MUSICIAN

Vasily Andreyev

1861 - 1918

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Vasily Vasilievich Andreyev (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Андре́ев; 15 January [O.S. 3 January] 1861 – 26 December 1918) was a Russian musician responsible for the modern development of the balalaika and several other traditional Russian folk music instruments, and is considered the father of the academic folk instrument movement in Eastern Europe. His accomplishments included: developing in the 1880s a standardized balalaika made with the assistance of violin maker V. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasily Andreyev has received more than 31,269 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Vasily Andreyev is the 1,506th most popular musician, the 1,972nd most popular biography from Russia and the 34th most popular Russian Musician.

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  • 31k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Vasily Andreyev ranks 1,506 out of 3,175. Before him are Carol Kaye, Masaharu Fukuyama, Tommy Johnson, Jim Capaldi, Jóhann Jóhannsson, and Albert Lee. After him are Jimmy Dorsey, Simon Gallup, John Dolmayan, Elton Dean, Liam Howlett, and Jeff Mills.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Vasily Andreyev ranks 130. Before him are Arthur E. Kennelly, Kliment Boyadzhiev, Cesare Burali-Forti, Ismael Montes, Reginald Wingate, and Josefine Swoboda. After him are Paul Matschie, Kalliroi Parren, Pedro Figari, Marcellin Boule, Andrei Ryabushkin, and Claudio Williman. Among people deceased in 1918, Vasily Andreyev ranks 158. Before him are Henri Tauzin, Abbas Sahhat, Johannes Thiele, Arno Bieberstein, Helene von Druskowitz, and Édouard Chavannes. After him are Edward Abramowski, Waldemar Rosenberger, Nadezhda Suslova, V. Volodarsky, Casimir de Candolle, and Martin Sheridan.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vasily Andreyev ranks 1,972 out of 3,761. Before him are Leonid Sedov (1907), Nikolai Panin (1872), Alexander Ablesimov (1742), Yuri Milner (1961), Viktor Talalikhin (1918), and Gavriil Popov (1904). After him are Maria Yermolova (1853), Mark Rakita (1938), Mikhail Gromov (1899), Musa Gareyev (1922), Otto von Böhtlingk (1815), and Grigory Rodchenkov (1958).

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Among MUSICIANS In Russia

Among musicians born in Russia, Vasily Andreyev ranks 34. Before him are Yegor Letov (1964), Issay Dobrowen (1891), Yuri Bashmet (1953), Alexander Rosenbaum (1951), Mikhail Krug (1962), and Zhanna Bichevskaya (1944). After him are Pyotr Mamonov (1951), Efrem Zimbalist (1889), Vernon Duke (1903), Nikolai Lugansky (1972), Maxim Vengerov (1974), and Igor Presnyakov (1960).

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