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Lev Gumilyov

1912 - 1992

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Lev Nikolayevich Gumilev (also Gumilyov; Russian: Лев Никола́евич Гумилёв; 1 October [O.S. 18 September] 1912 – 15 June 1992) was a Soviet and Russian historian, ethnologist, anthropologist and translator. He had a reputation for his highly unorthodox theories of ethnogenesis and historiosophy. He was an exponent of Eurasianism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lev Gumilyov is the 103rd most popular historian (down from 78th in 2019), the 466th most popular biography from Russia (down from 339th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Lev Gumilyov ranks 103 out of 561. Before him are Tyrannius Rufinus, Sextus Julius Africanus, Andrea Alciato, Emmanuel Todd, Minhaj-i-Siraj, and Agatharchides. After him are Al-Waqidi, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Vasily Bartold, René Grousset, Cangjie, and Frances Yates.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Lev Gumilyov ranks 78. Before him are Minoru Yamasaki, Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, György Sárosi, José Ferrer, Hermann Graf, and Pedro Armendáriz. After him are Ivan Yakubovsky, Jean Améry, Khertek Anchimaa-Toka, A. E. van Vogt, Georg Solti, and Ertuğrul Osman. Among people deceased in 1992, Lev Gumilyov ranks 54. Before him are John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, H. L. A. Hart, Chris McCandless, Jean-Claude Pascal, James E. Webb, and José Ferrer. After him are James Stirling, Denholm Elliott, Arletty, John Sturges, Nikolay Bogolyubov, and Rihei Sano.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Lev Gumilyov ranks 466 out of 3,761. Before him are Johann Christoph Gottsched (1700), Pavel Milyukov (1859), Savielly Tartakower (1887), Nikolay Bobrikov (1839), Olga Ladyzhenskaya (1922), and Sacha Guitry (1885). After him are Sergei Bulgakov (1871), Mikhail Lazarev (1788), Mikhail Alekseyev (1857), Alexander Radishchev (1749), Vasili Kuznetsov (1901), and Vasily Surikov (1848).

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Among HISTORIANS In Russia

Among historians born in Russia, Lev Gumilyov ranks 2. Before him are George Ostrogorsky (1902). After him are Vasily Bartold (1869), Vladimir Minorsky (1877), Alexander Kazhdan (1922), Vasily Klyuchevsky (1841), Alexander Vasiliev (1867), Jacob Theodor Klein (1685), Mikhail Pogodin (1800), Serhii Plokhy (1957), Léon Poliakov (1910), and Olena Apanovych (1919).

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