WRITER

Vasily Belov

1932 - 2012

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Vasily Ivanovich Belov (Russian: Васи́лий Ива́нович Бело́в; 23 October 1932 – 4 December 2012) was a Soviet and Russian writer, poet and dramatist, who published more than sixty books which sold (as of 1998) seven million copies. A prominent member of the influential 1970s–1980s derevenschiki movement, Belov's best known novels include Business as Usual (Привычное дело, 1966), Eves (Кануны, 1972–1987), The Best is Yet to Come (Всё впереди, 1986) and The Year of a Major Breakdown (Год великого перелома, 1989–1994). Vasily Belov was a harsh critic of the Soviet rural policies (particularly collectivization), which he felt were dominated by the cosmopolitan doctrines aiming at repressing the Russian national identity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasily Belov has received more than 32,283 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Vasily Belov is the 5,827th most popular writer (down from 5,383rd in 2019), the 2,231st most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,004th in 2019) and the 270th most popular Russian Writer.

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  • 32k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vasily Belov ranks 5,827 out of 7,302. Before him are Fatos Arapi, Miho Mosulishvili, Ann Bannon, Thomas Campbell, Carol Shields, and Bess Meredyth. After him are Axel Merckx, Shaqe Çoba, Léon Frapié, Chaz Bono, Timrava, and Sven Delblanc.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Vasily Belov ranks 453. Before him are Gábor Delneky, Gaudencio Rosales, R. B. Kitaj, Sheree North, Luke Askew, and Ann Bannon. After him are Antonio Maspes, Mehmood, Malcolm Bradbury, Lamar Hunt, John McNally, and John Jakes. Among people deceased in 2012, Vasily Belov ranks 385. Before him are Frank Pierson, Norman Joseph Woodland, Joe South, Georg Leber, J. J. C. Smart, and Luke Askew. After him are Doc Watson, Turhan Bey, Juan Lezcano, Corrie Sanders, Bill Moggridge, and Ralph McQuarrie.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vasily Belov ranks 2,231 out of 3,761. Before him are Grigory Grum-Grshimailo (1860), Boris Melnikov (1938), Boris Shchukin (1894), Yelena Baturina (1963), Svetlana Kuznetsova (1985), and Alexey Gribov (1902). After him are Pyotr Demichev (1917), Vladimir Fedotov (1943), Islam Makhachev (1991), Mikhail Clodt von Jürgensburg (1832), Ivan Yakovlev (1848), and Vassili Poyarkov (null).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Vasily Belov ranks 270. Before him are Lev Mei (1822), Dmitri Prigov (1940), Darya Dontsova (1952), Vsevolod Vishnevsky (1900), Aleksandr Chakovsky (1913), and Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov (1900). After him are Qaysin Quli (1917), Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin (1817), Yury Kazakov (1927), Vladimir Tendryakov (1923), Alexander Afinogenov (1904), and Dmitry Bykov (1967).

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