WRITER

Alexander Volkov

1891 - 1977

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Alexander Melentyevich Volkov (Russian: Александр Мелентьевич Волков [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr mʲɪˈlʲenʲtʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈvolkəf]; 14 June 1891 – 3 July 1977) was a Soviet novelist, playwright, university lecturer. He was an author of novels, short stories, plays and poems for children, mostly remembered for the Magic Land series of books, based on L. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Volkov has received more than 61,099 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Volkov is the 3,807th most popular writer (up from 3,863rd in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Kazakhstan (down from 47th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Kazakhstani Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 61k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Liquid-Liquid InterfacesTheory and Methods
2020
Liquid interfaces in chemical, biological, and pharmaceutical applications
Liquid-liquid interfaces, Liquids, Surface chemistry
2001
Plant Electrophysiology
Botany, Life sciences, Cytology
2010
Secret of the Deserted Castle
1997
Liquid-liquid interfaces
Liquid-liquid interfaces, Physical Chemistry, Science
1996
Interfacial catalysis
Catalysis, Liquid-liquid interfaces, SCIENCE
2002

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alexander Volkov ranks 3,807 out of 7,302. Before him are Teffi, Kočo Racin, François Cavanna, Torgny Lindgren, Francis Scott Key, and Gennadius of Massilia. After him are Jane Wilde, Ramiro de Maeztu, Henry Adams, Masha Gessen, Taslima Nasrin, and Richard Hammond.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Alexander Volkov ranks 161. Before him are Galaktion Tabidze, Erich Marcks, Fréhel, Sam Jaffe, Grunya Sukhareva, and Federico Moreno Torroba. After him are William F. Albright, Camille Mandrillon, David Sarnoff, Harold Jeffreys, Ferdinand Bruckner, and Miguel Pro. Among people deceased in 1977, Alexander Volkov ranks 138. Before him are Paul Bernays, Konstantin Fedin, Jean Rostand, Tibor Déry, Azucena Villaflor, and Alice Paul. After him are Nicolae Kovács, Siegfried Buback, Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, Eugen Schüfftan, Eugen Wüster, and Ilia Vekua.

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In Kazakhstan

Among people born in Kazakhstan, Alexander Volkov ranks 49 out of 193. Before him are Turar Ryskulov (1894), Rashid Nezhmetdinov (1912), Timur Bekmambetov (1961), Shaken Aimanov (1914), Vsevolod Ivanov (1895), and Nina Lobkovskaya (1925). After him are Kulyash Baiseitova (1912), Dariga Nazarbayeva (1963), Alexander Vinokourov (1973), Älihan Smaiylov (1972), Oleg Bryjak (1960), and Karim Massimov (1965).

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Among WRITERS In Kazakhstan

Among writers born in Kazakhstan, Alexander Volkov ranks 8. Before him are Abai Qunanbaiuly (1845), Mukhtar Auezov (1897), Mukaghali Makatayev (1931), Ybyrai Altynsarin (1841), Saken Seifullin (1894), and Vsevolod Ivanov (1895). After him are Alexander Kazantsev (1906), and Sergei Lukyanenko (1968).

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