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Yegor Ligachyov

1920 - 2021

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Yegor Kuzmich Ligachyov (also transliterated as Ligachev; Russian: Егор Кузьмич Лигачёв; 29 November 1920 – 7 May 2021) was a Soviet and Russian politician who was a high-ranking official in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), and who continued an active political career in post-Soviet Russia. Originally an ally of Mikhail Gorbachev, Ligachyov became a challenger to his leadership. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yegor Ligachyov is the 11,331st most popular politician (down from 7,565th in 2019), the 1,113th most popular biography from Russia (down from 706th in 2019) and the 310th most popular Russian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yegor Ligachyov ranks 11,331 out of 19,576. Before him are Enlil-nirari, Jaime, Duke of Braganza, Phila, Li Lisan, Raúl Cubas Grau, and Artur Mas. After him are Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro, Joseph Lebeau, Jan Gies, Kwon Ki-ok, and Thomas de Maizière.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Yegor Ligachyov ranks 202. Before him are José Gonzalvo, Leo McKern, Lê Đức Anh, Richard E. Bellman, Vlastimil Brodský, and Stanko Todorov. After him are Alfredo II, Amos Tutuola, Lewis Gilbert, James Doohan, Danilo Alvim, and Clifton James. Among people deceased in 2021, Yegor Ligachyov ranks 242. Before him are Lucía Hiriart, Hugo Maradona, Ng Man-tat, Roberto Calasso, Alan Lancaster, and B. J. Thomas. After him are Yukhym Zvyahilsky, Joey Jordison, Shunsuke Kikuchi, Koichi Sugiyama, Ursula Happe, and Yitzhak Arad.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yegor Ligachyov ranks 1,113 out of 3,761. Before him are George Zweig (1937), Orest Kiprensky (1782), Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow (1877), Semyon Bychkov (1952), Nikolay Rukavishnikov (1932), and Savely Kramarov (1934). After him are Dmitry of Suzdal (1322), Innocent of Alaska (1797), Mikhail Kuzmin (1872), Franz Meyen (1804), Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia (1877), and Konstantin Thon (1794).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Yegor Ligachyov ranks 310. Before him are George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg (1852), Pavel Kiselyov (1788), Vadim Krasnoselsky (1970), Panteleimon Ponomarenko (1902), Viacheslav I of Kiev (1083), and Svetlana Medvedeva (1965). After him are Dmitry of Suzdal (1322), Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia (1877), Vladislav Surkov (1964), Yemelyan Yaroslavsky (1878), Ivan Fedyuninsky (1900), and Gevork Vartanian (1924).

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