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Aleksey Koltsov

1809 - 1842

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Aleksey Vasilievich Koltsov (Russian: Алексе́й Васи́льевич Кольцо́в; October 15, 1809 – October 29, 1842) was a Russian poet who has been called a Russian Burns. His poems, frequently placed in the mouth of women, stylize peasant-life songs and idealize agricultural labour. Koltsov earnestly collected Russian folklore which strongly influenced his poetry. He celebrated simple peasants, their work and their lives. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksey Koltsov is the 4,455th most popular writer (down from 4,138th in 2019), the 1,629th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,509th in 2019) and the 204th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among writers, Aleksey Koltsov ranks 4,455 out of 7,302. Before him are Peter Carey, Hanna Krall, Margarita Aliger, Alaiza Pashkevich, Diane Disney Miller, and Brendan Behan. After him are Naomi Klein, Lloyd Alexander, Oppian, Jan Blahoslav, Molla Vali Vidadi, and Stijn Streuvels.

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Among people born in 1809, Aleksey Koltsov ranks 60. Before him are Cyrus McCormick, Johann Heinrich Blasius, Nicolaas Pieneman, James David Forbes, Petrus Borel, and Theodor Benfey. After him are William B. Travis, Andon Bedros IX Hassoun, Karl Bodmer, Thomas Campbell Eyton, Louis Meijer, and Nestor Kukolnik. Among people deceased in 1842, Aleksey Koltsov ranks 35. Before him are Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, James Ivory, Thomas Arnold, Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, and Leona Vicario. After him are Wilhelm Gesenius, Henry Shrapnel, William Ellery Channing, Archibald Menzies, William Hobson, and James Barbour.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Aleksey Koltsov ranks 1,629 out of 3,761. Before him are Alexander Odoevsky (1802), Max Wien (1866), Alexander Esenin-Volpin (1924), Vladimir Lisin (1956), Aleksandr Golovin (1863), and Carl Neumann (1832). After him are Alexander Gradsky (1949), Alexander Men (1935), Ivan Yarygin (1948), Natalya Bondarchuk (1950), Viktor Savinykh (1940), and Vladimir Solovyov (1946).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Aleksey Koltsov ranks 204. Before him are Johannes Bobrowski (1917), Aleksey Remizov (1877), Sergei Mavrodi (1955), Dmitry Grigorovich (1822), Vladislav Khodasevich (1886), and Alexander Odoevsky (1802). After him are Zainab Biisheva (1908), Agnes Miegel (1879), Tatyana Tolstaya (1951), Vera Panova (1905), Teffi (1872), and Ivan Shmelyov (1873).

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