WRITER

Boris Polevoy

1908 - 1981

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Boris Nikolayevich Polevoy (Russian: Бори́с Никола́евич Полево́й; 17 March [O.S. 4 March] 1908 – 12 July 1981) was a Soviet and Russian writer, screenwriter, journalist and war correspondent. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Boris Polevoy has received more than 49,281 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Boris Polevoy is the 3,381st most popular writer (down from 3,023rd in 2019), the 1,251st most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,075th in 2019) and the 154th most popular Russian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 49k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Boris Polevoy ranks 3,381 out of 7,302. Before him are Itō Noe, Philotheus of Pskov, Mykola Khvylovy, George the Hagiorite, Herman Grimm, and Oswald de Andrade. After him are Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, Armen Ohanian, Jean Effel, William Hope Hodgson, Mika Antić, and Charles Lamb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Boris Polevoy ranks 184. Before him are Jorge Oteiza, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, Alfons Rebane, Štefan Čambal, Pedro Arico Suárez, and Thurgood Marshall. After him are Ștefan Barbu, Jean Effel, Edoardo Amaldi, Arthur O'Connell, Doria Shafik, and Elliott Carter. Among people deceased in 1981, Boris Polevoy ranks 116. Before him are Ricardo Wolf, Julio Libonatti, Agniya Barto, Zoilo Saldombide, Lyudmila Zhivkova, and Josef Silný. After him are Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia, Princess Marina Petrovna of Russia, Mario Camerini, Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Arthur O'Connell, and Terry Fox.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Boris Polevoy ranks 1,251 out of 3,761. Before him are Viktor Astafyev (1924), Vladimir Filatov (1875), Philotheus of Pskov (1465), George Zweig (1937), August von Werder (1808), and Lyudmila Zykina (1929). After him are Vladimir Etush (1922), Vasily Gordov (1896), Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia (1897), Alexey Sudayev (1912), Hermann Goetz (1840), and Aleksei Yuryevich German (1938).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Boris Polevoy ranks 154. Before him are Mikayel Nalbandian (1829), Aleksandr Tvardovsky (1910), Igor Gouzenko (1919), Edvard Radzinsky (1936), Viktor Astafyev (1924), and Philotheus of Pskov (1465). After him are Victor Pelevin (1962), Alexander Sumarokov (1717), Mikhail Prishvin (1873), Andrey Piontkovsky (1940), Andreï Makine (1957), and Andrejs Pumpurs (1841).

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