WRITER

Maria Skobtsova

1891 - 1945

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Maria Skobtsova (20 [8 Old Calendar] December 1891 – 31 March 1945), known as Mother Maria (Russian: Мать Мария), Saint Mary (or Mother Maria) of Paris, born Elizaveta Yurievna Pilenko (Елизавета Юрьевна Пиленко), Kuzmina-Karavayeva (Кузьмина-Караваева) by her first marriage, Skobtsova (Скобцова) by her second marriage, was a Russian noblewoman, poet, nun, and member of the French Resistance during World War II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maria Skobtsova has received more than 177,138 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Skobtsova is the 2,671st most popular writer (down from 2,424th in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 57th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Latvian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Mother Maria Skobtsova
Christian mysticism, Spiritual life, Mariia,
A collection of writings that reflect the deep commitment to the gospel mandate that unites love of God and love of neighbor comes from the modern saint and Orthodox nun who made her home in Paris a haven for Jews during Nazi occupation.
2003
Types of Religious Lives
2017

Page views of Maria Skobtsova by language

Over the past year Maria Skobtsova has had the most page views in the with 28,774 views, followed by Russian (28,006), and French (3,874). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Indonesian (94.87%), Catalan (81.88%), and Egyptian Arabic (66.03%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Maria Skobtsova ranks 2,671 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 65 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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