Trending Explorers in Russia this year
The 100 most-viewed explorers this year on Wikipedia (Russia). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Yuri Gagarin.
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Ranked
45,737
Total Views (this year)
1
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
4,491
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2
Nikolay Gumilev
Russian poet (1886-1921)
4,369
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3
Alexander Kolchak
Russian admiral and military leader of the White movement (1874-1920)
1,485
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4
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker (born 1954)
1,346
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5
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
1,290
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6
Lavr Kornilov
Imperial Russian Army general (1870–1918)
1,089
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7
Alexey Leonov
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human to conduct a spacewalk (1934-2019)
1,052
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8
Yermak Timofeyevich
Russian cossack explorer and pirate
801
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9
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
790
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10
William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
749
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11
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Finnish military leader and statesman (1867–1951)
740
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12
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain
706
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13
Nicholas Roerich
Russian painter, writer, archaeologist and philosopher (1874–1947)
697
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14
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)
673
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15
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
640
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16
Yaroslav II of Vladimir
Grand Prince of Vladimir (1191-1246)
631
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17
Svetlana Savitskaya
Soviet cosmonaut
629
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views
18
Viktor Suvorov
Soviet and Russian writer
568
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19
Nikolai Vavilov
Russian (Soviet) agronomist, botanist and geneticist (1887-1943)
544
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20
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
543
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21
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
526
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22
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
526
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23
Peter Kropotkin
Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)
514
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24
Marco Polo
Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
513
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25
Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay
Russian explorer and scientist
465
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26
Dersu Uzala
Nanai hunter and explorer (1849–1908)
462
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27
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
462
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28
Thor Heyerdahl
Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer (1914-2002)
436
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29
Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)
433
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30
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
428
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31
Grigori Nelyubov
Ukrainian soviet pilot & cosmonaut (1934–1966)
424
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32
Walton Goggins
American actor (born 1971)
423
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33
Anatoli Boukreev
Russian mountain climber (1958-1997)
421
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34
Marat Kazey
Soviet-Belarusian partisan and child soldier of WW2
419
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35
John Hurt
British actor (1940–2017)
416
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36
Yuri Senkevich
Russian physician and television host (1937–2003)
404
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37
Fridtjof Nansen
Norwegian polar explorer and diplomat; Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1861-1930)
401
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38
Afanasy Nikitin
Russian explorer
382
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39
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
378
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40
Francis Drake
English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)
369
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41
Amerigo Vespucci
Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer
356
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42
Anton Shkaplerov
Russian cosmonaut
345
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43
Vitus Bering
Danish-born Russian explorer (1681-1741)
338
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44
Yerofey Khabarov
Russian explorer
333
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45
Nikolay Przhevalsky
Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)
328
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46
Vladimir Arsenyev
Russian and Soviet explorer, ethnographer and writer (1872-1930)
321
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47
Adam Johann von Krusenstern
Baltic German admiral and explorer in Russian service, who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe (1770–1846)
319
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48
Avvakum
Russian protopope
318
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49
Yelena Serova
Russian cosmonaut
306
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50
Otto Schmidt
Russian geophysicist and polar explorer of Baltic German origin (1891-1956)
298
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views
51
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
291
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views
52
Vasily Tatishchev
Russian historian (1686-1750)
291
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53
Semyon Dezhnyov
Russian explorer
288
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54
Anatoly Sagalevich
Russian scientist of Ukrainian descent
288
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55
Fyodor Ivanovich Tolstoy
Russian explorer (1782-1846)
282
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56
Captain Nemo
fictional character created by Jules Verne
279
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57
Lara Croft
Tomb Raider protagonist character
265
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58
Oleg Novitskiy
Russian cosmonaut
260
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59
Arthur Chilingarov
Russian explorer and politician (1939–2024)
255
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60
Stepan Makarov
Russian admiral
250
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61
Vladimir Pozner
Soviet spy (1908–1975)
248
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62
Harald III of Norway
King of Norway from 1046 to 1066
237
views
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63
Nikolai Rezanov
Russian noble and explorer (1764-1807)
223
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64
Karl Bushby
British pedestrian circumnavigator of the globe
218
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65
Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky
Russian noble (1809-1881)
217
views
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66
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
216
views
views
67
Ivan Papanin
Soviet explorer (1894–1986)
211
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views
68
Sigurd
fictional character in Germanic and Norse heroic legend, dragon slayer
210
views
views
69
Reinhold Messner
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
204
views
views
70
Percy Fawcett
British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867–1925)
204
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71
Mikhail Lazarev
Russian fleet commander and explorer (1788-1851)
202
views
views
72
Thorfinn Karlsefni
Icelandic explorer
202
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views
73
Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky
Russian geographer, art collector and statistician
196
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74
Semyon Chelyuskin
Russian polar explorer and naval officer
194
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75
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Baltic German officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, cartographer and explorer (1778–1852)
187
views
views
76
Lathgertha
legendary Viking shieldmaiden and ruler
186
views
views
77
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
183
views
views
78
Silver Surfer
fictional character in Marvel Comics
177
views
views
79
John Smith
English soldier, explorer, writer (1580–1631)
176
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80
Hugh Glass
American fur trapper and frontiersman
174
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81
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769-1859)
173
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82
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
166
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views
83
Ezio Auditore da Firenze
fictional character from Assassin's Creed
166
views
views
84
Bartolomeu Dias
Portuguese explorer
165
views
views
85
Christopher Eccleston
English actor (born 1964)
160
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views
86
The Doctor
fictional character from the television series Doctor Who
156
views
views
87
Christopher McCandless
American hiker and explorer (1968–1992)
155
views
views
88
Mister Fantastic
fictional character in Marvel Comics
155
views
views
89
Helena Roerich
Russian spiritual philosopher, occult writer, theosophist (1879—1955)
152
views
views
90
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
150
views
views
91
Gennady Nevelskoy
Russian navigator (1813-1876)
149
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92
Maxim Kammerer
147
views
views
93
Vladimir A. Obruchev
Russian and Soviet geologist and writer (1863–1956)
146
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94
George Blake
British spy, a double agent in the service of the Soviet Union
142
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95
Ibn Battuta
14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer
142
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96
Vasili Dokuchayev
Russian soil scientist (1846-1903)
141
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97
James T. Kirk
fictional character from Star Trek
141
views
views
98
Allan Pinkerton
Scottish-American civil war detective and spy
140
views
views
99
Sergey Ryzhikov
Russian cosmonaut and military officer
140
views
views
100
Wild Bill Hickok
American folk hero and lawman (1837–1876)
140
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