an interesting survey

[Alexandra Smith]

Thank you, Alina, for your correction! How silly of me to omit one  
digit. I've checked this morning and there were 1 998 709 votes;  
Pushkin still occupies the fifth place after Stalin, Nicholas 2,  
Vysotsky and Lenin!

All best,
Alexandra



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Quoting Alina Israeli <aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU>:

> Correction: 1 777 064 voted thus far.
>
> On Jul 11, 2008, at 7:38 PM, Alexandra Smith wrote:
>
>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>> I've just heard about a curious survey that attempts to identify   
>> the most representative "cult" figures of Russian history (its'   
>> called "The name of Russia"). 766 292 people voted so far, and the   
>> first 6 people are as follows: (1) Stalin, Vysotsky, Lenin,   
>> Nicholas 2, Pushkin, Esenin,etc. You could view the results on this  
>>  site:http://www.nameofrussia.ru/rating.html
>>
>>
>
> Alina Israeli
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