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Anton Makarenko

1888 - 1939

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Anton Semyonovich Makarenko (Russian: Анто́н Семёнович Мака́ренко, Ukrainian: Антон Семенович Макаренко, romanized: Anton Semenovych Makarenko; 13 March [O.S. 1 March] 1888 – 1 April 1939), was a Soviet educator, social worker and writer. He became the most influential educational theorist in the Soviet Union; along with promoting principles in educational theory and practice. As one of the founders of Soviet pedagogy, he elaborated the theory and methodology of upbringing in self-governing child collectives and introduced the concept of productive labor into the educational system. Makarenko's books have appeared in many countries. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anton Makarenko is the 644th most popular writer (down from 613th in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 87th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Ukrainian Writer.

Anton Makarenko is most famous for his work with juvenile delinquents in the Soviet Union. He believed that delinquents needed to be treated as human beings and not as criminals. He created a system that was based on education, rehabilitation, and labor.

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Among writers, Anton Makarenko ranks 644 out of 7,302. Before him are Allen Ginsberg, Hermann Broch, Mikael Agricola, Hellanicus of Lesbos, Giambattista Basile, and Tibor Sekelj. After him are Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, Laurence Sterne, Nestor the Chronicler, Klaus Mann, Eugenio Montale, and Jon Fosse.

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Among people born in 1888, Anton Makarenko ranks 33. Before him are F. W. Murnau, Johannes Itten, Friedrich Olbricht, Andrei Tupolev, Gerrit Rietveld, and Maurice Chevalier. After him are Alexander Friedmann, Herbert Spencer Gasser, Richard E. Byrd, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Carin Göring, and Georges Bernanos. Among people deceased in 1939, Anton Makarenko ranks 14. Before him are Eugen Bleuler, S. P. L. Sørensen, Ghazi of Iraq, Harvey Cushing, Philipp Scheidemann, and Werner von Fritsch. After him are Edward Sapir, Karl Radek, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Douglas Fairbanks, James Naismith, and Matthias Sindelar.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Anton Makarenko ranks 82 out of 1,365. Before him are Mila Kunis (1983), Baal Shem Tov (1700), Sergey Bubka (1963), Edward Rydz-Śmigły (1886), Larisa Latynina (1934), and Andrey Vyshinsky (1883). After him are Nestor the Chronicler (1056), Irène Némirovsky (1903), Karol Szymanowski (1882), Bruno Schulz (1892), Ze'ev Jabotinsky (1880), and Andrzej Żuławski (1940).

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Among WRITERS In Ukraine

Among writers born in Ukraine, Anton Makarenko ranks 16. Before him are Sholem Aleichem (1859), Lesya Ukrainka (1871), Isaac Babel (1894), Ivan Franko (1856), Ilya Ehrenburg (1891), and Vasily Grossman (1905). After him are Nestor the Chronicler (1056), Irène Némirovsky (1903), Bruno Schulz (1892), Ze'ev Jabotinsky (1880), Clarice Lispector (1920), and Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904).

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