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Vitaly Churkin

1952 - 2017

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Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin (Russian: Виталий Иванович Чуркин, IPA: [vʲɪˈtalʲɪj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕurkʲɪn]; 21 February 1952 – 20 February 2017) was a Russian diplomat. As a child actor, he starred in three films The Blue Notebook, Nol tri, and A Mother's Heart. Churkin served as Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2006 until his death in 2017. Previously he was Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (2003–2006), Ambassador to Canada (1998–2003), Ambassador to Belgium and Liaison Ambassador to NATO and WEU (1994–1998), Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation to the talks on Former Yugoslavia (1992–1994), Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR/Russian Federation (1990–1992). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vitaly Churkin is the 13,668th most popular politician (down from 12,454th in 2019), the 1,512th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,379th in 2019) and the 380th most popular Russian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vitaly Churkin ranks 13,668 out of 19,576Before him are Georgios Rallis, Georgi Atanasov, Kōichi Kido, Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Mario Abdo Benítez, and Prince Aribert of Anhalt. After him are Puzur-Ashur III, Lee Wan-koo, Johan Kraag, Federico Tinoco Granados, Saskia Esken, and Riek Machar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Vitaly Churkin ranks 322Before him are Irina Allegrova, Mansour Ojjeh, Vyacheslav Zaytsev, Alan Cooper, Amina Wadud, and Fernando Morena. After him are Sefer Halilović, Ali Gomaa, Ana Obregón, Mustafa Cerić, Joey Dunlop, and Jim Cummings. Among people deceased in 2017, Vitaly Churkin ranks 307Before him are Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, Gilbert Baker, Otto Warmbier, István Mészáros, François Van der Elst, and Cipriano Chemello. After him are Ángel Berni, Rance Howard, Margot Hielscher, Giuliano Sarti, Vera Glagoleva, and Ernst Zündel.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vitaly Churkin ranks 1,512 out of 3,761Before him are Gamzat-bek (1789), Mikhail Khorobrit (1229), Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich (1873), Alexander Serov (1820), Stepan Krasheninnikov (1711), and Nikolai Slichenko (1934). After him are Aleksandr Mostovoi (1968), Vladimir Vasiliev (1940), Larin Paraske (1832), Lev Atamanov (1905), Robert Rozhdestvensky (1932), and Veikko Huhtanen (1919).

Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Vitaly Churkin ranks 380Before him are Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov (1827), Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov (1879), Jacob Bruce (1669), Vasily Golitsyn (1643), Mikhail Khorobrit (1229), and Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich (1873). After him are Vladimir Krutov (1960), Nikolai Tanayev (1945), Vyacheslav Volodin (1964), Anatoly Pepelyayev (1891), Alexander Lebedev (1959), and Viktor Nogin (1878).