Defection of Viktor Belenko

Defection of Viktor Belenko - defection of a Soviet fighter pilot to Japan. Article “Defection of Viktor Belenko” in English Wikipedia has 50.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 10 references and 18 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. However, the most popular language version of this article is Japanese.

Since the creation of article “Defection of Viktor Belenko”, its content was written by 43 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 186 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 16 times in English Wikipedia and cited 135 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #35496 in June 2022
• Global: #36574 in September 2017

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #69278 in March 2022
• Global: #2323 in July 2016

There are 6 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Defection of Viktor Belenko		50.4018
2	Persian (fa) فرار ویکتور بلنکو		33.0967
3	Japanese (ja) ベレンコ中尉亡命事件		29.5872
4	Chinese (zh) 1976年蘇聯米格機降落日本事件		27.8404
5	Portuguese (pt) Deserção de Viktor Belenko		18.7616
6	Korean (ko) 빅토르 벨렌코 망명 사건		8.5511

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Defection of Viktor Belenko" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Japanese (ja) ベレンコ中尉亡命事件		2 586 789
2	English (en) Defection of Viktor Belenko		325 514
3	Korean (ko) 빅토르 벨렌코 망명 사건		34 713
4	Chinese (zh) 1976年蘇聯米格機降落日本事件		15 534
5	Portuguese (pt) Deserção de Viktor Belenko		9 210
6	Persian (fa) فرار ویکتور بلنکو		2 170

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Defection of Viktor Belenko" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Japanese (ja) ベレンコ中尉亡命事件		8 006
2	English (en) Defection of Viktor Belenko		4 437
3	Chinese (zh) 1976年蘇聯米格機降落日本事件		597
4	Korean (ko) 빅토르 벨렌코 망명 사건		164
5	Portuguese (pt) Deserção de Viktor Belenko		119
6	Persian (fa) فرار ویکتور بلنکو		50

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Defection of Viktor Belenko" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Japanese (ja) ベレンコ中尉亡命事件		121
2	English (en) Defection of Viktor Belenko		43
3	Persian (fa) فرار ویکتور بلنکو		6
4	Portuguese (pt) Deserção de Viktor Belenko		6
5	Korean (ko) 빅토르 벨렌코 망명 사건		5
6	Chinese (zh) 1976年蘇聯米格機降落日本事件		5

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Defection of Viktor Belenko" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Chinese (zh) 1976年蘇聯米格機降落日本事件		1
2	English (en) Defection of Viktor Belenko		0
3	Persian (fa) فرار ویکتور بلنکو		0
4	Japanese (ja) ベレンコ中尉亡命事件		0
5	Korean (ko) 빅토르 벨렌코 망명 사건		0
6	Portuguese (pt) Deserção de Viktor Belenko		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Defection of Viktor Belenko" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Japanese (ja) ベレンコ中尉亡命事件		90
2	English (en) Defection of Viktor Belenko		16
3	Chinese (zh) 1976年蘇聯米格機降落日本事件		14
4	Korean (ko) 빅토르 벨렌코 망명 사건		10
5	Portuguese (pt) Deserção de Viktor Belenko		4
6	Persian (fa) فرار ویکتور بلنکو		1

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#	Language	Value
en	English Defection of Viktor Belenko
fa	Persian فرار ویکتور بلنکو
ja	Japanese ベレンコ中尉亡命事件
ko	Korean 빅토르 벨렌코 망명 사건
pt	Portuguese Deserção de Viktor Belenko
zh	Chinese 1976年蘇聯米格機降落日本事件

Best Rank

English: #69278 03.2022

Global: #2323 07.2016

Best Rank

English: #35496 06.2022

Global: #36574 09.2017

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