WRITER

John of Kronstadt

1829 - 1908

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John of Kronstadt or John Iliytch Sergieff (pre-reform Russian: Іоаннъ Кронштадтскій; post-reform Russian: Иоа́нн Кроншта́дтский; 31 October [O.S. 19 October] 1829 – 2 January 1909 [O.S. 20 December 1908]) was a Russian Orthodox archpriest and a member of the Most Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John of Kronstadt has received more than 256,740 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). John of Kronstadt is the 1,698th most popular writer (down from 1,668th in 2019), the 605th most popular biography from Russia (up from 610th in 2019) and the 71st most popular Russian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

My life in Christ, or moments of spiritual serenity and contemplation, of reverent feeling of earnest selfamendment, and of peace in God
Devotional literature
1957
My Life in Christ
1897
Prostoe evangel'skoe slovo russkomu narodu
Russian Sermons, Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ, Sermons
1902
Dnevnik
Christian saints, Biography
2005
Moi͡a︡ zhiznʹ vo Khristi͡e︡, ili, Minuty dukhovnogo trezvenii͡a︡ i sozert͡s︡anii͡a︡, blagogoveǐnogo chuvstva i pokoi͡a︡ v Boge
Christian life, Devotional literature, Russian, Orthodox Eastern authors
Moi︠a︡ zhiznʹ vo Khriste
Christian life, Clergy, Devotional literature, Russian
1984

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John of Kronstadt ranks 1,698 out of 7,302. Before him are Arseny Tarkovsky, Marcel Schwob, Margherita Sarfatti, Oswald von Wolkenstein, Alexander Belyaev, and Ole Nydahl. After him are Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, Aleksa Šantić, Maximus the Greek, Jean Bodel, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, and Shen Yue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, John of Kronstadt ranks 20. Before him are Adolf Eugen Fick, Ranavalona II, Elizabeth Siddal, Tự Đức, Hon'inbō Shūsaku, and Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov. After him are William Booth, Radama II, Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Ivan Sechenov, N. R. Pogson, and Maurice Joly. Among people deceased in 1908, John of Kronstadt ranks 28. Before him are Enomoto Takeaki, Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Pat Garrett, Jonas Lie, Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev, and Khudiram Bose. After him are Dersu Uzala, Eduard Zeller, Tomás Estrada Palma, Antoine Béchamp, Doppo Kunikida, and Qasim Amin.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, John of Kronstadt ranks 605 out of 3,761. Before him are Yaroslav of Tver (1230), Yury Romanenko (1944), Georges Gurvitch (1894), Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov (1829), Sergey Akhromeyev (1923), and Alexander Belyaev (1884). After him are Dersu Uzala (1849), Nikolay Voronov (1899), Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov (1943), Valerian Kuybyshev (1888), Sophia Perovskaya (1853), and George Sanders (1906).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, John of Kronstadt ranks 71. Before him are Gavrila Derzhavin (1743), Dmitry Merezhkovsky (1866), Konstantin Simonov (1915), Nina Berberova (1901), Konstantin Paustovsky (1892), and Alexander Belyaev (1884). After him are Alexander Grin (1880), Konstantin Ushinsky (1823), Alexandre Benois (1870), Vasily Shukshin (1929), Yevgenia Ginzburg (1904), and Lilya Brik (1891).

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