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Pavel Schilling

1786 - 1837

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Baron Pavel Lvovitch Schilling (April 16 [O.S. April 5] 1786 – August 6 [O.S. July 25] 1837), also known as Paul Schilling, was a Russian inventor, military officer and diplomat of Baltic German origin. The majority of his career was spent working for the imperial Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a language officer at the Russian embassy in Munich. As a military officer, he took part in the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon. In his later career, he was transferred to the Asian department of the ministry and undertook a tour of Mongolia to collect ancient manuscripts. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Pavel Schilling is the 13,292nd most popular politician (up from 13,686th in 2024), the 120th most popular biography from Estonia (up from 124th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Estonian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pavel Schilling ranks 13,293 out of 19,576. Before him are Jean-Pierre Chevènement, Jin Shuren, Lobsang Sangay, Blanche of England, Masayoshi Ito, Jiří Hájek, and Carlos Soublette. After him are Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart, Gessius Florus, Damrong Rajanubhab, John Lynch, and Atys of Lydia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1786, Pavel Schilling ranks 46. Before him are José María Vargas, Carl Friedrich von Ledebour, Sunthorn Phu, Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov, Moshoeshoe I, and Princess Caroline Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. After him are Louis Vicat, Thomas Nuttall, Andreas Metaxas, Gregor MacGregor, Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar, and Auguste de Montferrand. Among people deceased in 1837, Pavel Schilling ranks 38. Before him are Louis-Sébastien Lenormand, Alexander Bestuzhev, Agustín Eyzaguirre, Valentino Fioravanti, Yuri Lisyansky, and Étienne-Gaspard Robert. After him are Diego Portales, Herman of Alaska, John Soane, Ayub Shah Durrani, Joseph Grimaldi, and Ivan Dmitriev.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Pavel Schilling ranks 120 out of 351. Before him are Kristjan Palusalu (1908), Hella Wuolijoki (1886), Otto Tief (1889), Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1805), Artur Kapp (1878), and Oskar Luts (1887). After him are Eve Kivi (1938), Johan Pitka (1872), Emma Asson (1889), Vaino Väljas (1931), Kristen Michal (1975), and Rudolf Tobias (1873).

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Among POLITICIANS In Estonia

Among politicians born in Estonia, Pavel Schilling ranks 44. Before him are Mart Siimann (1946), Jaan Poska (1866), Juhan Kukk (1885), Andres Tarand (1940), Ants Antson (1938), and Otto Tief (1889). After him are Johan Pitka (1872), Emma Asson (1889), Vaino Väljas (1931), Kristen Michal (1975), Johannes Käbin (1905), and Jüri Ratas (1978).

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