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Vissarion Belinsky

1811 - 1848

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Vissarion Grigoryevich Belinsky (Russian: Виссарион Григорьевич Белинский, romanized: Vissarión Grigórʹjevič Belínskij, IPA: [vʲɪsərʲɪˈon ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲjɪvʲɪdʑ bʲɪˈlʲinskʲɪj]; June 11 [O.S. May 30] 1811 – June 7 [O.S. May 26] 1848) was a Russian literary critic of Westernizing tendency. Belinsky played one of the key roles in the career of poet and publisher Nikolay Nekrasov and his popular magazine Sovremennik. He was the most influential of the Westernizers, especially among the younger generation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vissarion Belinsky has received more than 256,055 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Vissarion Belinsky is the 3rd most popular critic (up from 4th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Finland (up from 28th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Critic.

Vissarion Belinsky was a Russian critic and literary theorist who was one of the first to recognize the talent of a young poet by the name of Alexander Pushkin.

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Among CRITICS

Among critics, Vissarion Belinsky ranks 3 out of 9. Before him are John Ruskin, and Vladimir Propp. After him are Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Roger Ebert, Rosalind E. Krauss, Susanna Amatuni, Vincent Canby, and Todd McCarthy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, Vissarion Belinsky ranks 12. Before him are Maximilian II of Bavaria, Urbain Le Verrier, Isaac Singer, Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, William Makepeace Thackeray, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. After him are Louis Blanc, François Achille Bazaine, Elisha Otis, Ambroise Thomas, Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern, and Zeng Guofan. Among people deceased in 1848, Vissarion Belinsky ranks 11. Before him are George Stephenson, John Quincy Adams, Christian VIII of Denmark, Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, Bernard Bolzano, and Caroline Herschel. After him are Nicolas Oudinot, María Isabella of Spain, Mohammad Shah Qajar, Khachatur Abovian, Thomas Cole, and Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Vissarion Belinsky ranks 22 out of 751. Before him are Elias Lönnrot (1802), Mikael Agricola (1510), Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (1895), Risto Ryti (1889), Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861), and Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832). After him are Arto Paasilinna (1942), Johan Gadolin (1760), Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865), Ragnar Granit (1900), Linus Torvalds (1969), and Kyösti Kallio (1873).

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Among CRITICS In Finland

Among critics born in Finland, Vissarion Belinsky ranks 1. 

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