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Sheikh Mansur

1750 - 1794

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Sheikh Mansur (born Ushurma or Uchermak, c. 1760 – 13 April 1794) was a Chechen military commander and Islamic leader who led a resistance movement against Russian expansion into the Caucasus from 1785 until his capture in 1791. Sheikh Mansur is considered the first leader of the resistance in the North Caucasus against Russian imperialism. He remains a hero of the Chechen and North Caucasian peoples in general, and their struggle for independence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sheikh Mansur is the 5,754th most popular politician (up from 5,855th in 2019), the 500th most popular biography from Russia (up from 546th in 2019) and the 146th most popular Russian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sheikh Mansur ranks 5,754 out of 19,576Before him are Valeriy Borzov, Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders, Şehzade Mahmud, Vasil Kolarov, Dina Boluarte, and Jean-Lambert Tallien. After him are Emperor Go-Kameyama, Jack Reed, Louis Lucien Bonaparte, Prince Ernst August of Hanover, Tiberius, and Carlos Salinas de Gortari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1750, Sheikh Mansur ranks 13Before him are Tipu Sultan, Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Heshen, Francisco de Miranda, Adam Afzelius, and Murad Bey. After him are Karl August von Hardenberg, Ami Argand, Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider, Henri Grégoire, Lorenzo Mascheroni, and Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa. Among people deceased in 1794, Sheikh Mansur ranks 22Before him are Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, Nicolas Chamfort, Gregory Skovoroda, Augustin Robespierre, Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach, and Rudolf Erich Raspe. After him are Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Gottfried August Bürger, James Lind, Henri de la Rochejaquelein, and Jean-Baptiste Carrier.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Sheikh Mansur ranks 500 out of 3,761Before him are Naina Yeltsina (1932), Serge Koussevitzky (1874), Nikolay Bogolyubov (1909), Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia (1869), Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov (1787), and Nikolay Zhukovsky (1847). After him are Otto Braun (1872), Sergey Brin (1973), Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (1806), Hans Pfitzner (1869), Salawat Yulayev (1754), and Vyacheslav Tikhonov (1928).

Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Sheikh Mansur ranks 146Before him are Alexander Danilovich Menshikov (1673), Mehmed I Giray (1465), Khertek Anchimaa-Toka (1912), Vera Zasulich (1849), Prince Albert of Prussia (1809), and Naina Yeltsina (1932). After him are Otto Braun (1872), Şehsuvar Sultan (1682), Hadji Murad (1795), Igor Ivanov (1945), Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia (1850), and Grigory Orlov (1734).