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WRITER

Nikolay Novikov

1744 - 1818

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Nikolay Ivanovich Novikov (Russian: Никола́й Ива́нович Новико́в; 8 May [O.S. 27 April] 1744, Moscow Governorate – 12 August [O.S. 31 July] 1818 Moscow Governorate) was a Russian writer and philanthropist most representative of his country's Enlightenment. Frequently considered to be the first Russian journalist, he aimed at advancing the cultural and educational level of the Russian public. Novikov belonged to the first generation of Russians that benefited from the creation of Moscow University in 1755. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikolay Novikov has received more than 84,102 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolay Novikov is the 3,422nd most popular writer (down from 3,121st in 2019), the 1,238th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,043rd in 2019) and the 159th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nikolay Novikov ranks 3,422 out of 5,755Before him are Sue Townsend, Mykola Kulish, Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Francis Scott Key, Ilya Ilf, and Félix María de Samaniego. After him are Zulfiya, Gabrielle Wittkop, Laura Mancinelli, Titus Calpurnius Siculus, Émile Faguet, and Robert Ettinger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1744, Nikolay Novikov ranks 19Before him are Giacomo Quarenghi, Elbridge Gerry, Conrad Moench, Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, Anne Vallayer-Coster, and Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin. After him are Johann III Bernoulli, Friedrich Ludwig Schröder, Christian Gotthilf Salzmann, David Allan, Tomás António Gonzaga, and Félix de Avelar Brotero. Among people deceased in 1818, Nikolay Novikov ranks 32Before him are Anne Vallayer-Coster, Giuseppe Gazzaniga, Inō Tadataka, Matvei Platov, Olof Swartz, and Nicolas Isouard. After him are Josef Abel, Louis Augustus Karl Frederick Emil, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Ivan Kulibin, Marie-Gabrielle Capet, Joachim Heinrich Campe, and Henry Lee III.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nikolay Novikov ranks 1,238 out of 3,262Before him are Boris Yegorov (1937), Mikhail Petrashevsky (1821), Alexander Vasiliev (1867), Vladimir Aksyonov (1935), August von Werder (1808), and Nina Ponomaryova (1929). After him are Issa Pliyev (1903), Fyodor Alekseyev (1753), Yevgeniy Chazov (1929), Elena Belova (1947), Nikolai Valuev (1973), and Ivan Sidorenko (1919).

Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Nikolay Novikov ranks 159Before him are Olga Bergholz (1910), Anton Delvig (1798), Vladimir Odoyevsky (1803), Andrey Kurkov (1961), Mikhail Isakovsky (1900), and Victor Pelevin (1962). After him are Pavel Bazhov (1879), Vasily Trediakovsky (1703), Mikayel Nalbandian (1829), Reinhard Bonnke (1940), Johannes Bobrowski (1917), and Vera Komissarzhevskaya (1864).