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Kosta Khetagurov

1859 - 1906

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Konstantin (Kosta) Khetagkaty (Ossetian: Хетӕгкаты Леуаны фырт Къоста, 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. He is often known by the Russian version of his name, Kosta [Levanovich] Khetagurov (Russian: Коста́ (Константин) Лева́нович Хетагу́ров) 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 51,218 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Kosta Khetagurov is the 3,311th most popular writer (down from 3,128th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Georgia (down from 108th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Georgian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kosta Khetagurov ranks 3,311 out of 5,755Before him are Augusto Genina, Pietro Carrera, Myrtis of Anthedon, Dagmar Lange, Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, and François de La Mothe Le Vayer. After him are Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, Ferenc Kölcsey, Aleksandrs Čaks, Jean Echenoz, Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī, and Robert Garnier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Kosta Khetagurov ranks 76Before him are Kostis Palamas, Karl Muck, Otto Warburg, Johan Jensen, Aurel Stodola, and Paja Jovanović. After him are Samuel Alexander, Maurice Paléologue, Constantine VI of Constantinople, Louis Majorelle, Nikolay Gamaleya, and Victor Loret. Among people deceased in 1906, Kosta Khetagurov ranks 41Before him are Giuseppe Giacosa, Étienne Carjat, Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe, Ernst Josephson, Béhanzin, and Carlos Pellegrini. After him are Carl Schurz, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Jean Cabanis, Johann Dzierzon, Stevan Sremac, and Spencer Gore.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Kosta Khetagurov ranks 121 out of 342Before him are Roy Medvedev (1925), Alex Metreveli (1944), Dimitri Uznadze (1886), Konstantine Gamsakhurdia (1893), Grigory Neujmin (1886), and David V of Georgia (1113). After him are Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani (1658), Zacharia Paliashvili (1871), David IX of Georgia (1400), Lev Knipper (1898), David Kipiani (1951), and Alexander Khatisian (1874).

Among WRITERS In Georgia

Among writers born in Georgia, Kosta Khetagurov ranks 15Before him are Boris Akunin (1956), Nodar Dumbadze (1928), Nikoloz Baratashvili (1817), Teimuraz II of Kakheti (1700), Roy Medvedev (1925), and Konstantine Gamsakhurdia (1893). After him are Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani (1658), George the Hagiorite (1009), Grigol Abashidze (1914), Galaktion Tabidze (1891), Alexander Kazbegi (1848), and Mikheil Javakhishvili (1880).