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ru-5

Этот участник профессионально владеет русским языком.

This user can program in Python.

en-4

This user can contribute with a near-native level of English.

de-2

Dieser Benutzer hat fortgeschrittene Deutschkenntnisse.

uk-2

Користувач може робити внесок українською мовою на середньому рівні.

be-2

Гэты ўдзельнік/гэтая ўдзельніца ведае беларускую мову на сярэднім узроўні.

bg-1

Този потребител има начални познания по български език.

sr-1

Овај корисник пос(ј)едује основно знање српског језика.
Ovaj korisnik pos(j)eduje osnovno znanje sprski jezika.

fi-1

Tämä käyttäjä puhuu vähän suomea.

pl-1

Ten użytkownik posługuje się językiem polskim na poziomie podstawowym.

This user drinks tea.

This user drinks cappuccino.

88,888+

This user has made more than 88,888 contributions to Wikipedia and, as a result, may be slightly insane.

My projects

Lists of countries

/Lists of countries

List of top international rankings by country

Russian inventions

Russian explorers

Lists of Russians

Template:Lists of Russians

Russian economy

Russia task forces

Articles created or expanded by me

Biography articles created
Nikolay Benardos · Fyodor Blinov · Sam Born · Mikhail Britnev · Nestor Genko · Mikhail Gvozdev · Isidore (inventor) · Kurbat Ivanov · Konstantin Khrenov · Dmitry Lachinov · Nikolai Lebedenko · Lisitsyns · Aleksandr Loran · Sergey Malyutin · Andrey Nartov · Maksim Perfilyev · Ivan Plotnikov · Aleksandr Porokhovschikov · Demid Pyanda · Franz San Galli · Leonty Shamshurenkov · Boris Shavyrin · Pyotr Shilovsky · Nikolay Slavyanov · Yefim Smolin · Boris Stechkin · Vladimir Utkin · Vsevolod I Svyatoslavich · Vasily Zvyozdochkin

Animal articles created
Zhirinovsky's ass

Thing articles created
A Sacra Conversazione · Aerowagon · Bear spear · Bekhterev’s Mixture · Bochka roof · Boyar hat · Gudok · Kirza · Kokoshnik (architecture) · Mirny (sloop-of-war) · Ostrog (fortress) · Pernach · Table-glass · Thermoplan · Vatrushka · Vostok (sloop-of-war)

Structure articles created
Kola Bay Bridge · Kuznetsovsky Tunnel · Nuclotron · Sochi Thermal Power Plant · Temple of All Religions · Thermal Power Plant 27

Organization articles created
MICEX-RTS

List articles created
Timeline of largest projects in the Russian economy · Timeline of Russian inventions · List of tallest Orthodox churches · World Heritage Sites in Russia · Russian Admirals · Russian astronomers · Russian aviators · Russian ballet dancers · Russian biologists · Russian chemists · Russian cosmonauts · Russian Earth scientists · Russian explorers · Russian inventors · Russian historians · Russian linguists · Russian mathematicians · Russian novelists · Russian opera singers · Russian physicians · Russian physicists · Russian playwrights · Russian saints · Uranium by country · Coal by country · Government budget by country · Urbanization by country · List of countries by net migration rate · Electricity by country · Natural gas by country · Oil by country · Time zones by country · Land use statistics by country · List of countries by inflation rate · List of countries by easternmost point · List of countries by westernmost point · List of statistically superlative objects by country

Articles extensively edited
Age of Discovery · Bald – hairy · Faddey Bellingshausen · Catherine the Great · Christianization of Kievan Rus' · Dome · Eurasian Union · First Russian Circumnavigation · History of Siberia · Icebreaker · Andrey Kapitsa · Kokoshnik · List of inventors · List of Russian people · List of statistically superlative countries · Medvedev modernisation programme · Palekh miniature · Pilot (icebreaker) · Protests following the 2011 Russian elections · Vladimir Putin · Renaissance · Renaissance architecture · Renaissance architecture in Eastern Europe · Renewable energy in Russia · Russia · Russian architects · Russian artists · Russian scientists · Russian culture · Russian legislative election, 2011 · Science and technology in Russia · Timeline of historic inventions · Tula gingerbread · Tourism in Russia · Valentina Matviyenko · Varangian Guard · Varangians · Lake Vostok · Zvonnitsa

Credits

DYKs

On 16 December 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Medvedev modernisation programme, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that e-Government and controlled thermonuclear fusion are among the long-term goals of the Medvedev modernisation programme in Russia? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

On 4 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bald – hairy, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that for the last 186 years the rulers of Russia succeeded each other in the bald – hairy sequence? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bald – hairy. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

On 23 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article A Common Story, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Russian writer Ivan Goncharov (pictured) called his debut novel A Common Story, while his memoirs (in which he tried to prove Ivan Turgenev had stolen his best ideas) are An Uncommon Story? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/A Common Story. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

On 23 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article An Uncommon Story, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Russian writer Ivan Goncharov (pictured) called his debut novel A Common Story, while his memoirs (in which he tried to prove Ivan Turgenev had stolen his best ideas) are An Uncommon Story? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

On 27 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dmitry Khvostov, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Russian classical poet Dmitry Khvostov (pictured) was relentlessly ridiculed for being pompously archaic by younger Golden Age poets, including Pushkin? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

On 23 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lev Lunts, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that before his early death, Russian writer Lev Lunts proposed the name and wrote the manifesto for the famous Serapion Brothers literary group? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lev Lunts. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

On 29 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mikhail Golant, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Russian scientist Mikhail Golant, a sapper during World War II, pioneered the Soviet approach to design of backward-wave tubes? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mikhail Golant. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

On 17 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Andrey Kapitsa, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Russian geographer Andrey Kapitsa, discoverer of the largest subglacial lake in Antarctica (pictured), was a son of Pyotr Kapitsa, a Nobel Physics laureate known for low temperature research? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Andrey Kapitsa.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

On 18 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Vostok (sloop-of-war), which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

On 18 February 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mirny (sloop-of-war), which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

On 27 May 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Vladimir Zhirinovsky's donkey video, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a video ad for 2012 Russian presidential candidate Vladimir Zhirinovsky featured a donkey pulling a sleigh and called the donkey an allegory for Russia? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

ITNs

Since I want to keep track of ITN items which are posted after having been nominated or updated by me, I self-credit myself if others don't do it.

On 26 October 2010, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article IMF, nominated and updated by me.

On 3 November 2010, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Victor Chernomyrdin, updated by me.

On 14 November 2010, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article 2010 FIVB Women's World Championship, nominated and updated by me.

On 1 January 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Beijing Subway, nominated and updated by me.

On 14 January 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article January 2011 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

On 16 January 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article 2011 Dakar Rally, nominated and edited by me.

On 21 January 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Oil reserves in Venezuela, which you recently nominated and substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

On 22 January 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Operation Dawn of Gulf of Aden, which was nominated by me.

On 24 January 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Green Party (Ireland), which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

On 26 January 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article New START, which was nominated by me.

On 26 January 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article 2011 Egyptian protests, which was nominated by me.

On 27 January 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Orangutan, nominated and updated by me.

On 30 January 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article A Sacra Conversazione: The Madonna and Child with Saints Luke and Catherine of Alexandria, which you created. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

On 30 January 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article 2010 Haiti cholera outbreak, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

On 30 January 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the articles World Economic Forum and Rosneft, which were nominated and updated by me and Nanobear.

On 1 February 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Sakhalin-I, which you recently nominated and updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

On 1 February 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article John Barry (composer), which you substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

On 5 February 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Jhala Nath Khanal, nominated and updated by me.

On 8 February 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article STEREO, nominated by me.

On 16 February 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Economic history of modern China, which you recently nominated and substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

On 13 June 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Amina Abdallah Araf al Omari, nominated by me.

On 24 June 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article AirAsia, nominated by me.

On 1 July 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Jiaozhou Bay Bridge, nominated and updated by me.

On 14 August 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Saint Petersburg Dam, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

On 10 September 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Sakhalin–Khabarovsk–Vladivostok pipeline, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

On 10 September 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Alexander Sokurov, nominated and updated by me.

On 14 September 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, nominated and updated by me.

On 22 and 23 September 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the articles Valentina Matviyenko and Catherine the Great, nominated and updated by me.

On 5 October 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article GLONASS, nominated and updated by me.

On 11 October 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the articles Yulia Timoshenko and 2009 Russia–Ukraine gas dispute, nominated and updated by me.

On 29 October 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Bolshoi Theatre, which you recently nominated and substantially updated with Kiril Simeonovski (my addition). If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

On 5 November 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article MARS-500, nominated and updated by me.

On 8 November 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Nord Stream, which I helped to be posted pre-suggesting the blurb.

On 8 November 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Fobos-Grunt, which you recently helped to be posted. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

On 19 November 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Eurasian Union, nominated and updated by me.

On 19 November 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Gas Exporting Countries Forum, nominated and updated by Beagel, which I helped to update.

On 5 December 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the articles United Russia, Dmitry Medvedev and Russian legislative election, 2011, which were nominated and updated by me and Nanobear.

On 13 December 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Moncef Marzouki, nominated by me.

On 17 December 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article World Trade Organization accession and membership, which I helped to update.

On 21 December 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article MICEX-RTS, nominated and created by me.

On 23 December 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Soyuz TMA-03M, nominated and updated by me, as well as articles Baikonur Cosmodrome and International Space Station.

On 6 February 2012, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Lake Vostok, updated by me.

On 5 March 2012, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Vladimir Putin, updated by me.

Barnstars

		Russian Barnstar of National Merit
		For your massively important work on Russia-related subjects, including your numerous contributions to the high-profile article Russia. Offliner (talk) 15:13, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

		The Minor Barnstar
		For improving a featured article and in the process making it less US-centric, please have this small barnstar. That was a good pick-up. hamiltonstone (talk) 07:06, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

		The Socratic Barnstar
		For your intelligent comments on discussion pages ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 14:19, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

		Russian Barnstar of National Merit
		For your contribution in russia-related articles.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 14:19, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		For the massive amounts of time and effort you put into the articles about Russia in general, and for this in particular, allow me to present you with this original barnstar. Your efforts are greatly appreciated (even if it doesn't show ;))—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); December 6, 2010; 15:07 (UTC)

		The Soviet Barnstar
		For your extensive work on Soviet articles. I NEVER CRY 20:19, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	For your great edits on Valentina Matviyenko, which improved it alot! ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫_Hey ^{it's me} 11:20, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

		The Russia Barnstar of National Merit
		You've earned this award because you truly have strong dedication to help out on anything regarding regarding Russia. Take this as a gift for your hard work. Care to give me one too? I too help out a lot with Russia-related stuff :) $Abhijay$ ^{What did I do this time?} 11:42, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	for simply being one of the best and most productive editors I know. Nanobear (talk) 00:22, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

		The Human Rights Barnstar
		For your work on making the article on Vladimir Putin as good as it is. Toddy1 (talk) 09:14, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Rating of countries by prominence, 2008

(based on 10 top and 10 bottom positions in Wikipedia's Lists of countries with rankings)

Rank	Country	Geo gra phy	Agri cult ure	Demo graph ics	Soc iety	GDP	Fin ance	En ergy	Ind ustry	Env iron ment	Tour ism	Trans port	Com munic ations	Pol itics	Mili tary	Sp orts	Total + points	Total - points	Total score
1	USA	63	115	8	-40	37	8	141	74	-15	13	61	55	19	118	198	+947	-92	855
2	China	72	161	26	29	18	47	85	129	-9	15	42	44	-23	90	55	+818	-37	781
3	Russia	74	75	-3	-15	4	18	128	53	-12	3	39	31	-16	110	224	+791	-78	713
4	Germany	6	52	5	2	14	28	63	13	-5	19	11	34	29	17	169	+489	-32	457
5	India	42	125	22	26	7	7	48	28	-7	5	18	6	-10	61	28	+448	-42	406
6	Canada	45	22	34	-16	2	7	85	39	-6	2	22	0	29	0	93	+384	-26	358
7	Japan	16	13	46	41	17	21	60	37	-6	0	17	28	3	26	26	+382	-37	345
8	France	21	50	12	-8	16	6	23	8	4	17	9	13	8	51	87	+339	-24	317
9	UK	15	8	12	3	14	-9	14	0	-3	13	11	21	26	56	76	+308	-51	257
10	Brazil	43	37	1	2	-4	0	28	39	0	0	27	9	-3	10	61	+275	-25	250
11	Australia	30	19	34	16	0	-6	32	67	-8	7	10	12	16	2	15	+262	-16	246
12	Italy	0	16	5	-5	4	-1	16	1	-1	16	5	13	0	21	106	+217	-21	196