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Vasily Shukshin

Soviet actor, writer, screenwriter and film director

1929 - 1974

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His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2024). Vasily Shukshin is the 1,467th most popular writer (up from 1,766th in 2024), the 512th most popular biography from Russia (up from 631st in 2019) and the 64th most popular Russian Writer.

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Vasily Shukshin's Wikipedia page drew 440k views over the past year, 3.6× the average among Writers.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Vasily Shukshin ranks 1,467 out of 7,707. Before him are Sadegh Hedayat, César Vallejo, Phrynichus, Ernst Hanfstaengl, J. Michael Straczynski, and Albert of Aix. After him are Bernard Cornwell, Victor Serge, Liang Qichao, Dan Simmons, Jean François Paul de Gondi, and Paul Rée.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Vasily Shukshin ranks 118. Before him are Branko Zebec, June Carter Cash, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, André Previn, Bob Newhart, and Rajkumar. After him are José Santamaría, Hugo Claus, Lorenzo Buffon, Vera Miles, Georgi Markov, and Antonio Carbajal. Among people deceased in 1974, Vasily Shukshin ranks 48. Before him are Farid al-Atrash, Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta, Frank Martin, Creighton Abrams, Anatole Litvak, and André Jolivet. After him are Franz Jonas, Salvador Puig Antich, Helmuth Koinigg, Everaldo, Vannevar Bush, and Marcel Achard.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vasily Shukshin ranks 512 out of 4,534. Before him are Vyacheslav Tikhonov (1928), Viktor Suvorov (1947), Martiros Saryan (1880), Şehsuvar Sultan (1682), Hadji Murad (1795), and P. D. Ouspensky (1878). After him are Vasily Dokuchaev (1846), Igor Ivanov (1945), Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia (1850), Afanasy Nikitin (1500), Grigory Orlov (1734), and Mathilde Kschessinska (1872).

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Among Writers In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Vasily Shukshin ranks 64. Before him are Arsen Kotsoyev (1872), Bulat Okudzhava (1924), Elsa Triolet (1896), Sergey Mikhalkov (1913), Salawat Yulayev (1754), and Viktor Suvorov (1947). After him are Kristijonas Donelaitis (1714), Korney Chukovsky (1882), John of Kronstadt (1829), Konstantin Simonov (1915), Aleksandr Kuprin (1870), and Konstantin Paustovsky (1892).

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