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Balthasar Russow

1536 - 1600

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Balthasar Russow (1536–1600) was one of the most important Livonian and Estonian chroniclers. Russow was born in Reval, Livonia (now Tallinn, Estonia). He was educated at an academy in Stettin, Pomerania (now Szczecin, Poland). He was the Lutheran pastor of the Estonian congregation at the Holy Spirit Church in Reval from 1566 until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Balthasar Russow is the 2,870th most popular writer (down from 2,501st in 2019), the 74th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 54th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Estonian Writer.

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Among writers, Balthasar Russow ranks 2,870 out of 7,302. Before him are Apostolo Zeno, Nguyễn Du, Takiji Kobayashi, Judith Miller, Karl Philipp Moritz, and Eric Roth. After him are Mihailo Lalić, Hilaire Belloc, Wolfgang Iser, John Ashbery, Samad Vurgun, and Yevgeny Baratynsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1536, Balthasar Russow ranks 13. Before him are Lord Guildford Dudley, Piotr Skarga, Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt, Lucia Anguissola, Ignazio Danti, and Leonardo Donato. After him are Juan Fernández, Marcantonio Memmo, Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Juan de Mariana, Juan de Fuca, and Konoe Sakihisa. Among people deceased in 1600, Balthasar Russow ranks 18. Before him are Ōtani Yoshitsugu, Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Jerzy Radziwiłł, Edward Fortunatus, Lourenço Marques, and Joris Hoefnagel. After him are Robert de Nola, Bâkî, Claude Le Jeune, Tadeáš Hájek, Richard Hooker, and Basawan.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Balthasar Russow ranks 74 out of 351. Before him are Eduard Tubin (1905), Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg (1794), Kazimierz Świątek (1914), Ita Ever (1931), Kaarel Eenpalu (1888), and Jaan Teemant (1872). After him are Aleksander Klumberg (1899), Herman Wrangel (1584), Jüri Tarmak (1946), Tiit Vähi (1947), Carl Robert Jakobson (1841), and Viktor Kingissepp (1888).

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Among WRITERS In Estonia

Among writers born in Estonia, Balthasar Russow ranks 8. Before him are Jaan Kross (1920), Lydia Koidula (1843), Marie Under (1883), Anton Hansen Tammsaare (1878), Jaan Kaplinski (1941), and Betti Alver (1906). After him are Carl Robert Jakobson (1841), Eduard Vilde (1865), Jakob Hurt (1839), Hella Wuolijoki (1886), Oskar Luts (1887), and Juhan Smuul (1922).

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