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Aleksandra Potanina

1843 - 1893

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Aleksandra Potanina (1843–1893), was a Russian explorer. She was married to Grigory Potanin. One of the craters of Venus is named after her. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksandra Potanina is the 464th most popular explorer (down from 189th in 2019), the 2,287th most popular biography from Russia (down from 759th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Russian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Aleksandra Potanina ranks 464 out of 498. Before her are Allan Cunningham, Edgeworth David, George Grey, Henry Seebohm, Tom Crean, and Edgar Evans. After her are John Colter, Robert McClure, Hubert Wilkins, Samuel Hearne, Robert O'Hara Burke, and Louis Hennepin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, Aleksandra Potanina ranks 105. Before her are Grove Karl Gilbert, Mihkel Veske, David Payne, Charles Montagu Doughty, C. I. Scofield, and Samuel Garman. After her are Luke Fildes, Paul Arène, and Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin. Among people deceased in 1893, Aleksandra Potanina ranks 84. Before her are Aleksey Pleshcheyev, Hamilton Fish, John William Casilear, Edwin Booth, Edmund Kirby Smith, and John Ballance. After her are Francis Parkman, Fanny Kemble, John Addington Symonds, John Rae, and Benjamin Jowett.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Aleksandra Potanina ranks 2,287 out of 3,761. Before her are Maria Vorontsova (1985), Fedor Samokhin (1918), Aleksey Buldakov (1951), Evgeni Berzin (1970), Nikolai Pankin (1949), and Aleksandr Chakovsky (1913). After her are Lyudmila Titova (1946), Igor Maslennikov (1931), Vilis Krištopans (1954), Boris Shchukin (1894), Ravil Maganov (1954), and Yuri Zhirkov (1983).

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Among EXPLORERS In Russia

Among explorers born in Russia, Aleksandra Potanina ranks 34. Before her are Gennady Nevelskoy (1813), Mikhail Somov (1908), Vassili Poyarkov (null), Grigory Grum-Grshimailo (1860), Georgy Ushakov (1901), and Valerian Albanov (1881).

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