Residents of Russia was elected Man of the year. According to the results of a sample survey conducted by the Levada-center", the undisputed leader became President of the state Vladimir Putin. It is noted that the head of state took the venerable 1st place already for the 16th time. In a sample survey participated 1.6 thousand people in 134 cities in 46 regions of Russia. 1st place was taken by Vladimir Putin, 2nd and third - defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Woman of the year by the people of Russia chose Valentina Matvienko, the second place - Alla Pugacheva. It is worth noting that for the first time in the list were Elizabeth Glinka (Dr. Lisa) and Elvira Nabiullina. Experts have noticed the lack of enthusiasm among the population to foreign persons, but it did not spread over the area of cinema. The best film was "the Hobbit". The event, the residents of Russia approved the Olympic fun in the resort of Sochi. Days.Ru wrote that earlier this selective survey conducted Fund "Public opinion". According to the results, the top ranking also took Vladimir Putin. In second place was the Minister of foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, on the 3rd - the head of the government Dmitry Medvedev. Political success guide has compounded the already considerable list of Russian favorite. "At the moment with a huge margin in the first place - the President of Russia Vladimir Putin: 71% of citizens have named him Man of the year", - said the Chairman of the all-Russian center for the study of social opinion Konstantin Abramov. This rate was one and a half times more than in 2013, although those values (44%) are highly successful for political figures.