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Alexander Radishchev

1749 - 1802

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Alexander Nikolayevich Radishchev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Ради́щев; 31 August [O.S. 20 August] 1749 – 24 September [O.S. 12 September] 1802) was a Russian author and social critic who was arrested and exiled under Catherine the Great. He brought the tradition of radicalism in Russian literature to prominence with his 1790 work Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow. His depiction of socio-economic conditions in Russia resulted in his exile to Siberia until 1797. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Radishchev is the 1,369th most popular writer (down from 1,293rd in 2019), the 470th most popular biography from Russia (down from 463rd in 2019) and the 56th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alexander Radishchev ranks 1,369 out of 7,302. Before him are Qiu Jin, Alfonsina Storni, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Ba Jin, Peter Abrahams, and Honoré d'Urfé. After him are Boris Pahor, Georg Kaiser, Pío Baroja, Ignazio Silone, Albert Barillé, and Alexander Afanasyev.

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Among people born in 1749, Alexander Radishchev ranks 16. Before him are Lorenzo Da Ponte, Daniel Rutherford, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, Abraham Gottlob Werner, and Vittorio Alfieri. After him are Martin Vahl, Levi Lincoln Sr., Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Johann Nikolaus Forkel, Georg Joseph Vogler, and Charlotte Smith. Among people deceased in 1802, Alexander Radishchev ranks 10. Before him are Marie François Xavier Bichat, Clotilde of France, Martha Washington, Charles Leclerc, Ludovico Manin, and Charles Alexandre de Calonne. After him are Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Franz Aepinus, Jens Juel, Jurij Vega, Prince Henry of Prussia, and Giuseppe Sarti.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Radishchev ranks 470 out of 3,761. Before him are Olga Ladyzhenskaya (1922), Sacha Guitry (1885), Lev Gumilyov (1912), Sergei Bulgakov (1871), Mikhail Lazarev (1788), and Mikhail Alekseyev (1857). After him are Vasili Kuznetsov (1901), Vasily Surikov (1848), Yaroslav II of Vladimir (1191), Alexander Afanasyev (1826), Valery Bykovsky (1934), and Valentin Pavlov (1937).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Alexander Radishchev ranks 56. Before him are Rasul Gamzatov (1923), Daniil Kharms (1905), Nathalie Sarraute (1900), Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899), Andrei Platonov (1899), and Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826). After him are Alexander Afanasyev (1826), Arsen Kotsoyev (1872), Bulat Okudzhava (1924), Elsa Triolet (1896), Sergey Mikhalkov (1913), and Salawat Yulayev (1754).

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