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Andrei Bely

1880 - 1934

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Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev (Russian: Бори́с Никола́евич Буга́ев, IPA: [bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ bʊˈɡajɪf] ), better known by the pen name Andrei Bely or Biely (Russian: Андре́й Бе́лый, IPA: [ɐnˈdrʲej ˈbʲelɨj] ; 26 October [O.S. 14 October] 1880 – 8 January 1934), was a Russian novelist, Symbolist poet, theorist and literary critic. He was a committed anthroposophist and follower of Rudolf Steiner. His novel Petersburg (1913/1922) was regarded by Vladimir Nabokov as the third-greatest masterpiece of modernist literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrei Bely has received more than 221,795 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Andrei Bely is the 1,094th most popular writer (down from 1,038th in 2019), the 393rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 345th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Russian Writer.

Andrei Bely is best known for his novel Petersburg.

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  • 220k

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  • 60.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Andrei Bely ranks 1,094 out of 5,755. Before him are Radegund, Henri Michaux, Allan Pinkerton, Mimnermus, Jean Giraudoux, and Jan Neruda. After him are Thomas Chatterton, Pierre Larousse, Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Elizabeth Gaskell, Lü Dongbin, and Ethel Voynich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Andrei Bely ranks 35. Before him are Vajiravudh, Kuniaki Koiso, Mohammed Alim Khan, Giuseppe Moscati, Paul Ehrenfest, and Milan Rastislav Štefánik. After him are Vojtech Tuka, Álvaro Obregón, Akiba Rubinstein, Mack Sennett, María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, and Alfred Einstein. Among people deceased in 1934, Andrei Bely ranks 32. Before him are Gustav Ritter von Kahr, Jean Vigo, Carl von Linde, Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Nicholas Marr, and Siegbert Tarrasch. After him are William Morris Davis, Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Wallace Fard Muhammad, Alexander von Kluck, Willem de Sitter, and Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Andrei Bely ranks 393 out of 3,262. Before him are Naina Yeltsina (1932), Sergey Nechayev (1847), Pavel Nakhimov (1802), Lev Kuleshov (1899), Vladimir Bekhterev (1857), and Mengu-Timur (1235). After him are Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819), Andriyan Nikolayev (1929), Zinovy Rozhestvensky (1848), Vasili Kuznetsov (1901), Yaroslav II of Vladimir (1191), and Lyudmila Ulitskaya (1943).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Andrei Bely ranks 43. Before him are Henri Troyat (1911), Nikolay Karamzin (1766), Bulat Okudzhava (1924), Velimir Khlebnikov (1885), Leonid Andreyev (1871), and Sergey Mikhalkov (1913). After him are Lyudmila Ulitskaya (1943), Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia (1858), Nikolai Leskov (1831), Vasily Zhukovsky (1783), Nathalie Sarraute (1900), and Elsa Triolet (1896).

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