POLITICIAN

Yegor Ligachyov

1920 - 2021

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Yegor Kuzmich Ligachyov (also transliterated as Ligachev; Russian: Егор Кузьмич Лигачёв; 29 November 1920 – 7 May 2021) was a Soviet and Russian politician who was a high-ranking official in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), and who continued an active political career in post-Soviet Russia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yegor Ligachyov has received more than 155,174 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Yegor Ligachyov is the 7,566th most popular politician (up from 7,678th in 2019), the 706th most popular biography from Russia (up from 754th in 2019) and the 205th most popular Russian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yegor Ligachyov ranks 7,566 out of 19,576Before him are Guy Parmelin, Macrianus Minor, Mubarak Al-Sabah, Emperor Xiaowu of Song, Paavo Lipponen, and Géraud Duroc. After him are Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, Jose P. Laurel, Cesare Mori, Vlastimir, Vladimir of Novgorod, and Abbas El Fassi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Yegor Ligachyov ranks 128Before him are Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, Eva Dahlbeck, Henrietta Lacks, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, and Albert Memmi. After him are Václav Neumann, Pran, Jean Starobinski, Marcel Reich-Ranicki, John Maynard Smith, and Nobuyuki Kato. Among people deceased in 2021, Yegor Ligachyov ranks 138Before him are Poul Schlüter, David Yonggi Cho, Dündar Ali Osman, Willy van der Kuijlen, Enrique Bolaños, and Nino Castelnuovo. After him are George Segal, Sheldon Adelson, Jovan Divjak, Dusty Hill, Stephen Sondheim, and Robert Downey Sr..

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yegor Ligachyov ranks 706 out of 3,761Before him are Mikhail of Vladimir (1145), Pyotr Lavrov (1823), Fyodor Okhlopkov (1908), Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich of Russia (1860), Yevgeni Preobrazhensky (1886), and Denis Fonvizin (1745). After him are Vladimir of Novgorod (1020), Yuri Averbakh (1922), Yevdokiya Mekshilo (1931), Lev Rudnev (1885), Yelena Isinbayeva (1982), and Vera Krepkina (1933).

Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Yegor Ligachyov ranks 205Before him are Irina Godunova (1557), Faina Ranevskaya (1896), Mikhail of Vladimir (1145), Fyodor Okhlopkov (1908), Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich of Russia (1860), and Yevgeni Preobrazhensky (1886). After him are Vladimir of Novgorod (1020), Chaim Rumkowski (1877), Nikolai Krylenko (1885), Sergey Naryshkin (1954), Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg (1847), and Ivan Susanin (1501).