), and Mikhail Somov (1908). After him are Alexei Lubimov (1944), Georgy Ushakov (1901), Zemfira (1976), Viktor Vinogradov (1894), Zhanna Yorkina (1939), and Oleg Atkov (1949).

Among MUSICIANS In Russia

Among musicians born in Russia, Yegor Letov ranks 31Before him are Andrei Gavrilov (1955), Yuri Bashmet (1953), Pyotr Mamonov (1951), Josef Lhévinne (1874), Zhanna Bichevskaya (1944), and Vernon Duke (1903). After him are Alexei Lubimov (1944), Maxim Vengerov (1974), Nikolai Lugansky (1972), Zedd (1989), Boris Berezovsky (1969), and Mikhail Krug (1962).