WRITER

Ybyrai Altynsarin

1841 - 1889

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Ybyrai (Ibrahim) Altynsarin (Kazakh: Ыбырай Алтынсарин, Ybyrai Altynsarin; Russian: Ибрай Алтынсарин; 1 November [O.S. 20 October] 1841 – 29 July [O.S. 17 July] 1889) was a major figure in pre-Soviet Kazakh history. He was the most prominent Kazakh educator of the late 19th century, during the period of Russian colonization of and cultural influence in Kazakhstan. Ibrahim Altynsarin was born in the Araqaraghai region of Turgay Oblast (now Kostanay Province) of modern-day Kazakhstan and in his early career he was an inspector of Torghai schools. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ybyrai Altynsarin has received more than 72,375 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Ybyrai Altynsarin is the 2,358th most popular writer (down from 1,808th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Kazakhstan (down from 22nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Kazakhstani Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ybyrai Altynsarin ranks 2,358 out of 7,302Before him are Philip Sidney, Juan de Valdés, Paul Adam, Walter Bagehot, Dmytro Dontsov, and Maksim Bahdanovič. After him are Frigyes Karinthy, Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, Salvadore Cammarano, Vítězslav Nezval, Luigi Illica, and Frank McCourt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, Ybyrai Altynsarin ranks 35Before him are Philipp Mainländer, Julius von Payer, Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev, Mykhailo Drahomanov, Joseph Henry Blackburne, and Giovanni Sgambati. After him are Sam Loyd, Eugenius Warming, Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg, Otto von Gierke, Luigi Luzzatti, and Prudente de Morais. Among people deceased in 1889, Ybyrai Altynsarin ranks 36Before him are Elvira Madigan, Viktor Bunyakovsky, Ion Creangă, Princess Eugénie of Sweden, Franciscus Donders, and Adolf von Henselt. After him are Đồng Khánh, Émile Augier, Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Şihabetdin Märcani, Bernhard Förster, and André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri.

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In Kazakhstan

Among people born in Kazakhstan, Ybyrai Altynsarin ranks 31 out of 193Before him are Viktor Patsayev (1933), Alu Alkhanov (1957), Vladimir Shatalov (1927), Jambyl Jabayev (1846), Mukaghali Makatayev (1931), and Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev (1823). After him are Bauyrzhan Momyshuly (1910), Mustafa Shokay (1890), Manshuk Mametova (1922), Khiuaz Dospanova (1922), Saken Seifullin (1894), and Alexander Dutov (1864).

Among WRITERS In Kazakhstan

Among writers born in Kazakhstan, Ybyrai Altynsarin ranks 5Before him are Ahmad Yasawi (1103), Abai Qunanbaiuly (1845), Mukhtar Auezov (1897), and Mukaghali Makatayev (1931). After him are Saken Seifullin (1894), Vsevolod Ivanov (1895), Alexander Volkov (1891), Alexander Kazantsev (1906), and Sergei Lukyanenko (1968).