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Eduard Limonov

1943 - 2020

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Eduard Veniaminovich Limonov (né Savenko; Russian: Эдуард Вениаминович Лимонов, IPA: [ɪdʊˈart vʲɪnʲɪɐˈmʲinəvʲɪtɕ lʲɪˈmonəf]; 22 February 1943 – 17 March 2020) was a Russian writer, poet, publicist, political dissident and politician. He emigrated from the Soviet Union in 1974, but returned to Russia in 1991, where he founded the National Bolshevik Party. The party was banned in the country in 2007 and superseded by The Other Russia. In the 2000s, he was one of the leaders of The Other Russia coalition of opposition forces. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eduard Limonov is the 1,959th most popular politician (up from 3,051st in 2019), the 172nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 285th in 2019) and the 60th most popular Russian Politician.

Eduard Limonov is most famous for being a Russian writer and dissident who was imprisoned for his opposition to the Soviet Union.

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Among politicians, Eduard Limonov ranks 1,959 out of 19,576. Before him are Ghazi of Iraq, Bolesław I the Brave, Christine of France, Peter III of Portugal, Antonia Minor, and Gnaeus Pompeius. After him are Titus Tatius, Heinrich Brüning, Amenemhat III, Robert I, Latin Emperor, Shalmaneser III, and Publius Quinctilius Varus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Eduard Limonov ranks 41. Before him are Howard Gardner, John Kerry, Carlos Alberto Parreira, Denis Sassou Nguesso, David Cronenberg, and Antonio Inoki. After him are Gianni Rivera, Malcolm McDowell, Johnny Hallyday, Richard Wright, Mario Monti, and Ralph M. Steinman. Among people deceased in 2020, Eduard Limonov ranks 22. Before him are Katherine Johnson, Paolo Rossi, Olivia de Havilland, Krzysztof Penderecki, Albert Uderzo, and Michel Piccoli. After him are Alan Parker, Robert Hossein, Ian Holm, Jean Kennedy Smith, John Turner, and Frances E. Allen.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Eduard Limonov ranks 172 out of 3,761. Before him are Alexander Kolchak (1874), Felix Steiner (1896), Anatoly Dyatlov (1931), Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895), El Lissitzky (1890), and False Dmitry I (1581). After him are Boris Berezovsky (1946), Alexey Stakhanov (1906), Gala Dalí (1894), Wladimir Köppen (1846), Alexander Oparin (1894), and Vasily Smyslov (1921).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Eduard Limonov ranks 60. Before him are Feodor II of Russia (1589), Raisa Gorbacheva (1932), Lyudmila Putina (1958), Genrikh Yagoda (1891), Alexander Kolchak (1874), and False Dmitry I (1581). After him are Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (1708), Yakov Sverdlov (1885), Öz Beg Khan (1282), Felix Yusupov (1887), Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia (1690), and Ivan I of Moscow (1288).

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