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Yuri Bezmenov

1939 - 1993

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Yuri Alexandrovich Bezmenov (Russian: Ю́рий Алекса́ндрович Безме́нов; December 11, 1939 – January 5, 1993; alias: Tomas David Schuman) was a Soviet journalist for Novosti Press Agency (APN). In 1970, as a member of the Soviet mission in New Delhi, India, Bezmenov defected to the West and was re-settled in Canada pursuant to an arrangement between American and Canadian security agencies. Bezmenov is best remembered for his anti-Marxist, anti-Soviet, and anti-atheist lectures and books published in the 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yuri Bezmenov is the 44th most popular journalist (up from 53rd in 2019), the 1,044th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,274th in 2019) and the most popular Russian Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Yuri Bezmenov ranks 44 out of 196. Before him are Joaquín Navarro-Valls, Aenne Burda, Marcelo H. del Pilar, James Foley, Letizia Battaglia, and Sue Gardner. After him are Marta Hillers, Vladimir Posner, James Nachtwey, Ara Güler, William Wilson, and Thomas Nast.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Yuri Bezmenov ranks 222. Before him are Ralph Boston, Jason Miller, Samantha Eggar, Jerry Brudos, Russell Means, and Betty Everett. After him are Zeng Qinghong, A. R. Penck, Eugenio Dal Corso, Miroslav Cerar, Viktor Sadovnichiy, and John Sculley. Among people deceased in 1993, Yuri Bezmenov ranks 115. Before him are Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov, John Tuzo Wilson, Richard Jordan, Guido Masetti, Stanley Myers, and Henry Hazlitt. After him are Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo, Buddhadasa, Freya Stark, Deke Slayton, Pierre Victor Auger, and Frunzik Mkrtchyan.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yuri Bezmenov ranks 1,044 out of 3,761. Before him are Vladimir Demikhov (1916), Vladimir Obruchev (1863), Sviatoslav III of Vladimir (1196), Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1697), Friedrich von Lütke (1797), and Pavel Pestel (1793). After him are Vasily Rozanov (1856), Matvei Platov (1753), Viktor Afanasyev (1948), Matvey Blanter (1903), Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873), and Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov (1852).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Russia

Among journalists born in Russia, Yuri Bezmenov ranks 1. After him are Vladislav Listyev (1956), Vladimir Solovyov (1963), Dmitry Kiselyov (1954), Alexei Venediktov (1955), Margarita Simonyan (1980), Ekaterina Andreeva (1965), Darya Dugina (1992), Olga Skabeyeva (1984), Zhanna Nemtsova (1984), and Irina Slavina (1973).

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