Soviet–Afghan War

Quality:

Soviet–Afghan War - 1979–1989 war between the Soviet Union and Afghan insurgents. This event is the 52^nd most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of events and the 67^th most popular event in English Wikipedia. Article "Soviet–Afghan War" in English Wikipedia has 91.9 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024). The article contains 541 references and 68 sections. The article also contains quality flaw template, which reduce quality score.

This article has the best quality in Italian Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Achievements in all the time:

English Wikipedia:

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The 3584^th most popular in English Wikipedia.

en

The 1426^th most editable in English Wikipedia.

The 67^th most popular in events in English Wikipedia.

Global Wikipedia:

The 2168^th most popular in all topics.

The 1377^th most popular in AI.

The 52^nd most popular in events.

Achievements in the last month:

English Wikipedia:

en

The 5731^st most popular in English Wikipedia in the last month.

en

The 7912^th most editable in English Wikipedia in the last month.

Global Wikipedia:

The 3376^th most popular in all topics in the last month.

The 2984^th most popular in AI in the last month.

In July 2024 the article "Soviet–Afghan War" was edited by 11 authors in English Wikipedia (7912^th place) and written by 43 authors in all languages (2984^th place).

Since the creation of article "Soviet–Afghan War", its content was written by 1695 registered users of English Wikipedia (1426^th place) and edited by 5570 registered Wikipedia users in all languages (1377^th place).

Soviet–Afghan War is on the 67^th place in local ranking of events in English Wikipedia and on the 52^nd place in global ranking of events in all the time.

The article is cited 4251 times in English Wikipedia (5585^th place) and cited 24347 times in all languages (6468^th place).

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #517 in May 2011
• Global: #166 in August 2021

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #92 in August 2021
• Global: #40 in August 2021

There are 53 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 August 1, 2024 (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	Italian (it) Guerra in Afghanistan (1979-1989)		100
2	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Afgansko-sovjetski rat		100
3	Portuguese (pt) Guerra do Afeganistão (1979–1989)		96.4476
4	Catalan (ca) Guerra afgano-soviètica		95
5	German (de) Krieg in Afghanistan (1979–1989)		93.8104
6	English (en) Soviet–Afghan War		91.9224
7	Russian (ru) Афганская война (1979—1989)		85.1914
8	Malay (ms) Perang Soviet di Afghanistan		84.5189
9	Indonesian (id) Perang Uni Soviet-Afganistan		81.9605
10	Estonian (et) Nõukogude-Afganistani sõda		81.7621

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Soviet–Afghan War		22 999 627
2	Russian (ru) Афганская война (1979—1989)		14 505 577
3	German (de) Krieg in Afghanistan (1979–1989)		2 792 249
4	Spanish (es) Guerra de Afganistán (1978-1992)		2 685 526
5	French (fr) Guerre d'Afghanistan (1979-1989)		1 927 645
6	Japanese (ja) アフガニスタン紛争 (1978年-1989年)		1 904 396
7	Polish (pl) Radziecka interwencja w Afganistanie		1 645 462
8	Italian (it) Guerra in Afghanistan (1979-1989)		1 263 241
9	Chinese (zh) 苏阿战争		1 177 392
10	Ukrainian (uk) Війна в Афганістані (1979—1989)		927 523

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Soviet–Afghan War		104 485
2	Russian (ru) Афганская война (1979—1989)		61 809
3	German (de) Krieg in Afghanistan (1979–1989)		10 268
4	Spanish (es) Guerra de Afganistán (1978-1992)		8 438
5	Japanese (ja) アフガニスタン紛争 (1978年-1989年)		7 847
6	Persian (fa) جنگ شوروی در افغانستان		7 325
7	Chinese (zh) 苏阿战争		6 388
8	French (fr) Guerre d'Afghanistan (1979-1989)		5 899
9	Arabic (ar) الحرب السوفيتية في أفغانستان		5 412
10	Ukrainian (uk) Війна в Афганістані (1979—1989)		4 821

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Soviet–Afghan War		1 695
2	Russian (ru) Афганская война (1979—1989)		528
3	German (de) Krieg in Afghanistan (1979–1989)		404
4	French (fr) Guerre d'Afghanistan (1979-1989)		283
5	Italian (it) Guerra in Afghanistan (1979-1989)		198
6	Spanish (es) Guerra de Afganistán (1978-1992)		156
7	Japanese (ja) アフガニスタン紛争 (1978年-1989年)		142
8	Ukrainian (uk) Війна в Афганістані (1979—1989)		135
9	Polish (pl) Radziecka interwencja w Afganistanie		124
10	Chinese (zh) 苏阿战争		123

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Soviet–Afghan War		11
2	French (fr) Guerre d'Afghanistan (1979-1989)		4
3	Russian (ru) Афганская война (1979—1989)		4
4	Polish (pl) Radziecka interwencja w Afganistanie		3
5	Czech (cs) Sovětská válka v Afghánistánu		2
6	German (de) Krieg in Afghanistan (1979–1989)		2
7	Indonesian (id) Perang Uni Soviet-Afganistan		2
8	Dutch (nl) Afghaanse Oorlog (1979-1989)		2
9	Simple English (simple) Soviet–Afghan War		2
10	Serbian (sr) Совјетски рат у Авганистану		2

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

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