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Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin

1817 - 1903

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Aleksandr Vasilyevich Sukhovo-Kobylin (Russian: Александр Васильевич Сухово-Кобылин) (September 29 [O.S. September 17] 1817, Moscow – March 24 [O.S. March 11] 1903, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France) was a Russian philosopher and playwright, chiefly known for his satirical plays criticizing Russian imperial bureaucracy. His sister Evgenia Tur was a popular novelist, critic and journalist and his sister Sofia was a painter of some note. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin is the 5,917th most popular writer (down from 5,849th in 2019), the 2,252nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,243rd in 2019) and the 263rd most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin ranks 5,917 out of 7,302Before him are Alfred Capus, Susan Glaspell, Michael Scott, Fatima Meer, Walter Moers, and Rebecca Solnit. After him are Samuel Benchetrit, Nikolay Rubtsov, Whittaker Chambers, Brigitte Kronauer, Jules Roy, and David Storey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin ranks 85Before him are Alfred Francis Russell, Serafino Dubois, Manuel Robles Pezuela, Palladius, George Holyoake, and George Henry Lewes. After him are Lewis Armistead, LeRoy Pope Walker, and Benjamin Jowett. Among people deceased in 1903, Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin ranks 70Before him are Nicolaas Beets, István Bittó, János Fadrusz, Rafael Zaldívar, Gaspar Núñez de Arce, and Nikolai Bugaev. After him are Andrew Ainslie Common, Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen, Charles Ammi Cutter, Herbert Vaughan, Edwin Lord Weeks, and Alexander Ramsey.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin ranks 2,252 out of 3,761Before him are Natalya Andreychenko (1956), Boris Plotnikov (1949), Gennadi Volnov (1939), Olga Morozova (1949), Anna Polina (1989), and Vagiz Khidiyatullin (1959). After him are Anna Chapman (1982), Peter Lesgaft (1837), Tamara Lazakovich (1954), Arseny Golovko (1906), Yury Zaitsev (1951), and Stanislav Stepashkin (1940).

Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin ranks 263Before him are Semyon Nadson (1862), Olavi Paavolainen (1903), Vladislav Krapivin (1938), Algis Budrys (1931), Yakov Polonsky (1819), and Nikolai Aseev (1889). After him are Fedor Samokhin (1918), Aleksandr Chakovsky (1913), Vladimir Bogomolov (1924), Qaysin Quli (1917), Alexander Afinogenov (1904), and Vladimir Tendryakov (1923).