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Galina Vishnevskaya

1926 - 2012

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Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya (Russian: Галина Павловна Вишневская, née Ivanova, Иванова; 25 October 1926 – 11 December 2012) was a Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1966. She was the wife of cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, and mother to their two daughters, Olga and Elena Rostropovich. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Galina Vishnevskaya is the 391st most popular singer (down from 344th in 2019), the 583rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 575th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Russian Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Galina Vishnevskaya ranks 391 out of 4,381. Before her are Vicente Fernández, Peter Green, Lila Downs, Serge Reggiani, Susan Boyle, and Denny Doherty. After her are Hank Williams, Shirley Bassey, Marc Anthony, Justin Timberlake, Elvira de Hidalgo, and Albert Hammond.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Galina Vishnevskaya ranks 133. Before her are Estanislau Basora, Estanislao Esteban Karlic, Juan José Linz, Maria Teresa de Filippis, Peter Graves, and Yevgeny Leonov. After her are Marian Jaworski, Norman Jewison, Paul Baran, Don Rickles, Riz Ortolani, and Andrea Kékesy. Among people deceased in 2012, Galina Vishnevskaya ranks 99. Before her are Santiago Carrillo, Meles Zenawi, Warda Al-Jazairia, Estanislau Basora, Kathryn Joosten, and Alfred Schmidt. After her are Sid Watkins, John Connelly, Nora Ephron, Ignatius IV of Antioch, Sergio Oliva, and Miljan Miljanić.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Galina Vishnevskaya ranks 583 out of 3,761. Before her are Uliana of Tver (1325), Vladimir Shukhov (1853), Yevgeny Leonov (1926), Gennady Rozhdestvensky (1931), Mikhail Tomsky (1880), and Georges Gurvitch (1894). After her are Alexey Pajitnov (1956), Simeon Bekbulatovich (1600), Sergey Sazonov (1860), Aleksandr Kuprin (1870), Iziaslav II of Kiev (1097), and Vasily Chapayev (1887).

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Among SINGERS In Russia

Among singers born in Russia, Galina Vishnevskaya ranks 7. Before her are Alla Pugacheva (1949), Anna Netrebko (1971), Feodor Chaliapin (1873), Valery Leontiev (1949), Viktor Tsoi (1962), and Eduard Khil (1934). After her are Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962), Lidia Ruslanova (1900), Georg Ots (1920), Elena Obraztsova (1939), Martti Talvela (1935), and Lyudmila Zykina (1929).

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