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Yury Luzhkov

1936 - 2019

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Yury Mikhailovich Luzhkov (Russian: Юрий Михайлович Лужков, IPA: [ˈjʉrʲɪj mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ lʊˈʂkof]; 21 September 1936 – 10 December 2019) was a Russian politician who served as mayor of Moscow from 1992 to 2010. Before the election of Gavriil Popov as the first mayor of Moscow, he also headed the capital in 1990-1991 as chairman of the Mosgorispolkom. He was the vice-chairman and one of the founders of the ruling United Russia party. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yury Luzhkov has received more than 417,911 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Yury Luzhkov is the 4,537th most popular politician (down from 4,298th in 2019), the 435th most popular biography from Russia (down from 430th in 2019) and the 126th most popular Russian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 58

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yury Luzhkov ranks 4,537 out of 19,576. Before him are Enrico Berlinguer, Emine Hatun, David I of Scotland, Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom, Inejiro Asanuma, and Clovis III. After him are Suppiluliuma II, Catherine of Navarre, Zoe Karbonopsina, Princess Louise of Prussia, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, and Maia Sandu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Yury Luzhkov ranks 71. Before him are Alan J. Heeger, François Pinault, Gianni Vattimo, Don Cherry, Hideki Shirakawa, and Engelbert Humperdinck. After him are Joe D'Amato, Iolanda Balaș, Bruce Dern, Abdul Qadeer Khan, Duncan Edwards, and Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz. Among people deceased in 2019, Yury Luzhkov ranks 65. Before him are Sigmund Jähn, Max Wright, Michel Serres, Henri, Count of Paris, Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, and Princess Christina of the Netherlands. After him are Matti Nykänen, Michael Atiyah, Rosamunde Pilcher, Alicia Alonso, Ratko Janev, and Paul Greengard.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yury Luzhkov ranks 435 out of 3,761. Before him are Daniil Kharms (1905), Alexander Ostrovsky (1823), Ivan Ilyin (1883), Naum Gabo (1890), Andre Geim (1958), and Dmitry Pavlov (1897). After him are Princess Louise of Prussia (1808), P. D. Ouspensky (1878), Lydia Litvyak (1921), Andrei Platonov (1899), Mehmed I Giray (1465), and Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia (1691).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Yury Luzhkov ranks 126. Before him are Yakov Yurovsky (1878), Ivan Serov (1905), Vsevolod the Big Nest (1154), Pyotr Krasnov (1869), Şehsuvar Sultan (1682), and Igor Smirnov (1941). After him are Princess Louise of Prussia (1808), Lydia Litvyak (1921), Mehmed I Giray (1465), Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia (1691), False Dmitry II (1600), and Patriarch Filaret of Moscow (1553).

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