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Pavel Bazhov

1879 - 1950

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Pavel Petrovich Bazhov (Russian: Па́вел Петро́вич Бажо́в; 27 January 1879 – 3 December 1950) was a Russian writer and publicist. Bazhov is best known for his collection of fairy tales The Malachite Box, based on Ural folklore and published in the Soviet Union in 1939. In 1944, a translation of the collection into English was published in New York City and London. Later Sergei Prokofiev created the ballet The Tale of the Stone Flower based on one of the tales. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pavel Bazhov is the 3,729th most popular writer (down from 3,546th in 2019), the 1,318th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,312th in 2019) and the 159th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among writers, Pavel Bazhov ranks 3,729 out of 7,302. Before him are Evgeny Schwartz, Stevan Sremac, Leslie Stephen, Georgette Heyer, Aphthonius of Antioch, and Philipp Nicolai. After him are Chairil Anwar, Gioconda Belli, Mikhail Prishvin, Francisco Coloane, Dmitry Likhachov, and Peter Gould.

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Among people born in 1879, Pavel Bazhov ranks 141. Before him are Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen, Harry Kerr, Thành Thái, Richárd Weisz, Philippe Gaubert, and Mostafa El-Nahas. After him are Walery Sławek, Vittorio Ambrosio, Wu Lien-teh, Albert Taillandier, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, and Helena Roerich. Among people deceased in 1950, Pavel Bazhov ranks 120. Before him are Juan Botasso, Recep Peker, Sergei Khudyakov, Hiroshi Yoshida, Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, and Orhan Veli Kanık. After him are Black Elk, Dezső Földes, Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Pedro Parages, George Kingsley Zipf, and Yan Huiqing.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Pavel Bazhov ranks 1,318 out of 3,761. Before him are Aleksei Yuryevich German (1938), Khamzat Chimaev (1994), Evgeny Schwartz (1896), Tatiana Proskouriakoff (1909), Aleksei Serebryakov (1964), and Aleksei Yeliseyev (1934). After him are Mikhail Prishvin (1873), Dmitry Likhachov (1906), Boris Vilkitsky (1885), Konstantin Savitsky (1844), Alexei Lubimov (1944), and Nur Devlet (null).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Pavel Bazhov ranks 159. Before him are Gaito Gazdanov (1903), Olga Bergholz (1910), Yuli Daniel (1925), Nikolay Ogarev (1813), Andreï Makine (1957), and Evgeny Schwartz (1896). After him are Mikhail Prishvin (1873), Dmitry Likhachov (1906), Mikhail Isakovsky (1900), Anton Delvig (1798), Daniil Granin (1919), and Nikolay Mikhaylovsky (1842).

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