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Nikolay Shvernik

1888 - 1970

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Nikolai Mikhailovich Shvernik (Russian: Николай Михайлович Шверник, 19 May [O.S. 7 May] 1888 – 24 December 1970) was a Soviet politician who served as the second chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (head of state) from 1946 until 1953. Though he was the head of state, Shvernik had very little power as Joseph Stalin, the premier at the time, had most of the power due to his position as general secretary of the CPSU, the de facto leader. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolay Shvernik is the 8,163rd most popular politician (down from 5,578th in 2019), the 718th most popular biography from Russia (down from 517th in 2019) and the 215th most popular Russian Politician.

Nikolay Shvernik is most famous for being the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nikolay Shvernik ranks 8,163 out of 19,576. Before him are Archduke Alexander Leopold of Austria, Alulim, Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, Eremburga of Maine, Alexandros Zaimis, and Fang Xuanling. After him are Clarice de' Medici, James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, Niccolò III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara, Harold Holt, Zu Jia, and Heinz Jost.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Nikolay Shvernik ranks 83. Before him are Hans Richter, Wellington Koo, Milan Stojadinović, Domenico Tardini, Paul Morand, and Soong Ai-ling. After him are Prince Axel of Denmark, Gunichi Mikawa, David Jacobs, Alphonse Juin, Fritz Reiner, and Lead Belly. Among people deceased in 1970, Nikolay Shvernik ranks 92. Before him are Théo Sarapo, Eiji Tsuburaya, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Albert Lamorisse, Mikhail Mil, and Franz Schlegelberger. After him are George Szell, Benedetto Aloisi Masella, John Barbirolli, Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, Amadeo Bordiga, and Pavel Belyayev.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nikolay Shvernik ranks 718 out of 3,761. Before him are Sergey Belyavsky (1883), Mikhail Mil (1909), Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia (1854), Franz Schlegelberger (1876), Fyodor Okhlopkov (1908), and Eduard Uspensky (1937). After him are Karl Lennart Oesch (1892), Sergei Belov (1944), Sergei Khrushchev (1935), Oleg Popov (1930), Yekaterina Budanova (1916), and Alexander Belyaev (1884).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Nikolay Shvernik ranks 215. Before him are Anatoly Lukyanov (1930), Kirill Kondrashin (1914), Irina Godunova (1557), Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia (1854), Franz Schlegelberger (1876), and Fyodor Okhlopkov (1908). After him are Ivan Maisky (1884), Catherine of Brandenburg (1604), Praskovia Saltykova (1664), Ludmilla Tourischeva (1952), Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia (1896), and Eugen Leviné (1883).

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