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Anna Politkovskaya

1958 - 2006

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Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya (née Mazepa; 30 August 1958 – 7 October 2006) was a Russian investigative journalist who reported on political and social events in Russia, in particular, the Second Chechen War (1999–2005). It was her reporting from Chechnya that made her national and international reputation. For seven years, she refused to give up reporting on the war despite numerous acts of intimidation and violence. Politkovskaya was arrested by Russian military forces in Chechnya and subjected to a mock execution. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anna Politkovskaya is the 10th most popular journalist (down from 9th in 2019), the 805th most popular biography from United States (down from 529th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Journalist.

Anna Politkovskaya was a Russian journalist who was assassinated in 2006. She is most famous for her reporting on the human rights abuses in Chechnya.

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Among journalists, Anna Politkovskaya ranks 10 out of 196. Before her are Lee Miller, François-Noël Babeuf, Joseph Pulitzer, Gianni Rodari, Oriana Fallaci, and Gerda Taro. After her are Dorothea Lange, W. T. Stead, Jean-Marie Balestre, John Reed, Beate Klarsfeld, and Julian Assange.

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Among people born in 1958, Anna Politkovskaya ranks 21. Before her are Viggo Mortensen, Michelle Pfeiffer, Lyudmila Putina, Marie Fredriksson, Ice-T, and Alec Baldwin. After her are Tim Robbins, Bruce Dickinson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Bacon, Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor, and Yoav Galant. Among people deceased in 2006, Anna Politkovskaya ranks 25. Before her are Desmond Doss, Johannes Rau, Heinrich Harrer, Oriana Fallaci, Ibrahim Rugova, and Giacinto Facchetti. After her are Melvin Schwartz, Lennart Meri, Robert Bruce Merrifield, Jack Palance, Muriel Spark, and Clay Regazzoni.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anna Politkovskaya ranks 805 out of 20,380. Before her are Sixto Rodriguez (1942), Nelson Rockefeller (1908), Terry Gilliam (1940), Larry Hagman (1931), Nancy Sinatra (1940), and Steven Weinberg (1933). After her are Jean Kennedy Smith (1928), Patricia Highsmith (1921), Michael J. Smith (1945), George Peppard (1928), Andrew Mellon (1855), and Immanuel Wallerstein (1930).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Anna Politkovskaya ranks 2. Before her are Lee Miller (1907). After her are Dorothea Lange (1895), John Reed (1887), W. Eugene Smith (1918), Steve McCurry (1950), Charles Dow (1851), Margaret Bourke-White (1904), Edgar Snow (1905), Harriet Quimby (1875), Walker Evans (1903), and Diana Nyad (1949).

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