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Alexander Shelepin

1918 - 1994

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Alexander Nikolayevich Shelepin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Шеле́пин; 18 August 1918 – 24 October 1994) was a Soviet politician and intelligence officer. A long-time member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, he served as First Deputy Prime Minister, as a full member of the Politburo and as the chairman of the KGB from December 1958 to November 1961. He continued to maintain decisive influence in the KGB until 1967; his successor as chairman of the KGB, Vladimir Semichastny, was his client and protégé. Intelligent, ambitious, and well-educated, Shelepin was the leader of a hard-line faction within the Communist Party that played a decisive role in overthrowing Nikita Khrushchev in 1964. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Shelepin is the 9,597th most popular politician (up from 9,915th in 2019), the 866th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,011th in 2019) and the 253rd most popular Russian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alexander Shelepin ranks 9,597 out of 19,576. Before him are Joaquín Almunia, Donald Maclean, Đinh Bộ Lĩnh, José Calvo Sotelo, George Koval, and Adolph VIII, Count of Holstein. After him are Marie Eleonore of Cleves, Charles Rogier, Holger Nielsen, Eleanor of Arborea, Agis I, and Andronikos Palaiologos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Alexander Shelepin ranks 121. Before him are Theodore Sturgeon, Helmut Lent, Alfréd Wetzler, Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Bebo Valdés, and George Lincoln Rockwell. After him are Leila Mourad, Kevin A. Lynch, Ángel Labruna, Teresa Wright, Raimon Panikkar, and Igor Ansoff. Among people deceased in 1994, Alexander Shelepin ranks 134. Before him are Jiří Sobotka, Barry Sullivan, Lindsay Anderson, Zein Al-Sharaf Talal, Enrique Líster, and Giovanni Goria. After him are Dean Rusk, Vazgen I, Elissa Aalto, Stuart Roosa, Russell Bufalino, and Mai Zetterling.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Shelepin ranks 866 out of 3,761. Before him are Oleg Tabakov (1935), Maxim Shostakovich (1938), Volin (1882), Alexander Kazhdan (1922), Semyon Kurkotkin (1917), and Anatoly Solonitsyn (1934). After him are Lidia Ruslanova (1900), Viktor Ponedelnik (1937), Aleksey Batalov (1928), Sergei Lyapunov (1859), Maria Yudina (1899), and Evgeny Pashukanis (1891).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Alexander Shelepin ranks 253. Before him are Söyembikä of Kazan (1516), Iona Nikitchenko (1895), Alexander Novikov (1900), Prince Paul of Württemberg (1785), Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia (1879), and Vladimir Kokovtsov (1853). After him are Evgeny Pashukanis (1891), Marfa Sobakina (1552), Vasily Golovnin (1776), Fyodor Raskolnikov (1892), Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky (1809), and Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg (1868).

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