WRITER

Movses Kaghankatvatsi

900 - 980

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Movses Kaghankatvatsi (Old Armenian: Մովսէս Կաղանկատուացի Movsēs Kałankatuacʻi 'Moses of Kaghankatuk'), or Movses Daskhurantsi (Մովսէս Դասխուրանցի Movsēs Dasxurancʻi 'Moses of Daskhuran'), is the reputed author (or the alias of several authors) of a tenth-century Classical Armenian historical work on Caucasian Albania and the eastern provinces of Armenia, known as The History of the Country of Albania (Պատմութիւն Աղուանից Աշխարհի, Patmutʿiwn Ałuanicʿ Ašxarhi). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Movses Kaghankatvatsi has received more than 50,944 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Movses Kaghankatvatsi is the 1,953rd most popular writer (up from 2,165th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 51k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Movses Kaghankatvatsi ranks 1,953 out of 7,302. Before him are Jón Arason, Eugenio Barba, Jane Jacobs, Margarete Buber-Neumann, Denis Fonvizin, and Thomas Merton. After him are Eugene Nida, Albert Memmi, Anthony Trollope, Ion Druță, Gian Giorgio Trissino, and Sæmundr fróði.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 900, Movses Kaghankatvatsi ranks 30. Before him are Alberic I of Spoleto, Gero, Mojmir II of Moravia, Fajsz, Donald II of Scotland, and Constantine of Preslav. After him are Indravarman I, Wiborada, Gilbert, Duke of Burgundy, Rorik of Dorestad, Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin, and Wifred II, Count of Barcelona. Among people deceased in 980, Movses Kaghankatvatsi ranks 3. Before him are Yaropolk I of Kiev, and Widukind of Corvey. After him are Gunnhild, Mother of Kings, Thorvald Asvaldsson, Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi, and Herbert III of Omois.

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