RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow

1929 - 2008

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Patriarch Alexy II (or Alexius II, Russian: Патриарх Алексий II; secular name Aleksei Mikhailovich Ridiger Russian: Алексе́й Миха́йлович Ри́дигер; 23 February 1929 – 5 December 2008) was the 15th Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church. Elected Patriarch of Moscow in 1990, eighteen months before the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he became the first Russian Patriarch of the post-Soviet period. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow is the 854th most popular religious figure (down from 767th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 13th in 2019) and the most popular Estonian Religious Figure.

Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow is most famous for his role in the collapse of the Soviet Union and the fall of Communism.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow ranks 854 out of 3,187. Before him are Stanisław Dziwisz, Maron, Guru Arjan, Anna Göldi, Pier Giorgio Frassati, and Eulalia of Barcelona. After him are Margaret of Hungary, Nachman of Breslov, Melania the Younger, Saint Eligius, John Henry Newman, and Isaac Luria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow ranks 77. Before him are Violeta Chamorro, Jerry Goldsmith, Ágnes Heller, Lennart Johansson, Mike Hawthorn, and Dick Clark. After him are George Steiner, Helmut Rahn, Lata Mangeshkar, Nikolai Ryzhkov, Chadli Bendjedid, and P. Ramlee. Among people deceased in 2008, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow ranks 46. Before him are Jörg Haider, Janez Drnovšek, Michael Crichton, George Emil Palade, Giuseppe Di Stefano, and Joshua Lederberg. After him are Thomas Huckle Weller, Aimé Césaire, Edward Norton Lorenz, Tassos Papadopoulos, Masanobu Fukuoka, and Phil Hill.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow ranks 17 out of 351. Before him are Paul Keres (1916), Kaja Kallas (1977), Louis Kahn (1901), Alar Karis (1958), Paul von Rennenkampf (1854), and Siim Kallas (1948). After him are Jakob von Uexküll (1864), Adolf von Harnack (1851), Felix Kersten (1898), Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald (1803), Ernst Öpik (1893), and Jacob De la Gardie (1583).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Estonia

Among religious figures born in Estonia, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow ranks 1. After him are Ilon Wikland (1930).

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