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Vasily Agapkin

1884 - 1964

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Vasily Ivanovich Agapkin (Russian: Васи́лий Ива́нович Ага́пкин; 3 February 1884 – 29 October 1964) was a Russian and Soviet military orchestra conductor, composer, and author of the well-known march "Farewell of Slavianka" (composed in 1912). Agapkin was born in Ryazan Governorate in 1884. From 1912 to 1915, he studied at the Tambov musical school, where he composed the popular Russian patriotic march "Farewell of Slavianka"; he later served in the army. After the October Revolution, Vasily Agapkin voluntarily joined the Red Army in 1918 and organized a brass band in the 1st Red Hussar Regiment. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vasily Agapkin is the 90th most popular conductor (up from 95th in 2019), the 1,475th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,640th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Russian Conductor.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Vasily Agapkin ranks 90 out of 128. Before him are Artur Rodziński, Grzegorz Fitelberg, Claudio Scimone, Aleksandr Gauk, Armas Järnefelt, and Ádám Fischer. After him are Niyazi, Daniele Gatti, Hans Zender, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, and Ludwig von Brenner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Vasily Agapkin ranks 157. Before him are Axel Ljung, Burrill Bernard Crohn, Otto Froitzheim, Harrison Ford, Leo Frank, and Harald Hansen. After him are Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Ömer Seyfettin, Martin Klein, David Bergelson, Alfredo Baldomir, and Daniel Varoujan. Among people deceased in 1964, Vasily Agapkin ranks 124. Before him are Seán O'Casey, Joseph Schildkraut, Eugen Varga, Alfred Blalock, Moa Martinson, and Adolf Šimperský. After him are Ronald Fairbairn, Abbās al-Aqqād, Maurice Farman, Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, Anita Malfatti, and Adolfo Díaz.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vasily Agapkin ranks 1,475 out of 3,761. Before him are Galina Kulakova (1942), Vatslav Vorovsky (1871), Tatyana Shchelkanova (1937), Olga Sanfirova (1917), Alexandre Volkoff (1885), and Frol Kozlov (1908). After him are Nikolay Bauman (1873), Sergey Chaplygin (1869), Natalya Lisovskaya (1962), Savva Mamontov (1841), Igor Bondarevsky (1913), and Filipp Oktyabrsky (1899).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Russia

Among conductors born in Russia, Vasily Agapkin ranks 7. Before him are Serge Koussevitzky (1874), Yuri Temirkanov (1938), Yevgeny Svetlanov (1928), Semyon Bychkov (1952), Leo Borchard (1899), and Armas Järnefelt (1869). After him are Georg Schnéevoigt (1872), Kirill Petrenko (1972), Albert Coates (1882), Nikolai Golovanov (1891), and Tugan Sokhiev (1977).

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