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 91,254 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolay Novikov is the 3,873rd most popular writer (down from 3,410th in 2019), the 1,423rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,234th in 2019) and the 182nd most popular Russian Writer.

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Notable Works

Introduction to Theory of Control in Organizations
Management, Organization, Control theory
Alexander Nevsky

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nikolay Novikov ranks 3,873 out of 7,302Before him are Johann Baptist Allgaier, Margaret Weis, Fleur Jaeggy, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Teresa de Lauretis, and Shushanik Kurghinian. After him are Arthur Waley, Maria Deraismes, William Congreve, Laurens van der Post, Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, and Karoline von Günderrode.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1744, Nikolay Novikov ranks 22Before him are Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, Marianna Martines, Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, Eise Eisinga, Micaela Bastidas, and Friedrich Ludwig Schröder. After him are Christian Gotthilf Salzmann, Johann III Bernoulli, David Allan, Heinrich Christian Boie, Mary Moser, and Félix de Avelar Brotero. Among people deceased in 1818, Nikolay Novikov ranks 33Before him are Herman Willem Daendels, Anne Vallayer-Coster, Matvei Platov, Inō Tadataka, Olof Swartz, and Nicolas Isouard. After him are Josef Abel, Ivan Kulibin, Martha Christina Tiahahu, Joachim Heinrich Campe, Johann David Wyss, and Henry Lee III.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nikolay Novikov ranks 1,423 out of 3,761Before him are Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov (1874), Valery Rozhdestvensky (1939), Viacheslav Fetisov (1958), Vladimir Potanin (1961), Aleksei Balabanov (1959), and Ivan Pyryev (1901). After him are Yevgeny Morgunov (1927), Nadezhda Udaltsova (1885), Vladimir Vasiliev (1940), Karen Shakhnazarov (1952), Abraham of Smolensk (1172), and Sergey Botkin (1832).

Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Nikolay Novikov ranks 182Before him are Masha Gessen (1967), Vladimir Odoyevsky (1803), Konstantin Aksakov (1817), Mikhail Shishkin (1961), Veniamin Kaverin (1902), and Sophia Parnok (1885). After him are Vasily Trediakovsky (1703), Vera Komissarzhevskaya (1864), Yuri Rytkheu (1930), Anton Delvig (1798), Pyotr Vyazemsky (1792), and Ivan Shmelyov (1873).