Trending Explorers in Russia — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed explorers on Wikipedia, September 2026 (Russian-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Yuri Gagarin. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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Ranked
547,577
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)
32,570
views
views
2
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
25,185
views
views
3
Alexander Kolchak
Russian admiral and military leader of the White movement (1874-1920)
19,865
views
views
4
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain
14,649
views
views
5
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker and explorer (born 1954)
13,869
views
views
6
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer (c. 1460s – 1524)
13,199
views
views
7
Nikolay Gumilev
Russian poet (1886-1921)
12,788
views
views
8
Marco Polo
Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
12,394
views
views
9
Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)
11,923
views
views
10
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
10,279
views
views
11
Lavr Kornilov
Imperial Russian Army general (1870–1918)
10,250
views
views
12
Yermak Timofeyevich
Russian cossack explorer and pirate
10,114
views
views
13
Vladimir Arsenyev
Russian and Soviet explorer, ethnographer and writer (1872-1930)
10,022
views
views
14
Nikolai Vavilov
Russian (Soviet) agronomist, botanist and geneticist (1887-1943)
9,950
views
views
15
Afanasy Nikitin
Russian explorer
9,828
views
views
16
Alexey Leonov
Soviet-Russian pilot and cosmonaut, first human to conduct a spacewalk (1934–2019)
9,755
views
views
17
Otto Schmidt
Russian geophysicist and polar explorer of Baltic German origin (1891-1956)
8,795
views
views
18
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Finnish military leader and statesman (1867–1951)
8,794
views
views
19
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
8,168
views
views
20
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
7,921
views
views
21
Jacques Cousteau
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)
7,918
views
views
22
Amerigo Vespucci
Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer
7,622
views
views
23
Nicholas Roerich
Russian painter, writer, archaeologist and philosopher (1874–1947)
6,911
views
views
24
Peter Kropotkin
Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)
6,766
views
views
25
Francis Drake
English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)
6,589
views
views
26
Yaroslav II of Vladimir
Grand Prince of Vladimir (1191-1246)
6,407
views
views
27
William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
6,245
views
views
28
Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay
Russian explorer and scientist
6,194
views
views
29
Vitus Bering
Danish-born Russian explorer (1681-1741)
5,702
views
views
30
Semyon Dezhnyov
Russian explorer
5,691
views
views
31
Viktor Suvorov
Soviet and Russian writer
5,356
views
views
32
Yuri Senkevich
Russian physician and television host (1937–2003)
5,228
views
views
33
Svetlana Savitskaya
Soviet cosmonaut
4,991
views
views
34
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
4,976
views
views
35
Thor Heyerdahl
Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer (1914-2002)
4,934
views
views
36
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
4,866
views
views
37
John Hurt
British actor (1940–2017)
4,809
views
views
38
Silver Surfer
fictional character in Marvel Comics
4,797
views
views
39
Walton Goggins
American actor (born 1971)
4,517
views
views
40
Anatoli Boukreev
Russian mountain climber (1958-1997)
4,341
views
views
41
Willem Barents
Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer (1550–1597)
4,319
views
views
42
Fyodor Ivanovich Tolstoy
Russian explorer (1782-1846)
4,303
views
views
43
Ibn Battuta
14th century Muslim Maghrebi scholar and explorer
4,300
views
views
44
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
4,200
views
views
45
Vasily Tatishchev
Russian historian (1686-1750)
4,125
views
views
46
Oleg Novitskiy
Russian cosmonaut
4,111
views
views
47
Maxim Kammerer
4,013
views
views
48
Ulysses S. Grant
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
4,008
views
views
49
Yerofey Khabarov
Russian explorer
3,850
views
views
50
Bartolomeu Dias
Portuguese explorer
3,806
views
views
51
Arthur Chilingarov
Russian explorer and politician (1939–2024)
3,687
views
views
52
Avvakum
Russian protopope
3,654
views
views
53
Dersu Uzala
Nanai hunter and explorer (1849–1908)
3,633
views
views
54
Abel Tasman
Dutch seafarer, explorer and merchant (1603–1659)
3,615
views
views
55
Fridtjof Nansen
Norwegian polar explorer (1861–1930)
3,575
views
views
56
Nikolay Przhevalsky
Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)
3,570
views
views
57
Adam Johann von Krusenstern
Baltic German admiral and explorer in Russian service, who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe (1770–1846)
3,558
views
views
58
Harald III of Norway
King of Norway from 1046 to 1066
3,524
views
views
59
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet (1854-1891)
3,521
views
views
60
Mister Fantastic
fictional character in Marvel Comics
3,321
views
views
61
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
3,287
views
views
62
Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky
Russian geographer, art collector and statistician
3,285
views
views
63
Arthur C. Clarke
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
3,045
views
views
64
Erik the Red
explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland
3,038
views
views
65
Lara Croft
Tomb Raider protagonist character
3,032
views
views
66
Bear Grylls
English adventurer, writer and television presenter (born 1974)
3,031
views
views
67
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
3,009
views
views
68
Reinhold Messner
Italian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)
2,980
views
views
69
Gennady Nevelskoy
Russian navigator (1813-1876)
2,918
views
views
70
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Baltic German officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, cartographer and explorer (1778–1852)
2,815
views
views
71
Stepan Makarov
Russian admiral
2,748
views
views
72
Anton Shkaplerov
Russian cosmonaut
2,585
views
views
73
Alexander von Humboldt
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
2,521
views
views
74
Mikhail Lazarev
Russian fleet commander and explorer (1788-1851)
2,478
views
views
75
Marat Kazey
Soviet-Belarusian partisan and child soldier of WW2
2,414
views
views
76
Captain Nemo
fictional character created by Jules Verne
2,398
views
views
77
Lathgertha
legendary Viking shieldmaiden and ruler
2,377
views
views
78
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
2,331
views
views
79
Ivan Papanin
Soviet explorer (1894–1986)
2,327
views
views
80
Leif Erikson
norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)
2,284
views
views
81
Michael Rockefeller
American anthropologist and art collector (1938–1961)
2,270
views
views
82
Percy Fawcett
British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867–1925)
2,257
views
views
83
Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky
Russian noble (1809-1881)
2,256
views
views
84
David Livingstone
Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)
2,255
views
views
85
Christopher McCandless
American hiker and explorer (1968–1992)
2,226
views
views
86
Vladimir Pozner
Soviet spy (1908–1975)
2,220
views
views
87
Nikolai Rezanov
Russian noble and explorer (1764-1807)
2,210
views
views
88
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador
2,095
views
views
89
Mandarin
fictional character in Marvel Comics
2,085
views
views
90
Vladimir A. Obruchev
Russian and Soviet geologist and writer (1863–1956)
2,063
views
views
91
Hugh Glass
American fur trapper and frontiersman
2,055
views
views
92
The Doctor
fictional character from the television series Doctor Who
1,982
views
views
93
Semyon Chelyuskin
Russian polar explorer and naval officer
1,975
views
views
94
Richard E. Grant
British-Swazi actor
1,950
views
views
95
Christopher Eccleston
English actor (born 1964)
1,906
views
views
96
Ivan Moskvitin
Russian explorer
1,862
views
views
97
Yelena Serova
Russian cosmonaut
1,807
views
views
98
Irakly Andronikov
Russian literary historian (1908–1990)
1,794
views
views
99
Farman Salmanov
Soviet geologist (1931–2007)
1,787
views
views
100
Robert Falcon Scott
Royal Navy officer and explorer (1868–1912)
1,748
views
views