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Balthasar Russow

1536 - 1600

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Balthasar Russow (1536–1600) was one of the most important Livonian and Estonian chroniclers. Russow was born in Reval, Livonia (now Tallinn, Estonia). He was educated at an academy in Stettin, Pomerania (now Szczecin, Poland). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Balthasar Russow has received more than 37,345 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Balthasar Russow is the 2,501st most popular writer (up from 2,736th in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Estonia (up from 62nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Estonian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Balthasar Russow ranks 2,501 out of 7,302. Before him are Michael Bishop, Dag Solstad, Antigonus of Carystus, Maria Gripe, Giovanni de' Bardi, and Carlos Marighella. After him are Herman Gorter, Annie M. G. Schmidt, Alice B. Toklas, Gustave Aimard, Bulleh Shah, and René Crevel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1536, Balthasar Russow ranks 12. Before him are Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Piotr Skarga, Ignazio Danti, Lucia Anguissola, Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt, and Leonardo Donato. After him are Lord Guildford Dudley, Marcantonio Memmo, Philibert, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Konoe Sakihisa, Juan de Mariana, and Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham. Among people deceased in 1600, Balthasar Russow ranks 15. Before him are Luis de Molina, Gaspar de Lemos, Hosokawa Gracia, Ōtani Yoshitsugu, Jerzy Radziwiłł, and Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. After him are Margrave Andrew of Burgau, Joris Hoefnagel, Claude Le Jeune, Robert de Nola, Lourenço Marques, and Edward Fortunatus.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Balthasar Russow ranks 54 out of 351. Before him are Charles Philip, Duke of Södermanland (1601), Jaan Kaplinski (1941), Marie Under (1883), Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven (1914), Lionel Kieseritzky (1806), and Ita Ever (1931). After him are Jaan Tõnisson (1868), Karl Ernst Claus (1796), Eduard Tubin (1905), Eduard von Toll (1858), Friedrich Martens (1845), and Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoeveden (1750).

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Among WRITERS In Estonia

Among writers born in Estonia, Balthasar Russow ranks 7. Before him are Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald (1803), Jaan Kross (1920), Lydia Koidula (1843), Anton Hansen Tammsaare (1878), Jaan Kaplinski (1941), and Marie Under (1883). After him are Hella Wuolijoki (1886), Eduard Vilde (1865), Carl Robert Jakobson (1841), Betti Alver (1906), Eno Raud (1928), and Oskar Luts (1887).

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