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The 30 most-read classical artists based in Russia, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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30 artists are tagged classical in Russia. The biggest move was Nicolai Soloviev, up 7 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Григорий Соколовclassical | 5,923 | 0 |
02 | Василий Калинниковclassical | 969 | 0 |
03 | Фёдор Игнатьевич Стравинскийclassical | 563 | +1 |
04 | Владимир Вавиловclassical | 544 | -1 |
05 | Borodin Quartetclassical, string quartet | 469 | 0 |
06 | Joseph Achronclassical | 357 | +1 |
07 | Симфонический оркестр Мариинского театраclassical, opera | 318 | -1 |
08 | Николай Зверевclassical | 311 | +1 |
09 | Государственный академический симфонический оркестр Россииclassical | 295 | +1 |
10 | MusicAeternaclassical | 283 | +1 |
11 | Natalia Strelchenkoclassical | 282 | -3 |
12 | Леокадия Александровна Кашпероваclassical | 234 | +1 |
13 | Ippolit Al'taniclassical | 191 | -1 |
14 | Государственная академическая симфоническая капелла Россииclassical | 128 | +4 |
15 | Николай Зарембаclassical | 108 | 0 |
16 | Лев Эдуардович Конюсclassical | 76 | +6 |
17 | Nicolai Solovievclassical | 72 | +7 |
17 | Ekaterina Alexeievna Siniavinaclassical | 72 | +2 |
19 | Konstantin Soukhovetskiclassical | 69 | -4 |
20 | Владимир Алексеевич Сапожниковclassical | 63 | -6 |
21 | Владимир Ямпольскийclassical | 60 | +4 |
22 | Василий Калафатиclassical | 59 | -2 |
23 | Борис Хайкинclassical | 55 | -6 |
24 | Симфонический оркестр Москвы «Русская Филармония»classical | 43 | -3 |
25 | Фуат Шакирович Мансуровclassical | 40 | -2 |
26 | Георгий Нэлеппclassical | 39 | 0 |
27 | Василий Лобановclassical | 31 | 0 |
28 | Московская хоровая капелла мальчиковclassical | 18 | +2 |
29 | Mark Kadinclassical | 17 | 0 |
30 | Oleg Soldatovclassical | 11 | -2 |
How this is ranked. Artists are matched from the MusicBrainz database by genre and by the area they are based in. An artist appears in a genre when at least 15% of their genre votes are for it. Position is set by readership of their English Wikipedia article in August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.