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Patriarch Sergius of Moscow

1867 - 1944

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Patriarch Sergius (Russian: Патриарх Сергий; born Ivan Nikolayevich Stragorodsky, Иван Николаевич Страгородский; January 23 [O.S. January 11] 1867 – May 15, 1944) was the 12th Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus', from September 8, 1943 until his death on May 15, 1944. He was also the de facto head of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1925–1943, firstly as deputy Patriarchal locum tenens (1925–1937) subsequently as Patriarchal locum tenens (1937–1943). Starting in 1927, he pursued a policy of unconditional loyalty to the Soviet government, which led to significant criticism of him and the separation of some lay people and clerics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Patriarch Sergius of Moscow is the 11,998th most popular politician (down from 8,973rd in 2019), the 1,210th most popular biography from Russia (down from 884th in 2019) and the 331st most popular Russian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Patriarch Sergius of Moscow ranks 11,998 out of 19,576. Before him are Józef Bilczewski, Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt, Faustus Cornelius Sulla Felix, Yakubu Gowon, Peer Steinbrück, and Nicanor Duarte. After him are Ninurta-nadin-shumi, Paul von Rusdorf, Proculus, Atanasio Aguirre, Orgetorix, and Farrukhsiyar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Patriarch Sergius of Moscow ranks 100. Before him are Léon Daudet, Yevgeny Miller, Ivan Grohar, John Rogan, Phan Bội Châu, and Prince Henri of Orléans. After him are James Quibell, William Speirs Bruce, Domenico Mezzadri, Max Jakob Friedländer, Ker-Xavier Roussel, and George Andrew Reisner. Among people deceased in 1944, Patriarch Sergius of Moscow ranks 195. Before him are Alexandre Villaplane, Divna Veković, Mehdi Huseynzade, Hendrik Willem van Loon, Georges Mandel, and Dénes Kőnig. After him are Hana Brady, Leonid Mandelstam, Edith Durham, Peter Struve, Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, and Luigi Maglione.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Patriarch Sergius of Moscow ranks 1,210 out of 3,761. Before him are Lyudmila Zhuravleva (1946), Mikhail Diterikhs (1874), Eino Rahja (1885), Lyudmila Petrushevskaya (1938), Guzal Sitdikova (1952), and Agafya Grushetskaya (1663). After him are Duchess Sophie of Prussia (1582), Pavel Batov (1897), Vladimir Kappel (1883), Fyodor Alekseyev (1753), Igor Chislenko (1939), and Maria Klenova (1898).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Patriarch Sergius of Moscow ranks 331. Before him are Johannes Virolainen (1914), Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia (1890), Valerian Zorin (1902), Boris Gryzlov (1950), Sergei Korsakoff (1854), and Mikhail Petrashevsky (1821). After him are Peter Struve (1870), Sadri Maksudi Arsal (1878), Sandra Kalniete (1952), William Fermor (1702), Fyodor Rostopchin (1763), and Ekaterina Maximova (1939).

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