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Andrey Kurbsky

1528 - 1583

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Prince Andrey Mikhailovich Kurbsky (Russian: Андрей Михайлович Курбский; Polish: Andriej Michajłowicz Kurbski; 1528–1583) was a Russian political figure, military leader, and political philosopher, known as an intimate friend and then a leading political opponent of the Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible (r. 1533–1584). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrey Kurbsky has received more than 61,043 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Andrey Kurbsky is the 2,221st most popular writer (up from 2,248th in 2019), the 806th most popular biography from Russia (down from 759th in 2019) and the 99th most popular Russian Writer.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.37

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  • 3.62

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Andrey Kurbsky ranks 2,221 out of 5,755Before him are Philo of Byblos, Sergei Nilus, Vasily Aksyonov, Margaret Fuller, Hermann Sudermann, and Émile Augier. After him are Luís Fróis, Katsu Kaishū, Ki no Tsurayuki, François Coppée, János Arany, and Uhwudong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1528, Andrey Kurbsky ranks 12Before him are Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, Catharina van Hemessen, Theodor de Bry, Paolo Boi, Henri Estienne, and Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga. After him are Francisco Guerrero, Birbal, Juan de Garay, Claude Le Jeune, António Ferreira, and Adam Lonicer. Among people deceased in 1583, Andrey Kurbsky ranks 12Before him are Shibata Katsuie, Surdas, Ivan Fyodorov, Louis VI, Elector Palatine, Antoinette de Bourbon, and Oda Nobutaka. After him are Pirro Ligorio, Juan de Garay, Humphrey Gilbert, Jacques Pelletier du Mans, Zacharias Ursinus, and Thomas Erastus.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Andrey Kurbsky ranks 806 out of 3,262Before him are Ivan Yefremov (1908), Vera Figner (1852), Alexander von Middendorff (1815), Sergei Nilus (1862), Nikolai Patrushev (1951), and Vasily Aksyonov (1932). After him are Anatoli Papanov (1922), Franz Schlegelberger (1876), Vladimir Demikhov (1916), Mitrofan Nedelin (1902), Abdurreshid Ibrahim (1857), and Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev (1843).

Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Andrey Kurbsky ranks 99Before him are Arsen Kotsoyev (1872), Samuil Marshak (1887), Kristijonas Donelaitis (1714), Ivan Yefremov (1908), Sergei Nilus (1862), and Vasily Aksyonov (1932). After him are Andrei Voznesensky (1933), Nikolay Dobrolyubov (1836), Eduard Uspensky (1937), Andrei Sinyavsky (1925), Friedrich von Lütke (1797), and Fyodor Sologub (1863).