WRITER

Denis Davydov

1784 - 1839

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Denis Vasilyevich Davydov (Russian: Дени́с Васи́льевич Давы́дов, pronounced [dʲɪˈnʲis vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪdʑ dɐˈvɨdəf] ; 27 July [O.S. 16 July] 1784 – 4 May [O.S. 22 April] 1839) was a Russian soldier-poet of the Napoleonic Wars who invented the genre of hussar poetry, characterised by hedonism and bravado. He used events from his own life to illustrate such poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Denis Davydov has received more than 112,580 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Denis Davydov is the 2,799th most popular writer (up from 3,040th in 2019), the 1,044th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,083rd in 2019) and the 124th most popular Russian Writer.

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  • 110k

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  • 53.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Denis Davydov ranks 2,799 out of 7,302. Before him are Daniël Heinsius, Malwida von Meysenbug, Macropedius, Takiji Kobayashi, Vyacheslav Ivanov, and Frans G. Bengtsson. After him are Rafael de Nogales Méndez, Lev Kopelev, Mouloud Mammeri, Arthur Cravan, Moderata Fonte, and Apostolo Zeno.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1784, Denis Davydov ranks 33. Before him are Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest, William Buckland, George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Duke George of Oldenburg. After him are George Onslow, Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria, Bagyidaw, Archduke Louis of Austria, and Louise Lehzen. Among people deceased in 1839, Denis Davydov ranks 25. Before him are Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Joseph Anton Koch, Dorothea von Schlegel, Gaspard de Prony, Aloysia Weber, and Lady Hester Stanhope. After him are Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano, Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths, Maurice de Guérin, Joseph Franz von Jacquin, and Bhimsen Thapa.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Denis Davydov ranks 1,044 out of 3,761. Before him are Vasily Lanovoy (1934), Maria Ilyinichna Ulyanova (1878), Duchess Sophie of Prussia (1582), Sergei Yutkevich (1904), Vasily Klyuchevsky (1841), and Vyacheslav Ivanov (1866). After him are Max Vasmer (1886), Emil Wiechert (1861), Tini Beg (1341), Kliment Timiryazev (1843), Irina Shayk (1986), and Alexander Guchkov (1862).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Denis Davydov ranks 124. Before him are Valentin Rasputin (1937), Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1850), Yury Yakovlev (1928), Vladimir Stasov (1824), Franz Overbeck (1837), and Vyacheslav Ivanov (1866). After him are Leonid Leonov (1899), Dmitry Likhachov (1906), Venedikt Yerofeyev (1938), Lev Rubinstein (1947), Yevgeny Baratynsky (1800), and Lyudmila Petrushevskaya (1938).

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