WRITER

Vasily Shukshin

1929 - 1974

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Vasily Makarovich Shukshin (Russian: Василий Макарович Шукшин; 25 July 1929 – 2 October 1974) was a Soviet Russian writer, actor, screenwriter and film director from the Altai region who specialized in rural themes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasily Shukshin has received more than 408,213 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Vasily Shukshin is the 1,767th most popular writer (down from 1,709th in 2019), the 631st most popular biography from Russia (down from 624th in 2019) and the 75th most popular Russian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 410k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vasily Shukshin ranks 1,767 out of 7,302. Before him are Tavo Burat, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, Raymond E. Feist, Adam Zagajewski, Bhanubhakta Acharya, and Herbjørg Wassmo. After him are Friedrich Rückert, Joseph Joubert, Magnús Scheving, Ted Hughes, Felice Orsini, and Miguel Hernández.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Vasily Shukshin ranks 138. Before him are Michael Michai Kitbunchu, Gabriel Urgebadze, Ira Levin, Kateb Yacine, Burhan Sargun, and Vladimír Menšík. After him are Branko Zebec, John Conyers, Jaakko Hintikka, Aleksandra Pakhmutova, Eva Schloss, and Poul Schlüter. Among people deceased in 1974, Vasily Shukshin ranks 59. Before him are Everaldo, Anatole Litvak, Pavel Bermondt-Avalov, Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg, James J. Braddock, and Jean Absil. After him are Otto Braun, Lajos Zilahy, Junio Valerio Borghese, Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Jean Wahl, and Anne Sexton.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vasily Shukshin ranks 631 out of 3,761. Before him are Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia (1826), Sergei Krikalev (1958), Ivan Sechenov (1829), Alexandre Benois (1870), Yuri Temirkanov (1938), and Lev Pontryagin (1908). After him are Viktor Chernov (1873), Alexander Bortnikov (1951), Caran d'Ache (1858), Vladimir Demikhov (1916), Pavel Tsitsianov (1754), and Oleg Popov (1930).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Vasily Shukshin ranks 75. Before him are Konstantin Paustovsky (1892), Alexander Belyaev (1884), John of Kronstadt (1829), Alexander Grin (1880), Konstantin Ushinsky (1823), and Alexandre Benois (1870). After him are Yevgenia Ginzburg (1904), Lilya Brik (1891), Zinaida Gippius (1869), Mikhail Zoshchenko (1894), Sergei Dovlatov (1941), and Marko Vovchok (1833).

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