WRITER

Vladimir Stasov

1824 - 1906

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Vladimir Vasilievich Stasov (also Stassov; Russian: Влади́мир Васи́льевич Ста́сов; 14 January [O.S. 2 January] 1824 – 23 October [O.S. 10 October] 1906), was a Russian critic of music and art. Born into a wealthy, noble family, Stasov became a prominent figure in mid-19th-century Russian culture. He discovered a large number of Russia's greatest talents, inspired many of their works and fought their battles in numerous articles and letters to the press. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vladimir Stasov has received more than 92,243 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Vladimir Stasov is the 2,718th most popular writer (down from 2,428th in 2019), the 1,007th most popular biography from Russia (down from 885th in 2019) and the 121st most popular Russian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 92k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Sobranie sochinenii V. V. Stasova, 1847-1886
1906
Selected essays on music
1968

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vladimir Stasov ranks 2,718 out of 7,302. Before him are László Polgár, Henry Darger, Olympiodorus of Thebes, Eric Roth, Kjeld Abell, and Paula von Preradović. After him are André Salmon, Peter James, Yasushi Inoue, Marjorie Boulton, Procopius of Gaza, and Peter Bieri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1824, Vladimir Stasov ranks 45. Before him are Avram Iancu, Pierre-Émile Martin, Levi P. Morton, Alexander William Williamson, Mikhail Loris-Melikov, and John Kerr. After him are Branko Radičević, George Speck, Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Emmanuel Frémiet, Antonio Ghislanzoni, and Ambrose Burnside. Among people deceased in 1906, Vladimir Stasov ranks 33. Before him are Prince Albert of Prussia, Friedrich Konrad Beilstein, Dame Gruev, Princess Louise of Denmark, Giuseppe Giacosa, and Kodama Gentarō. After him are Béhanzin, Jean Lorrain, Jean Cabanis, Carlos Pellegrini, Princess Mathilde of Bavaria, and Alfred Stevens.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vladimir Stasov ranks 1,007 out of 3,761. Before him are Leo Borchard (1899), Vasily of Kostroma (1241), Pavel Kiselyov (1788), Semyon Krivoshein (1899), Konstantin of Rostov (1185), and Alexander Miasnikian (1886). After him are Vladimir Kramnik (1975), Ivan Tyulenev (1892), Andrei Shkuro (1887), Alexander Shelepin (1918), Anatoly Filipchenko (1928), and Anna Demidova (1878).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Vladimir Stasov ranks 121. Before him are Friedrich von Lütke (1797), Vladimir Sorokin (1955), Olga Rozanova (1886), Valentin Rasputin (1937), Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1850), and Yury Yakovlev (1928). After him are Franz Overbeck (1837), Vyacheslav Ivanov (1866), Denis Davydov (1784), Leonid Leonov (1899), Dmitry Likhachov (1906), and Venedikt Yerofeyev (1938).

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