According to a survey by the Russia Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM), the main Russian idols of the 20th century are first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (35% of respondents) and iconic singer, songwriter, poet and actor Vladimir Vysotsky (31%).
© RIA Novosti . Yuri Abramochkin / Go to the mediabankRussians consider Yuri Gagarin the greatest Russian idol of the 20th century. According to survey results, the cosmonaut’s rating has risen 5% over the last 10 years. In 1999, 30% of Russians ranked him as the greatest Russian idol.
Russians consider Yuri Gagarin the greatest Russian idol of the 20th century. According to survey results, the cosmonaut’s rating has risen 5% over the last 10 years. In 1999, 30% of Russians ranked him as the greatest Russian idol.
© RIA Novosti . Galina Kmit / Go to the mediabankIn second place, the same as 10 years ago, is popular singer, songwriter, actor and poet Vladimir Vystosky (31% in 1999 and the same in 2010).
In second place, the same as 10 years ago, is popular singer, songwriter, actor and poet Vladimir Vystosky (31% in 1999 and the same in 2010).
© RIA Novosti . troshkin / Go to the mediabankRounding out the top three is Commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov. However, the number of Russians who consider him an idol has fallen slightly – from 26% in 1999 to 20% in 2010.
Rounding out the top three is Commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov. However, the number of Russians who consider him an idol has fallen slightly – from 26% in 1999 to 20% in 2010.
© RIA NovostiLeo Tolstoy (17%) also made it into the top four.
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Leo Tolstoy (17%) also made it into the top four.
Joseph Stalin (16%) also made the list…
…as did writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn (14%).
Next came Vladimir Lenin (13%)…
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Fedorenko / Go to the mediabank…physicist and human rights activist Andrei Sakharov
…physicist and human rights activist Andrei Sakharov
…and actor Andrei Mironov (12%).
Ten percent of Russians considered the writers Mikhail Bulgakov…
...and Mikhail Sholokhov to be idols
© RIA NovostiThree percent of respondents consider the first president of the U.S.S.R. Mikhail Gorbachev an idol.
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Three percent of respondents consider the first president of the U.S.S.R. Mikhail Gorbachev an idol.