RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Nadezhda von Meck

1831 - 1894

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Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck (Russian: Надежда Филаретовна фон Мекк; 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1831 – 13 January 1894) was a Russian businesswoman who became an influential patron of the arts, especially music. She is best known today for her artistic relationship with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, supporting him financially for thirteen years, so that he could devote himself full-time to composition, while stipulating that they were never to meet. Tchaikovsky dedicated his Symphony No. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nadezhda von Meck has received more than 385,492 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Nadezhda von Meck is the 973rd most popular religious figure (up from 1,228th in 2019), the 466th most popular biography from Russia (up from 653rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Russian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Nadezhda von Meck ranks 973 out of 3,187. Before her are Saint Sabina, Giovanni Angelo Becciu, Ikkyū, Saint Petronilla, Fatimah bint Musa, and Gerhard Ludwig Müller. After her are Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow, Pietro Gasparri, Melito of Sardis, Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, Amun-her-khepeshef, and Hashim ibn Abd Manaf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, Nadezhda von Meck ranks 26. Before her are Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, Nikolai Leskov, Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil, Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria, Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, and Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis. After her are Ilya Ulyanov, Isabella Bird, Constantin Meunier, Maurice de Hirsch, Ludvig Nobel, and Nikolai Ge. Among people deceased in 1894, Nadezhda von Meck ranks 21. Before her are Theodor Billroth, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, August Kundt, Emmanuel Chabrier, Hassan I of Morocco, and Austen Henry Layard. After her are Nikolai Ge, Guillaume Lekeu, Eugène Charles Catalan, Sante Geronimo Caserio, Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria, and Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nadezhda von Meck ranks 466 out of 3,761. Before her are Vasily Bartold (1869), Maria Spiridonova (1884), Lyubov Popova (1889), Alexander Radishchev (1749), Naina Yeltsina (1932), and Grigory Sokolov (1950). After her are Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow (1865), Iziaslav II of Kiev (1097), Shamil Basayev (1965), Pavel Milyukov (1859), Vladimir Bukovsky (1942), and Rasul Gamzatov (1923).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Russia

Among religious figures born in Russia, Nadezhda von Meck ranks 11. Before her are Patriarch Nikon of Moscow (1605), Eugen Sandow (1867), Ilia II of Georgia (1933), Sergius of Radonezh (1314), Avvakum (1620), and Basil Fool for Christ (1468). After her are Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow (1865), Alexander Schmorell (1917), Tode Mongke (1282), Nicholas of Japan (1836), Xenia of Saint Petersburg (1719), and Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova (1835).

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