Aleksandr Orlov
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Russian astronomer (1880–1954)
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It sits within the topics 1880 births, 1954 deaths and 20th-century Russian astronomers.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1895
- Died
- 1973
- Works
- 18
Top works
- I︠A︡goda
- Taĭnai︠a︡ istorii︠a︡ stalinskikh prestupleniĭ
- Taĭnai͡a istorii͡a stalinskikh prestupleniĭ
- Maiya in the Beautiful Ballet
- Bogdan and the Big Race
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 41
- Total plays
- 166
Aleksandr Orlov is a fictional CGI anthropomorphic Russian meerkat. The character is central to an advertising campaign on British commercial television by the VCCP Agency on behalf of BGL Group. Aleksandr is an aristokat, and the founder of www.comparethemeerkat.com. The character is voiced by Simon Greenall. The TV campaign, featuring Aleksandr, was launched in January 2009 and centres on his frustration that people keep coming to his website looking for car insurance not meerkats, due to the
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Aleksandr
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Smolensk
- Place of death
- Kyiv
- Spouse
- Zinaïda Aksentieva
- Occupation
- astronomer
- Educated at
- Saint Petersburg State University
- Employer
- Pulkovo Observatory
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Field of work
- astronomy
- Image
- Aleksandr Yakovlevich Orlov(1912).jpg
- Work location
- Tartu
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- date of birth
- 1880-03-25
- date of death
- 1954-01-28
- place of burial
- Lukianivske Cemetery
- ethnic group
- Russians
- Commons category
- Aleksandr Yakovlevich Orlov
- different from
- Aleksandr Orlov
- interested in
- astrometry
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