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Alexander Griboyedov

1795 - 1829

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Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov (Russian: Александр Сергеевич Грибоедов, romanized: Aleksandr Sergeevich Griboedov; 15 January 1795 – 11 February 1829) was a Russian diplomat, playwright, poet, and composer. His one notable work is the 1823 verse comedy Woe from Wit. He was Russia's ambassador to Qajar Persia, where he and all the embassy staff were massacred by an angry mob in the aftermath of the ratification of the Treaty of Turkmenchay (1828), which confirmed the cession to Russia of Persia's northern territories comprising Transcaucasia and parts of the North Caucasus. Griboyedov played a pivotal role in the ratification of the treaty. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Griboyedov is the 1,229th most popular writer (down from 966th in 2019), the 414th most popular biography from Russia (down from 335th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Russian Writer.

Alexander Griboyedov is most famous for writing the comedy Woe from Wit, which was published in 1823.

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Among writers, Alexander Griboyedov ranks 1,229 out of 7,302. Before him are Hristo Botev, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Léo Taxil, Michel Verne, Herrad of Landsberg, and Laura Marx. After him are Karim Findi, Pierre de Marivaux, Egill Skallagrímsson, John William Polidori, Gavrila Derzhavin, and B. H. Liddell Hart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, Alexander Griboyedov ranks 17. Before him are Gabriel Lamé, Antonio José de Sucre, Dingane kaSenzangakhona, Dred Scott, Saverio Mercadante, and Ary Scheffer. After him are John William Polidori, Hadji Murad, Anselme Payen, Vincent Pallotti, Heinrich Marschner, and Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge. Among people deceased in 1829, Alexander Griboyedov ranks 13. Before him are Thomas Young, Maria Anna Mozart, Paul Barras, François-Joseph Gossec, Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, and Mauro Giuliani. After him are Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony, Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg, Adam Albert von Neipperg, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, Jean-Baptiste Regnault, and Infanta Benedita of Portugal.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Griboyedov ranks 414 out of 3,761. Before him are Mikhail Vrubel (1856), Ivan Serov (1905), Alexander Yegorov (1883), Yury Luzhkov (1936), Aleksandr Akimov (1953), and Alexey Ekimov (1945). After him are Dmitry Pozharsky (1577), Gavrila Derzhavin (1743), Rasul Gamzatov (1923), Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883), Vsevolod the Big Nest (1154), and Irving Berlin (1888).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Alexander Griboyedov ranks 48. Before him are Alexander Ostrovsky (1823), Nikolai Leskov (1831), Leonid Andreyev (1871), Andrei Bely (1880), Velimir Khlebnikov (1885), and Sophia Tolstaya (1844). After him are Gavrila Derzhavin (1743), Rasul Gamzatov (1923), Daniil Kharms (1905), Nathalie Sarraute (1900), Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899), and Andrei Platonov (1899).

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