WRITER

Mikhail Zhvanetsky

1934 - 2020

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Mikhail Mikhaylovich Zhvanetsky (Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Жване́цкий; 6 March 1934 – 6 November 2020) was a Soviet writer, satirist and performer of Jewish origin, best known for his shows targeting different aspects of the Soviet and post-Soviet everyday life. Zhvanetsky was born in Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. His monologues and sketches were performed by Arkady Raikin, Roman Kartsev and Viktor Ilchenko. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mikhail Zhvanetsky has received more than 120,693 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Mikhail Zhvanetsky is the 3,545th most popular writer (up from 3,800th in 2019), the 537th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 539th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular Ukrainian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Sobranie proizvedeniĭ v chetyrekh tomakh
Russian Humorous stories, Russian Short stories, Russian wit and humor
2001
God za dva
1989
Moi͡a Odessa
1993
Vstrechi na ulit͡sakh
1980
Vremi͡a bolʹshikh peremeshcheniĭ
1977
Zhenshchiny
Humor, Russian wit and humor, Women
2012

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mikhail Zhvanetsky ranks 3,545 out of 7,302. Before him are Edwin Arnold, Cotton Mather, Václav Hanka, Jien, Jovan Sterija Popović, and Anna Gavalda. After him are Pavel Bazhov, Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko, Bertus Aafjes, Ibn Bibi, Onomacritus, and Leslie Stephen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Mikhail Zhvanetsky ranks 245. Before him are Ružica Sokić, Shirley Horn, Francesco Monterisi, Stefan Abadzhiev, Julio Jiménez, and Robert D. Hare. After him are Zequinha, Marilyn Horne, Fou Ts'ong, Adolf Merckle, Harald Grønningen, and Enrique Mateos. Among people deceased in 2020, Mikhail Zhvanetsky ranks 265. Before him are Jair Marinho, Enrique Irazoqui, Louis Nirenberg, Jean Delumeau, Norma Cappagli, and Dragoljub Ojdanić. After him are Pamela Tiffin, Pedro Casaldáliga, Barry Hulshoff, Ronald Graham, Roger Carel, and Mahmoud Jibril.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Mikhail Zhvanetsky ranks 537 out of 1,365. Before him are Vladimir Baranov-Rossine (1888), Yuriy Boyko (1958), Franz Roubaud (1856), Emanuel Feuermann (1902), Anatoly Levchenko (1941), and Władysław Horodecki (1863). After him are Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko (1778), Dmitri Ivanenko (1904), Oleksiy Danilov (1962), Jerzy Kuryłowicz (1895), Yakov Malik (1906), and Inessa Kravets (1966).

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Among WRITERS In Ukraine

Among writers born in Ukraine, Mikhail Zhvanetsky ranks 73. Before him are Oles Honchar (1918), Mykola Khvylovy (1893), Mikhail Koltsov (1898), Lev Nussimbaum (1905), Vladimir Megre (1950), and Olena Pchilka (1849). After him are Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko (1778), David Bergelson (1884), Jan Brzechwa (1898), Ilya Ilf (1897), Viktor Nekrasov (1911), and Oksana Zabuzhko (1960).

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