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Denis Davydov

1784 - 1839

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Denis Vasilyevich Davydov (Russian: Дени́с Васи́льевич Давы́дов, pronounced [dʲɪˈnʲis vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪdʑ dɐˈvɨdəf] ; 27 July [O.S. 16 July] 1784 – 4 May [O.S. 22 April] 1839) was a Russian soldier-poet of the Napoleonic Wars who invented the genre of hussar poetry, characterised by hedonism and bravado. He used events from his own life to illustrate such poetry. He suggested and successfully pioneered guerrilla warfare in the Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Denis Davydov is the 3,363rd most popular writer (down from 2,799th in 2019), the 1,182nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,044th in 2019) and the 140th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among writers, Denis Davydov ranks 3,363 out of 7,302. Before him are Yulian Semyonov, Ford Madox Ford, Ghada al-Samman, Pierre Benoit, R. J. Palacio, and E. Nesbit. After him are Jean Effel, Giosafat Barbaro, Peter Benchley, Erik Gustaf Geijer, Dunash ben Labrat, and Alexander Dukhnovych.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1784, Denis Davydov ranks 39. Before him are François-Joseph Fétis, Duke George of Oldenburg, Archduke Louis of Austria, Juan Antonio Lavalleja, George Onslow, and Duchess Maria Elisabeth in Bavaria. After him are Bagyidaw, Joseph Bové, Juan Mora Fernández, José Tadeo Monagas, Charles Dupin, and Nicaise Auguste Desvaux. Among people deceased in 1839, Denis Davydov ranks 31. Before him are Maurice de Guérin, Joseph Franz von Jacquin, Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths, Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert, Gaspard de Prony, and Lady Hester Stanhope. After him are Giuseppe Valadier, Joseph-François Michaud, Yuriy Venelin, Bhimsen Thapa, Alexander Odoevsky, and José María Heredia y Heredia.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Denis Davydov ranks 1,182 out of 3,761. Before him are Olena Teliha (1906), Yulian Semyonov (1931), Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia (1890), Alexander Karpinsky (1846), Paul Gorguloff (1895), and George Volkoff (1914). After him are Aleksandra Beļcova (1892), Valerian Zorin (1902), Aleksandr Serebrov (1944), Aino Kallas (1878), Boris Gryzlov (1950), and Valery Voronin (1939).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Denis Davydov ranks 140. Before him are Valentin Rasputin (1937), Viktor Astafyev (1924), Agniya Barto (1906), Alexander Bestuzhev (1797), Olena Teliha (1906), and Yulian Semyonov (1931). After him are Aino Kallas (1878), Alexander Sumarokov (1717), Lyudmila Petrushevskaya (1938), Guzal Sitdikova (1952), Zacharias Werner (1768), and Kir Bulychev (1934).

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