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Vladimir Burtsev

1862 - 1942

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Vladimir Lvovich Burtsev (Russian: Влади́мир Льво́вич Бу́рцев; November 17, 1862 – August 21, 1942) was a revolutionary activist, scholar, publisher and editor of several Russian language periodicals. He became famous by exposing a great number of agents provocateurs, notably Yevno Azef in 1908. Because of his own revolutionary activities and his harsh criticism of the imperial regime, including personal criticism of emperor Nicholas II, he was imprisoned several times in various European countries. In the course of his life, Burtsev fought oppressive policies from Tsarism in Imperial Russia, followed by the Bolsheviks and later Adolf Hitler's National Socialism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimir Burtsev is the 523rd most popular social activist (down from 336th in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Kazakhstan (down from 39th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Kazakhstani Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Vladimir Burtsev ranks 523 out of 840. Before him are Hawa Abdi, Katie Eder, Ibrahim Zakzaky, Tarab Abdul Hadi, Meena Keshwar Kamal, and Szeto Wah. After him are Joseph Weydemeyer, Sergei Petrovich Trubetskoy, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Annie Kenney, Charu Majumdar, and Hadja Saran Daraba Kaba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Vladimir Burtsev ranks 134. Before him are Wil van Gogh, Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller, Billy Hughes, Theodor Fischer, Henry Slocum, and Andrés Héctor Carvallo. After him are Concepción Aleixandre, Antoni Lange, Christopher Cradock, Horatio Caro, M. R. James, and Boris Borisovich Golitsyn. Among people deceased in 1942, Vladimir Burtsev ranks 209. Before him are Sakutarō Hagiwara, Hermann Harms, May Robson, Adolphe Grisel, Hernando Siles Reyes, and Mariya Polivanova. After him are Frank Churchill, Jakob van Hoddis, Heinz Körvers, Joshua Pim, Stanisław Zaremba, and Joseph Dempsey.

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In Kazakhstan

Among people born in Kazakhstan, Vladimir Burtsev ranks 62 out of 193. Before him are Alzhan Zharmukhamedov (1944), Daniyal Akhmetov (1954), Timur Bekmambetov (1961), Alexander Kazantsev (1906), Ruslan Aushev (1954), and Lev Rokhlin (1947). After him are Karim Massimov (1965), Ken Alibek (1950), Shaken Aimanov (1914), Älihan Smaiylov (1972), Joseph Werth (1952), and David Rigert (1947).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Kazakhstan

Among social activists born in Kazakhstan, Vladimir Burtsev ranks 2. Before him are Aliya Moldagulova (1925).

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