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Maria Skobtsova

1891 - 1945

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Maria Skobtsova (20 [8 Old Calendar] December 1891 – 31 March 1945) was a Russian noblewoman, poet, nun, and member of the French Resistance during World War II. Also known as Mother Maria, Saint Mary of Paris, or Mother Maria of Paris, she has been canonized a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and is remembered with a Lesser Feast in the Episcopal Church, the Anglican Church of Canada, and the Anglican Church of Australia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maria Skobtsova has received more than 209,589 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Skobtsova is the 2,672nd most popular writer (down from 2,424th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 57th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Latvian Writer.

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  • 210k

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  • 60.23

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Maria Skobtsova ranks 2,672 out of 7,302. Before her are Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus, Amalie Skram, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Lupus Servatus, Holger Drachmann, and Vilis Lācis. After her are Commodian, Heimito von Doderer, Uhwudong, Mihály Vörösmarty, Edith Pargeter, and Bhavabhuti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Maria Skobtsova ranks 112. Before her are Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern, Abraham Fraenkel, Earl Warren, Franz Alexander, Pietro Nenni, and Vittorio Jano. After her are Juan Yagüe, Jan Mukařovský, Carl Jacob Burckhardt, Francisco Lázaro, Jüri Lossmann, and Otto Ciliax. Among people deceased in 1945, Maria Skobtsova ranks 191. Before her are Ada Negri, Stamen Grigorov, Petar Bojović, Gustav Cassel, Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Princess Thyra of Denmark. After her are Gerhard Gentzen, Leo Borchard, Jüri Uluots, Antal Szerb, Johannes Popitz, and Jerome Kern.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Maria Skobtsova ranks 66 out of 323. Before her are Pēteris Stučka (1865), Paul Walden (1863), Mstislav Keldysh (1911), Max Weinreich (1894), Edgars Rinkēvičs (1973), and Vilis Lācis (1904). After her are Alfred Neuland (1895), Vasiliy Ulrikh (1889), Alberts Kviesis (1881), Anatole Abragam (1914), Kristjan Jaak Peterson (1801), and Tatjana Ždanoka (1950).

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Among WRITERS In Latvia

Among writers born in Latvia, Maria Skobtsova ranks 8. Before her are Rainis (1865), Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751), Barbara von Krüdener (1764), Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski (1876), Aspazija (1865), and Vilis Lācis (1904). After her are Kristjan Jaak Peterson (1801), Anšlavs Eglītis (1906), Yury Tynyanov (1894), Krišjānis Barons (1835), Vizma Belševica (1931), and Zenta Mauriņa (1897).

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