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Andrey Kurbsky

1528 - 1583

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Prince Andrey Mikhailovich Kurbsky (1528?–1583) was a Russian political figure, military leader, and political philosopher, known as an intimate friend and then a leading political opponent of the Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible (r. 1533–1584). He defected to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania around 1564, in the midst of the Livonian War. Kurbsky purported correspondence with tsar Ivan provides a unique source for the history of 16th-century Russia, although the attribution to Kurbsky of these letters and other works has been debated in scholarly circles since 1971. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrey Kurbsky is the 2,323rd most popular writer (up from 2,471st in 2019), the 801st most popular biography from Russia (up from 904th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular Russian Writer.

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Among writers, Andrey Kurbsky ranks 2,323 out of 7,302. Before him are Wahb ibn Munabbih, August Derleth, Li Yu, Berthold Auerbach, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, and Sakya Pandita. After him are Johann Peter Hebel, Cornell Woolrich, Bella Rosenfeld, Vasyl Sukhomlynsky, Wieland Wagner, and Suman Pokhrel.

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Among people born in 1528, Andrey Kurbsky ranks 14. Before him are Paolo Boi, Birbal, Theodor de Bry, Henri Estienne, Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, and Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After him are Juan de Garay, Francisco Guerrero, Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, António Ferreira, Claude Le Jeune, and Pedro da Fonseca. Among people deceased in 1583, Andrey Kurbsky ranks 10. Before him are Oichi, Fernão Mendes Pinto, Magnus, Duke of Holstein, Shibata Katsuie, Louis VI, Elector Palatine, and Oda Nobutaka. After him are Juan de Garay, Pirro Ligorio, Ivan Fyodorov, Jacques Pelletier du Mans, Philip II, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels, and Thomas Erastus.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Andrey Kurbsky ranks 801 out of 3,761. Before him are Pavel Belyayev (1925), Anatoly Berezovoy (1942), Nikolai Polikarpov (1892), Princess Olga Paley (1865), Nikolay Danilevsky (1822), and Kuzma Minin (1616). After him are Anatoli Bugorski (1942), Afanasy Fet (1820), Musa Cälil (1906), Andrei Voznesensky (1933), Yakov Pavlov (1917), and Vladimir Aksyonov (1935).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Andrey Kurbsky ranks 93. Before him are Yevgenia Ginzburg (1904), Andrey Kurkov (1961), Sergei Dovlatov (1941), Arkady Gaidar (1904), Nina Berberova (1901), and Olga Rozanova (1886). After him are Afanasy Fet (1820), Musa Cälil (1906), Andrei Voznesensky (1933), Vasily Aksyonov (1932), Alexander Fadeyev (1901), and Samuil Marshak (1887).

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