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Nikolay Kostomarov

1817 - 1885

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Mykola Ivanovych Kostomarov (Ukrainian: Микола Іванович Костомаров; May 16, 1817 – April 19, 1885) or Nikolai Ivanovich Kostomarov (Russian: Николай Иванович Костомаров) was one of the most distinguished Russian–Ukrainian historians, one of the first anti-Normanists, and the father of modern Ukrainian historiography. He was a professor of Russian history at the St. Vladimir University of Kiev and later at the St. Petersburg University, an Active State Councillor of Russia, an author of many books, including his biography of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, research on Stepan Razin, and his fundamental three-volume Russian history in the biographies of its most important figures (Russian: Русская история в жизнеописаниях её главнейших деятелей). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolay Kostomarov is the 2,553rd most popular writer (down from 2,386th in 2019), the 873rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 870th in 2019) and the 105th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nikolay Kostomarov ranks 2,553 out of 7,302. Before him are Ki no Tsurayuki, Corrie ten Boom, Alois Jirásek, Ariwara no Narihira, Neil Simon, and Dmytro Dontsov. After him are Ceija Stojka, Dnyaneshwar, Marie Corelli, Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Herman Gorter, and Maurice Joly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Nikolay Kostomarov ranks 38. Before him are Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac, Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Princess Marie Amelie of Baden, János Arany, Alfred Józef Potocki, and Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este. After him are Bernhard Windscheid, Nikoloz Baratashvili, Táhirih, Branwell Brontë, George Frederic Watts, and Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély. Among people deceased in 1885, Nikolay Kostomarov ranks 41. Before him are Karamchand Gandhi, Nikolai Severtzov, Nikolay Danilevsky, Henri Dupuy de Lôme, Henri Tresca, and Charles Rogier. After him are Nicolás Avellaneda, Hermann von Fehling, Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre, Narcís Monturiol, Schuyler Colfax, and Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nikolay Kostomarov ranks 873 out of 3,761. Before him are Lidia Ruslanova (1900), Viktor Ponedelnik (1937), Aleksey Batalov (1928), Sergei Lyapunov (1859), Maria Yudina (1899), and Evgeny Pashukanis (1891). After him are Mikhail Ulyanov (1927), Mikhail Katukov (1900), Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1850), Vladimir Atlasov (1661), Vasily Livanov (1935), and Vera Yevstafievna Popova (1867).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Nikolay Kostomarov ranks 105. Before him are Samuil Marshak (1887), Tanya Savicheva (1930), Konstantin Balmont (1867), Ivan Yefremov (1908), Sergey Aksakov (1791), and Gennadiy Aygi (1934). After him are Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1850), Fyodor Sologub (1863), Vladimir Stasov (1824), Noor Inayat Khan (1914), Franz Overbeck (1837), and Countess of Ségur (1799).

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