SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Sophia Perovskaya

1853 - 1881

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Sophia Lvovna Perovskaya (Russian: Со́фья Льво́вна Перо́вская; 13 September [O.S. 1 September] 1853 – 15 April [O.S. 3 April] 1881) was a Russian revolutionary and a member of the revolutionary organization Narodnaya Volya. She helped orchestrate the assassination of Alexander II of Russia, for which she was executed by hanging. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sophia Perovskaya is the 229th most popular social activist (down from 217th in 2019), the 655th most popular biography from Russia (down from 610th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Russian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Sophia Perovskaya ranks 229 out of 840. Before her are Martin Luther King Sr., Lepa Radić, Dmitry Muratov, Christabel Pankhurst, Campaspe, and Ravachol. After her are Sergey Taboritsky, Gloria Steinem, Bernard II, Duke of Saxony, Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov, Mordechai Vanunu, and Franciszek Gajowniczek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1853, Sophia Perovskaya ranks 37. Before her are Antonio Salandra, Vladimir Korolenko, Vladimir Shukhov, Pierre Paul Émile Roux, André Messager, and Roberto Ferruzzi. After her are Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Wilhelm Dörpfeld, Ian Hamilton, Nikolai Kibalchich, Louise Abbéma, and Fritz von Below. Among people deceased in 1881, Sophia Perovskaya ranks 31. Before her are Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte, John Gould, William Burges, Ludwig von Benedek, and Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After her are Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Archduchess Clementina of Austria, Ami Boué, Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville, Aga Khan I, and Jacques Collin de Plancy.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Sophia Perovskaya ranks 655 out of 3,761. Before her are Vladimir Minorsky (1877), Dmitry Muratov (1961), Eldar Ryazanov (1927), Yaroslav of Tver (1230), Yuri Averbakh (1922), and Viktor Hartmann (1834). After her are Nikolai Ogarkov (1917), Alexander Bortnikov (1951), Lev Pontryagin (1908), Sergey Taboritsky (1897), Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev (1906), and Viktor Medvedchuk (1954).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Russia

Among social activists born in Russia, Sophia Perovskaya ranks 15. Before her are Ilya Ulyanov (1831), Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya (1923), Maria Spiridonova (1884), Ales Bialiatski (1962), Vladimir Bukovsky (1942), and Dmitry Muratov (1961). After her are Sergey Taboritsky (1897), Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov (1890), Zinaida Portnova (1926), Vera Figner (1852), Yuri Levitan (1914), and Catherine Breshkovsky (1844).

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