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Kosta Khetagurov

1859 - 1906

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Kosta Levanovich Khetagurov (Ossetian: Хетæгкаты Леуаны фырт Къоста, romanized: Xetægkaty Lewany fyrt Khosta, Russian: Коста (Константин) Леванович Хетагуров; 15 October [O.S. 3 October] 1859 – 1 April [O.S. 19 March] 1906) was a national poet of the Ossetian people who is generally regarded as the founder of Ossetian literature. He was also a talented painter and a notable public benefactor. Khetagurov was born in the village of Nar in what is now Alagirsky District in the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kosta Khetagurov has received more than 54,730 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Kosta Khetagurov is the 3,253rd most popular writer (up from 3,299th in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from Georgia (down from 121st in 2019) and the 15th most popular Georgian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kosta Khetagurov ranks 3,253 out of 7,302. Before him are Edward Bellamy, Kekaumenos, Frances Burney, Gabriela Zapolska, Manès Sperber, and Claude Bourgelat. After him are Kan Kikuchi, Gregory Benford, Jacques Delille, Oles Honchar, Emile Habibi, and R. K. Narayan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Kosta Khetagurov ranks 80. Before him are Christian von Ehrenfels, Ernst Hartert, Victor Loret, Louis Majorelle, Prince Arsen of Yugoslavia, and Samuel Alexander. After him are Otto Hölder, August Enna, Fanny Bullock Workman, Jacques Loeb, Constantine VI of Constantinople, and Virginie Demont-Breton. Among people deceased in 1906, Kosta Khetagurov ranks 42. Before him are Jean Cabanis, Carlos Pellegrini, Princess Mathilde of Bavaria, Alfred Stevens, Étienne Carjat, and Carl Schurz. After him are Princess Alexandrine of Prussia, Martin Wegelius, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Ferdinand Brunetière, Georges Rayet, and Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Kosta Khetagurov ranks 128 out of 406. Before him are Konstantine Gamsakhurdia (1893), Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze (1929), Mikheil Chiaureli (1894), Zhores Medvedev (1925), Dimitri Uznadze (1886), and David Kipiani (1951). After him are Shota Arveladze (1973), Alexander Svanidze (1886), Zacharia Paliashvili (1871), Maia Chiburdanidze (1961), Mary Eristavi (1888), and George the Hagiorite (1009).

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Among WRITERS In Georgia

Among writers born in Georgia, Kosta Khetagurov ranks 15. Before him are Teimuraz II of Kakheti (1700), Akaki Tsereteli (1840), Nikoloz Baratashvili (1817), Nodar Dumbadze (1928), Roy Medvedev (1925), and Konstantine Gamsakhurdia (1893). After him are George the Hagiorite (1009), Merab Kostava (1939), Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani (1658), Galaktion Tabidze (1891), Mikheil Javakhishvili (1880), and Irakli Abashidze (1909).

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