Trending Historians in Russia this year
The 99 most-viewed historians this year on Wikipedia (Russia). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Zoya Boguslavskaya.
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172,493
Total Views (this year)
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Zoya Boguslavskaya
Russian literary critic
13,285
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2
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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
8,091
views
views
3
Alexander Pushkin
Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
4,796
views
views
4
Andrei Tarkovsky
Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, film editor, film theorist, theatre and opera director (1932–1986)
3,887
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views
5
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
3,357
views
views
6
Mikhail Bulgakov
Russian author (1891–1940)
3,118
views
views
7
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
3,016
views
views
8
Lilya Brik
muse of Vladimir Mayakovsky
2,822
views
views
9
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
2,722
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views
10
Lyudmila Gurchenko
Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, singer, composer, director (1935—2011)
2,718
views
views
11
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
2,705
views
views
12
Hans Christian Andersen
Danish writer and poet (1805–1875)
2,583
views
views
13
Andrei Konchalovsky
Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and film producer
2,556
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views
14
Charlie Chaplin
English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
2,484
views
views
15
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819–1901)
2,456
views
views
16
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
2,417
views
views
17
Angelina Jolie
American actress, humanitarian and filmmaker (born 1975)
2,387
views
views
18
Andrey Lebedev
2,270
views
views
19
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
2,243
views
views
20
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
2,118
views
views
21
Pavel Gubarev
Ukrainian separatist leader (born 1983)
2,063
views
views
22
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer (1840–1893)
2,059
views
views
23
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
2,007
views
views
24
Marina Tsvetaeva
Russian poet (1892 – 1941)
1,959
views
views
25
Lev Gumilev
Soviet academic (1912-1992)
1,939
views
views
26
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
1,926
views
views
27
Efim Shifrin
Russian actor
1,926
views
views
28
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
1,926
views
views
29
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician (1918–2008)
1,921
views
views
30
Igor Girkin
Russian citizen from Moscow who played a significant role in the War in Donbass
1,893
views
views
31
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
1,877
views
views
32
Nikolai Gogol
Russian writer of Ukrainian origin (1809–1852)
1,876
views
views
33
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
1,738
views
views
34
Svetlana Alliluyeva
Joseph Stalin's daughter (1926–2011)
1,711
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views
35
Maxim Gorky
Russian and Soviet writer (1868–1936)
1,691
views
views
36
Muslim Magomayev
Soviet-Azerbaijani singer
1,638
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views
37
Georgiy Zhzhonov
Soviet and Russian actor and writer (1915—2005)
1,625
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views
38
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
1,606
views
views
39
Vladimir Nabokov
Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)
1,575
views
views
40
Vladimir Medinsky
Russian politician
1,553
views
views
41
Korney Chukovsky
Russian children's poet (1882–1969)
1,526
views
views
42
Vasily Lanovoy
Soviet and Russian actor (1934–2021)
1,523
views
views
43
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
1,500
views
views
44
Nataliya Basovskaya
Russian historian of the middle ages (1941–2019)
1,465
views
views
45
Sergey Mavrodi
Russian criminal and former deputy of the State Duma (1955-2018)
1,425
views
views
46
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
1,422
views
views
47
Maya Plisetskaya
Russian ballet dancer (1925-2015)
1,418
views
views
48
Sergey Kuznetsov
Soviet composer and poet (1964–2022)
1,402
views
views
49
Barack Obama
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 (born 1961)
1,380
views
views
50
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
1,318
views
views
51
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
1,316
views
views
52
Dmitry Bykov
Russian writer and journalist
1,314
views
views
53
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911-2004)
1,269
views
views
54
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
1,253
views
views
55
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
1,243
views
views
56
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
1,233
views
views
57
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
1,187
views
views
58
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
1,187
views
views
59
Alex Ferguson
Scottish association football manager and player
1,165
views
views
60
Sergei Diaghilev
Russian art critic and impresario (1872–1929)
1,162
views
views
61
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
1,158
views
views
62
Vyacheslav Nikonov
Russian political scientist
1,137
views
views
63
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
1,129
views
views
64
Kim Il-sung
Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994
1,124
views
views
65
Valentin Gaft
Soviet and Russian actor (1935–2020)
1,124
views
views
66
Jack London
American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)
1,108
views
views
67
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
1,107
views
views
68
Kir Bulychev
Soviet Russian science fiction writer and historian (1934–2003)
1,099
views
views
69
Isadora Duncan
American dancer and choreographer (1877–1927)
1,086
views
views
70
Ilya Lagutenko
Russian singer
1,056
views
views
71
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
1,056
views
views
72
Matthew Perry
American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)
1,045
views
views
73
Edvard Radzinsky
Russian historian
1,030
views
views
74
Sophia Loren
Italian actress (born 1934)
1,011
views
views
75
Lyudmila Pavlichenko
Soviet sniper (1916–1974)
985
views
views
76
Pierre Richard
French actor, film director, screenwriter and comedian
965
views
views
77
Charles Bronson
English criminal
960
views
views
78
Natalya Varley
Soviet and Russian actress
957
views
views
79
Aleksey Batalov
Soviet and Russian actor, file director and screenwriter (1928-2017)
951
views
views
80
Yury Yakovlev
Soviet and Russian actor (1928–2013)
949
views
views
81
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
944
views
views
82
Aleksandr Vasilevsky
Marshal of the Soviet Union (1895-1977)
905
views
views
83
Alexei Pushkov
politician, professor
888
views
views
84
Evgeny Primakov
4th Russian Prime Minister (1929–2015)
887
views
views
85
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
878
views
views
86
Karl Dönitz
German admiral and former president of Nazi Germany in 1945 (born 1891-1980)
874
views
views
87
Andrei Gromyko
Soviet diplomat
861
views
views
88
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
861
views
views
89
Nikolay Karamzin
Russian writer, poet, critic
860
views
views
90
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
859
views
views
91
Bill Clinton
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
858
views
views
92
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
837
views
views
93
Mark Twain
American author and humorist (1835–1910)
836
views
views
94
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
834
views
views
95
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
828
views
views
96
Kazimir Malevich
Russian avant-garde artist of Polish ancestry. Founder of the Suprematist movement (1879–1935)
827
views
views
97
Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
817
views
views
98
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
805
views
views
99
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
749
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