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Nikolay Ilminsky

1822 - 1891

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Nikolai Ivanovich Il'minskii (Russian: Николай Иванович Ильминский; 1822–1892) was a Russian professor of Turkic languages at the Kazan University. He is known as the "Enlightener of Natives", due to his work with native Tatars on behalf of the Russian Orthodox Church. Following a highly successful career as an academic linguist, he devoted himself to missionary work on behalf of the Russian Orthodox Church. Based around his view that mother tongue instruction was the key factor in ensuring that animists, he developed the Ilminsky Method. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolay Ilminsky is the 2,612th most popular religious figure (down from 2,445th in 2019), the 1,552nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,564th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Russian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Nikolay Ilminsky ranks 2,612 out of 3,187. Before him are Carlos María de la Torre, Pedro Rubiano Sáenz, Baselios Cleemis, Edoardo Menichelli, Alexius, Metropolitan of Kiev, and Henryk Gulbinowicz. After him are Frans van der Lugt, Francis George, Gérald Lacroix, Jean-Louis Bruguès, Aloys Sprenger, and Honorius of Canterbury.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1822, Nikolay Ilminsky ranks 63. Before him are Gustav Spörer, John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough, Bernhard Hammer, Carlo Alfredo Piatti, Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński, and Willem Roelofs. After him are Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Wilhelm Bauer, Dmitry Grigorovich, Adolph Strecker, Janko Kráľ, and Julius von Haast. Among people deceased in 1891, Nikolay Ilminsky ranks 93. Before him are Ahmed Vefik Pasha, János Simor, Henri de Brouckère, Alexander Potebnja, Amalie Dietrich, and Franco Faccio. After him are Emma Abbott, Constantine Paparrigopoulos, Antonio Arenas, Joseph Roumanille, Anton Heinrich Springer, and Calixa Lavallée.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nikolay Ilminsky ranks 1,552 out of 3,761. Before him are Vladimir Tributs (1900), Arkady Vorobyov (1924), Svetlana Gannushkina (1942), Alexius, Metropolitan of Kiev (1290), Vyacheslav Volodin (1964), and Sergey Botkin (1832). After him are Katarzyna Kobro (1898), Vladimir Toporov (1928), Stanislav Lyubshin (1933), Andrei Bitov (1937), Vladimir Sokoloff (1889), and Vladimir Gardin (1877).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Russia

Among religious figures born in Russia, Nikolay Ilminsky ranks 39. Before him are Talgat Tadzhuddin (1948), Elsa Brändström (1888), Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow (1530), Gamzat-bek (1789), Abraham of Smolensk (1172), and Alexius, Metropolitan of Kiev (1290). After him are Herman of Alaska (1756), Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807), Nilus of Sora (1433), Grigory Rodchenkov (1958), Vissarion (1961), and Hilarion (1966).

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