WRITER

Nestor Kukolnik

1809 - 1868

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Nestor Vasilievich Kukolnik (Russian: Не́стор Васи́льевич Ку́кольник) (1809–1868) was a Russian playwright and prose writer of Carpatho-Rusyn origin. Immensely popular during the early part of his career, his works were subsequently dismissed as sententious and sentimental. Today, he is best remembered for having contributed to the libretto of the first Russian opera, A Life for the Tsar by Mikhail Glinka. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nestor Kukolnik has received more than 38,892 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Nestor Kukolnik is the 4,962nd most popular writer (down from 4,505th in 2019), the 1,851st most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,627th in 2019) and the 232nd most popular Russian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 39k

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  • 47.66

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Sochinenii︠a︡ dramaticheskii︠a︡
1852
Povi︠e︡sti i razskazy
1852
Sochinenii︠a︡ dramaticheskii︠a︡
1851
Sochinenĭi︠a︠
1851
Kartiny russkoĭ zhivopisi
Russian Painting, Christian art and symbolism
1846
Povi︠e︡sti i razskazy
1851
Sochinenĭi︠a︠
1851
Sochinenĭi︠a︠, Volume 9 (Russian Edition)
2010
Povi︠e︡sti i razskazy
1851
Sochinenii︠a︡ dramaticheskii︠a︡
1852
Sochinenii︠a︡ dramaticheskii︠a︡
1851
Povi︠e︡sti i razskazy
1852

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nestor Kukolnik ranks 4,962 out of 7,302. Before him are Robert Hugh Benson, Henry Monnier, Alexander Vampilov, Eben Alexander, Vesna Parun, and Kostas Varnalis. After him are István Fekete, Thomas Dekker, Adolf Brand, Manuel Alegre, Frank Belknap Long, and Jean Cayrol.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Nestor Kukolnik ranks 64. Before him are Aleksey Koltsov, Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter, Andon Bedros IX Hassoun, Nicolaas Pieneman, Karl Bodmer, and Louis Meijer. After him are Giuseppe Giusti, Thomas Campbell Eyton, Ștefan Golescu, George Engelmann, Juan Antonio Pezet, and Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson. Among people deceased in 1868, Nestor Kukolnik ranks 55. Before him are José Tadeo Monagas, Black Kettle, James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, Constantin Negruzzi, William Rutter Dawes, and Joaquín Suárez. After him are Gennaios Kolokotronis, Thaddeus Stevens, Júlia Szendrey, José María de Achá, Benizelos Roufos, and Carl Mayet.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nestor Kukolnik ranks 1,851 out of 3,761. Before him are Anfisa Reztsova (1964), Vasily Perovsky (1795), Olga Aroseva (1925), Alexander Vampilov (1937), Valeri Brainin (1948), and Irina Arkhipova (1925). After him are Arseny Golovko (1906), Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina (1925), Valentin Afonin (1939), Andrey Lavrov (1962), Boris Vilkitsky (1885), and Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (1936).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Nestor Kukolnik ranks 232. Before him are Fyodor Abramov (1920), Andrei Bitov (1937), Boris Vasilyev (1924), Nikolai Klyuev (1884), Zainab Biisheva (1908), and Alexander Vampilov (1937). After him are Platon Oyunsky (1893), Mark Dvoretsky (1947), Aleksey Pleshcheyev (1825), Viktoriya Tokareva (1937), Alexander Odoevsky (1802), and Eugene Znosko-Borovsky (1884).

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