WRITER

Ivan Shmelyov

1873 - 1950

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Ivan Sergeyevich Shmelyov (Russian: Иван Сергеевич Шмелёв, also spelled Shmelev and Chmelov) (3 October [O.S. 21 September] 1873 – 24 June 1950) was a Russian writer best known for his full-blooded idyllic recreations of the pre-revolutionary past spent in the merchant district of Moscow. He was a member of the Moscow literary group Sreda. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivan Shmelyov has received more than 39,881 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ivan Shmelyov is the 4,044th most popular writer (up from 4,140th in 2019), the 1,473rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,467th in 2019) and the 188th most popular Russian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 40k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Hidden Face and Other Stories
1991

Page views of Ivan Shmelyovs by language

Over the past year Ivan Shmelyov has had the most page views in the with 151,739 views, followed by English (6,953), and German (3,438). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (129.81%), Egyptian Arabic (66.00%), and Upper Sorbian (43.83%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ivan Shmelyov ranks 4,044 out of 7,302. Before him are Arno Holz, Pyotr Vyazemsky, Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Zenta Mauriņa, V. C. Andrews, and Alaa Al Aswany. After him are Simon Leys, Cecco Angiolieri, Karel Teige, Anna Langfus, Bret Harte, and Chairil Anwar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Ivan Shmelyov ranks 120. Before him are Emmanuel de Martonne, A. K. Fazlul Huq, Henry, Duke of Parma, Wojciech Korfanty, Cesare Orsenigo, and Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe. After him are Antonín Švehla, Olav Bjaaland, William D. Coolidge, Antun Gustav Matoš, Sunao Tawara, and Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich. Among people deceased in 1950, Ivan Shmelyov ranks 124. Before him are Adolf Meyer, Fats Navarro, Karin Michaëlis, Joseph, Duke of Parma, Alykul Osmonov, and Edward Arthur Milne. After him are Dirk Coster, Konrad von Preysing, Pedro Parages, Adolf Wiklund, Frederic Lewy, and Albert Ehrenstein.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Ivan Shmelyov ranks 1,473 out of 3,761. Before him are Aleksandre Chivadze (1955), Sergei Yursky (1935), Pyotr Vyazemsky (1792), Anatoly Pepelyayev (1891), Yury of Zvenigorod (1374), and Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev (1908). After him are Aulis Sallinen (1935), Aleksey Krylov (1863), Dmitry Senyavin (1763), Karen Khachaturian (1920), Aleksandra Chudina (1923), and Elsa Brändström (1888).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Ivan Shmelyov ranks 188. Before him are Nikolay Novikov (1744), Vasily Trediakovsky (1703), Vera Komissarzhevskaya (1864), Yuri Rytkheu (1930), Anton Delvig (1798), and Pyotr Vyazemsky (1792). After him are Vladimir Gilyarovsky (1853), Apollon Maykov (1821), Sergei Mavrodi (1955), Marietta Shaginyan (1888), Robert Rozhdestvensky (1932), and Nikolay Mikhaylovsky (1842).

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