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Alexander Herzen

1812 - 1870

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Alexander Ivanovich Herzen (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Ге́рцен, romanized: Aleksándr Ivánovich Gértsen; 6 April [O.S. 25 March] 1812 – 21 January [O.S. 9 January] 1870) was a Russian writer and thinker known as the precursor of Russian socialism and one of the main precursors of agrarian populism (being an ideological ancestor of the Narodniki, Socialist-Revolutionaries, Trudoviks and the agrarian American Populist Party). With his writings, many composed while exiled in London, he attempted to influence the situation in Russia, contributing to a political climate that led to the emancipation of the serfs in 1861. He published the important social novel Who is to Blame? (1845–46). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Herzen is the 574th most popular writer (up from 609th in 2019), the 184th most popular biography from Russia (up from 193rd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Russian Writer.

Alexander Herzen was a Russian journalist and thinker who is most famous for his book, "From the Other Shore."

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alexander Herzen ranks 574 out of 7,302. Before him are Frederick Forsyth, Arthur Koestler, Alfred Jarry, Klaus Ebner, Gaius Julius Hyginus, and Napoleon Hill. After him are Maya Angelou, Ivan Krylov, Imadaddin Nasimi, Washington Irving, Dimitrie Cantemir, and Walther von der Vogelweide.

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Among people born in 1812, Alexander Herzen ranks 6. Before him are Charles Dickens, Kaspar Hauser, Johann Gottfried Galle, Théodore Rousseau, and Ivan Goncharov. After him are Louise of Orléans, Truganini, Augustus Pugin, Maria Cristina of Savoy, Mirza Fatali Akhundov, and Amélie of Leuchtenberg. Among people deceased in 1870, Alexander Herzen ranks 8. Before him are Charles Dickens, Prosper Mérimée, Robert E. Lee, Frédéric Bazille, Josef Strauss, and Comte de Lautréamont. After him are Francisco Solano López, Ferdinand von Wrangel, Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Gabriel Lamé, Saverio Mercadante, and Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Herzen ranks 184 out of 3,761. Before him are Vasily Smyslov (1921), Ilya Frank (1908), Gotthard Heinrici (1886), Igor Tamm (1895), Anna Netrebko (1971), and Andrey Vlasov (1901). After him are Ivan Krylov (1769), Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (1708), Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov (1928), Yakov Sverdlov (1885), Andrei Tupolev (1888), and Sergei Diaghilev (1872).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Alexander Herzen ranks 23. Before him are Joseph Brodsky (1940), Sergei Yesenin (1895), Vladimir Vysotsky (1938), Ivan Bunin (1870), Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884), and Ivan Goncharov (1812). After him are Ivan Krylov (1769), Marina Tsvetaeva (1892), Nikolay Chernyshevsky (1828), Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1883), Alexander Blok (1880), and Nikolay Karamzin (1766).

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