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Boris Nemtsov

1959 - 2015

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Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov (9 October 1959 – 27 February 2015) was a Russian physicist, liberal politician, opposition leader and outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin. Early in his political career, he was involved in the introduction of reforms into the Russian post-Soviet economy. In the 1990s under President Boris Yeltsin, he was the first governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (1991–1997). Later he worked in the government of Russia as Minister of Fuel and Energy (1997), Vice Premier of Russia and Security Council member from 1997 to 1998. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Boris Nemtsov is the 3,590th most popular politician (down from 2,615th in 2019), the 305th most popular biography from Russia (down from 241st in 2019) and the 95th most popular Russian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Boris Nemtsov ranks 3,590 out of 19,576Before him are Kais Saied, Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, Choummaly Sayasone, Paul Kruger, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, and Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein. After him are Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, Michael Collins, Postumus, Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Isser Harel, and László Sólyom.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Boris Nemtsov ranks 27Before him are Bernd Schuster, Sting, Abdulla Yameen, Alberto Fernández, Gerhard Berger, and Sean Bean. After him are Ken Watanabe, Michael Kors, Ahmet Davutoğlu, Luciano Spalletti, Robert Knepper, and Vahagn Khachaturyan. Among people deceased in 2015, Boris Nemtsov ranks 50Before him are James Last, Colleen McCullough, René Girard, Günter Schabowski, Yitzhak Navon, and Yevgeny Primakov. After him are Frei Otto, Faten Hamama, Mathieu Kérékou, Diana Douglas, James Horner, and Michele Ferrero.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Boris Nemtsov ranks 305 out of 3,761Before him are Otto Nicolai (1810), Mikhail Mishustin (1966), Tamara Karsavina (1885), Aleksandr Lyapunov (1857), Chung Il-kwon (1917), and Roman Abramovich (1966). After him are Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia (1871), Andrei Grechko (1903), Simeon of Moscow (1316), Andrey Bogolyubsky (1111), Marianne von Werefkin (1860), and Pyotr Krasnov (1869).

Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Boris Nemtsov ranks 95Before him are Igor Smirnov (1941), Ivan Silayev (1930), Natalya Naryshkina (1651), Georgy Chicherin (1872), Mikhail Mishustin (1966), and Chung Il-kwon (1917). After him are Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia (1871), Simeon of Moscow (1316), Andrey Bogolyubsky (1111), Pyotr Krasnov (1869), Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia (1895), and Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia (1784).