Trending Explorers in Russia — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed explorers on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (Russian-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Yuri Gagarin. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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Ranked
592,145
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
37,061
views
views
2
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
26,475
views
views
3
Alexander Kolchak
Russian admiral and military leader of the White movement (1874-1920)
21,350
views
views
4
Nikolay Gumilev
Russian poet (1886-1921)
17,157
views
views
5
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain
15,355
views
views
6
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker and explorer (born 1954)
15,215
views
views
7
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)
13,872
views
views
8
Marco Polo
Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
12,907
views
views
9
Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)
12,356
views
views
10
Lavr Kornilov
Imperial Russian Army general (1870–1918)
11,339
views
views
11
Yermak Timofeyevich
Russian cossack explorer and pirate
10,915
views
views
12
Alexey Leonov
Soviet-Russian pilot and cosmonaut, first human to conduct a spacewalk (1934–2019)
10,807
views
views
13
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
10,805
views
views
14
Nikolai Vavilov
Russian (Soviet) agronomist, botanist and geneticist (1887-1943)
10,494
views
views
15
Vladimir Arsenyev
Russian and Soviet explorer, ethnographer and writer (1872-1930)
10,343
views
views
16
Afanasy Nikitin
Russian explorer
10,210
views
views
17
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Finnish military leader and statesman (1867–1951)
9,534
views
views
18
Otto Schmidt
Russian geophysicist and polar explorer of Baltic German origin (1891-1956)
9,093
views
views
19
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
8,958
views
views
20
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
8,561
views
views
21
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
8,461
views
views
22
Amerigo Vespucci
Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer
7,978
views
views
23
Nicholas Roerich
Russian painter, writer, archaeologist and philosopher (1874–1947)
7,608
views
views
24
Peter Kropotkin
Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)
7,280
views
views
25
Yaroslav II of Vladimir
Grand Prince of Vladimir (1191-1246)
7,038
views
views
26
William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
6,994
views
views
27
Francis Drake
English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)
6,958
views
views
28
Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay
Russian explorer and scientist
6,659
views
views
29
Vitus Bering
Danish-born Russian explorer (1681-1741)
6,040
views
views
30
Semyon Dezhnyov
Russian explorer
5,979
views
views
31
Viktor Suvorov
Soviet and Russian writer
5,924
views
views
32
Yuri Senkevich
Russian physician and television host (1937–2003)
5,632
views
views
33
Svetlana Savitskaya
Soviet cosmonaut
5,620
views
views
34
Thor Heyerdahl
Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer (1914-2002)
5,370
views
views
35
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
5,354
views
views
36
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
5,294
views
views
37
John Hurt
British actor (1940–2017)
5,225
views
views
38
Silver Surfer
fictional character in Marvel Comics
4,974
views
views
39
Walton Goggins
American actor (born 1971)
4,940
views
views
40
Anatoli Boukreev
Russian mountain climber (1958-1997)
4,762
views
views
41
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
4,726
views
views
42
Fyodor Ivanovich Tolstoy
Russian explorer (1782-1846)
4,585
views
views
43
Ibn Battuta
14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer
4,442
views
views
44
Willem Barents
Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer (1550–1597)
4,418
views
views
45
Vasily Tatishchev
Russian historian (1686-1750)
4,416
views
views
46
Oleg Novitskiy
Russian cosmonaut
4,371
views
views
47
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
4,299
views
views
48
Yerofey Khabarov
Russian explorer
4,183
views
views
49
Maxim Kammerer
4,160
views
views
50
Dersu Uzala
Nanai hunter and explorer (1849–1908)
4,095
views
views
51
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
3,983
views
views
52
Fridtjof Nansen
Norwegian polar explorer (1861–1930)
3,976
views
views
53
Avvakum
Russian protopope
3,972
views
views
54
Bartolomeu Dias
Portuguese explorer
3,971
views
views
55
Arthur Chilingarov
Russian explorer and politician (1939–2024)
3,942
views
views
56
Nikolay Przhevalsky
Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)
3,898
views
views
57
Adam Johann von Krusenstern
Baltic German admiral and explorer in Russian service, who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe (1770–1846)
3,877
views
views
58
Harald III of Norway
King of Norway from 1046 to 1066
3,761
views
views
59
Abel Tasman
Dutch seafarer, explorer and merchant (1603–1659)
3,742
views
views
60
Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky
Russian geographer, art collector and statistician
3,481
views
views
61
Mister Fantastic
fictional character in Marvel Comics
3,476
views
views
62
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
3,453
views
views
63
Lara Croft
Tomb Raider protagonist character
3,297
views
views
64
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
3,261
views
views
65
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
3,192
views
views
66
Reinhold Messner
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
3,184
views
views
67
Erik the Red
explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland
3,168
views
views
68
Bear Grylls
English adventurer, writer and television presenter (born 1974)
3,168
views
views
69
Gennady Nevelskoy
Russian navigator (1813-1876)
3,067
views
views
70
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Baltic German officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, cartographer and explorer (1778–1852)
3,002
views
views
71
Stepan Makarov
Russian admiral
2,998
views
views
72
Anton Shkaplerov
Russian cosmonaut
2,930
views
views
73
Marat Kazey
Soviet-Belarusian partisan and child soldier of WW2
2,833
views
views
74
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
2,694
views
views
75
Mikhail Lazarev
Russian fleet commander and explorer (1788-1851)
2,680
views
views
76
Captain Nemo
fictional character created by Jules Verne
2,677
views
views
77
Lathgertha
legendary Viking shieldmaiden and ruler
2,563
views
views
78
Ivan Papanin
Soviet explorer (1894–1986)
2,538
views
views
79
Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky
Russian noble (1809-1881)
2,473
views
views
80
Vladimir Pozner
Soviet spy (1908–1975)
2,468
views
views
81
Percy Fawcett
British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867–1925)
2,461
views
views
82
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
2,440
views
views
83
Nikolai Rezanov
Russian noble and explorer (1764-1807)
2,433
views
views
84
Michael Rockefeller
American anthropologist and art collector (1938–1961)
2,409
views
views
85
Leif Erikson
norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)
2,404
views
views
86
Christopher McCandless
American hiker and explorer (1968–1992)
2,381
views
views
87
David Livingstone
Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)
2,328
views
views
88
Hugh Glass
American fur trapper and frontiersman
2,229
views
views
89
Vladimir A. Obruchev
Russian and Soviet geologist and writer (1863–1956)
2,209
views
views
90
Mandarin
fictional character in Marvel Comics
2,178
views
views
91
Semyon Chelyuskin
Russian polar explorer and naval officer
2,169
views
views
92
The Doctor
fictional character from the television series Doctor Who
2,138
views
views
93
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador
2,133
views
views
94
Yelena Serova
Russian cosmonaut
2,113
views
views
95
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
2,100
views
views
96
Christopher Eccleston
English actor (born 1964)
2,066
views
views
97
Thorfinn Karlsefni
Icelandic explorer
1,946
views
views
98
Ivan Moskvitin
Russian explorer
1,937
views
views
99
Ezio Auditore da Firenze
fictional character from Assassin's Creed
1,882
views
views
100
Irakly Andronikov
Russian literary historian (1908–1990)
1,872
views
views