Trending Historians in Russia — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed historians on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (Russian-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Alexander Pushkin. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
1,942,606
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Alexander Pushkin
Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
98,391
views
views
2
Edvard Radzinsky
Russian historian
46,881
views
views
3
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
45,578
views
views
4
Andrei Konchalovsky
Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and film producer
39,106
views
views
5
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
38,787
views
views
6
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
37,824
views
views
7
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian polymath (1711-1765)
37,652
views
views
8
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
32,268
views
views
9
Andrei Tarkovsky
Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, film editor, film theorist, theatre and opera director (1932–1986)
30,321
views
views
10
Marina Tsvetaeva
Russian poet (1892 – 1941)
29,773
views
views
11
Sergey Mavrodi
Russian criminal and former deputy of the State Duma (1955-2018)
28,629
views
views
12
Angelina Jolie
American actress (born 1975)
28,585
views
views
13
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
27,707
views
views
14
Nikolai Gogol
Russian writer of Ukrainian origin (1809–1852)
27,680
views
views
15
Mikhail Bulgakov
Russian author (1891–1940)
27,318
views
views
16
Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
26,880
views
views
17
Maxim Gorky
Russian and Soviet writer (1868–1936)
26,585
views
views
18
Lyudmila Gurchenko
Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, singer, composer, director (1935—2011)
26,262
views
views
19
Korney Chukovsky
Russian children's poet (1882–1969)
25,963
views
views
20
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer (1840–1893)
25,221
views
views
21
Winston Churchill
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
24,655
views
views
22
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
24,631
views
views
23
Muslim Magomayev
Soviet-Azerbaijani singer
24,597
views
views
24
Igor Girkin
Russian citizen from Moscow who played a significant role in the War in Donbass
22,567
views
views
25
Sophia Loren
Italian actress (born 1934)
22,093
views
views
26
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
21,909
views
views
27
Maya Plisetskaya
Russian ballet dancer (1925-2015)
21,741
views
views
28
Lilya Brik
muse of Vladimir Mayakovsky
21,541
views
views
29
Demi Moore
American actress and producer (born 1962)
21,221
views
views
30
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician (1918–2008)
20,783
views
views
31
Vladimir Nabokov
Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)
20,600
views
views
32
Charlie Chaplin
English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
20,590
views
views
33
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker (born 1942)
19,312
views
views
34
Barack Obama
44th President of the United States (2009–2017)
19,260
views
views
35
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
19,222
views
views
36
Ronald Reagan
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)
19,194
views
views
37
Tamara Eidelman
Soviet and Russian teacher, historian, writer, radio personality, blogger
19,177
views
views
38
Svetlana Alliluyeva
Joseph Stalin's daughter (1926–2011)
18,808
views
views
39
Vladimir Medinsky
Russian politician
18,634
views
views
40
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
18,273
views
views
41
Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
18,227
views
views
42
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
18,177
views
views
43
Michael J. Fox
Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist
17,965
views
views
44
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress (born 1969)
17,839
views
views
45
Karl Marx
German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
17,754
views
views
46
Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
16,809
views
views
47
Boris Akunin
Russian writer, translation, and historian
16,094
views
views
48
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
16,083
views
views
49
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
15,759
views
views
50
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
15,692
views
views
51
Joe Jackson
American music manager, father of the Jackson family (1928–2018)
15,653
views
views
52
Kim Il-sung
Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994
15,609
views
views
53
Valentin Gaft
Soviet and Russian actor (1935–2020)
15,588
views
views
54
Zoya Boguslavskaya
Russian literary critic
15,577
views
views
55
Pierre Richard
French actor, film director, screenwriter and comedian
15,172
views
views
56
Dolly Parton
American singer-songwriter (1946–2026)
15,150
views
views
57
Evgeny Primakov
4th Russian Prime Minister (1929–2015)
15,002
views
views
58
Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
14,963
views
views
59
Aleksey Batalov
Soviet and Russian actor, file director and screenwriter (1928-2017)
14,383
views
views
60
Niccolò Machiavelli
Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
14,253
views
views
61
Isadora Duncana
American dancer and choreographer (1877–1927)
14,203
views
views
62
Katherine Jackson
matriarch of the Jackson musical family
13,940
views
views
63
Ilya Lagutenko
Russian singer
13,902
views
views
64
Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
13,869
views
views
65
Natalya Varley
Soviet and Russian actress
13,792
views
views
66
Serena Williams
American tennis player (born 1981)
13,569
views
views
67
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
13,548
views
views
68
Sardana Avksentieva
Russian politician from Sakha
13,438
views
views
69
Lev Gumilev
Soviet academic (1912-1992)
13,341
views
views
70
Dmitry Bykov
Russian writer and journalist
13,234
views
views
71
Marlene Dietrich
German and American actress and singer (1901–1992)
13,065
views
views
72
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
13,001
views
views
73
Charles de Gaulle
French general and statesman (1890–1970)
12,960
views
views
74
Marco Polo
Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia (1254–1324)
12,907
views
views
75
Bill Clinton
42nd President of the United States (1993–2001)
12,880
views
views
76
Kir Bulychev
Soviet Russian science fiction writer and historian (1934–2003)
12,746
views
views
77
Vasily Lanovoy
Soviet and Russian actor (1934–2021)
12,715
views
views
78
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
12,659
views
views
79
Andrei Gromyko
Soviet diplomat
12,630
views
views
80
Yury Yakovlev
Soviet and Russian actor (1928–2013)
12,468
views
views
81
Nikolay Karamzin
Russian writer, poet, critic
12,451
views
views
82
Efim Shifrin
Russian actor
12,426
views
views
83
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
12,420
views
views
84
Leonid Parfyonov
Russian journalist
12,234
views
views
85
Ljudmila Narusova
Russian politician
12,080
views
views
86
Hans Christian Andersen
Danish writer and poet (1805–1875)
12,047
views
views
87
Nikolai Platoshkin
Russian politician, diplomat and historian
11,887
views
views
88
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
11,640
views
views
89
Brigitte Bardot
French actress, singer, animal rights activist (1934–2025)
11,529
views
views
90
Matthew Perry
American-Canadian actor (1969–2023)
11,528
views
views
91
Ivan Yefremov
Soviet paleontologist, science fiction author and social thinker (1908–1972)
11,484
views
views
92
Harry S. Truman
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician (1884–1972)
11,410
views
views
93
Nikolay Nekrasov
Russian poet, writer, critic, editor and publisher (1821–1878)
11,350
views
views
94
Tim Curry
British actor (1946–2026)
11,038
views
views
95
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
10,883
views
views
96
Dmitry Likhachov
Russian philologist (1906–1999)
10,785
views
views
97
Anne Frank
German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
10,768
views
views
98
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
10,705
views
views
99
Bill Murray
American actor and comedian
10,625
views
views
100
Jack London
American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)
10,481
views
views