A copy of Mikhail Nesterov's Saint Alexander Nevsky canvass, 1894-1895
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Russia’s Hero is Grand Prince Alexander Nevsky
Saint Grand Prince Alexander Nevsky is yet the main hero of Russia’s history, Interfax announced when reporting results of the Name of Russia Rating Voting. Poet Alexander Pushkin is ranked the second and writer Fyodr Dostoevsky is the third.
The list of 12 leaders of the Name of Russia Rating Voting spells out the following heroes:
1. Alexander Nevsky (2,011,766 votes)
2. Alexander Pushkin (1,781,863)
3. Fyodr Dostoevsky (1,678,083)
4. Peter the Great (1,511,367)
5. Vladimir Lenin (1,356,281)
6. Alexander Suvorov (1,271,345)
7. Catherine the Great (1,265,784)
8. Ivan the Terrible (1,216,812)
9. Peter Stolypin (1,165,377)
10. Alexander II (1,066,896)
11. Dmitry Mendeleev (1,044,897)
12. Josef Stalin (1,039,488)
Of interest is that Soviet dictator Josef Stalin had led until the meter was set to zero in mid-August. But the arrangers of the Name of Russia concluded that leadership had been secured by false voting and set to collecting the votes anew. Nicolas II, who had led for a while, didn’t gather enough number of votes to be finally added to the upper portion of the list.
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