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Vissarion Belinsky

1811 - 1848

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Vissarion Grigoryevich Belinsky (Russian: Виссарио́н Григо́рьевич Бели́нский; June 11 [O.S. May 30] 1811 – June 7 [O.S. May 26] 1848) was a Russian literary critic of Westernizing tendency. Belinsky played one of the key roles in the career of poet and publisher Nikolay Nekrasov and his popular magazine Sovremennik. He was the most influential of the Westernizers, especially among the younger generation. He worked primarily as a literary critic, because that area was less heavily censored than political pamphlets. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vissarion Belinsky is the 3rd most popular critic, the 23rd most popular biography from Finland (down from 22nd in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Critic.

Vissarion Belinsky was a Russian critic and literary theorist who was one of the first to recognize the talent of a young poet by the name of Alexander Pushkin.

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Among critics, Vissarion Belinsky ranks 3 out of 9. Before him are John Ruskin, and Vladimir Propp. After him are Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Roger Ebert, Rosalind E. Krauss, Susanna Amatuni, Vincent Canby, and Todd McCarthy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, Vissarion Belinsky ranks 12. Before him are Maximilian II of Bavaria, Théophile Gautier, William Makepeace Thackeray, Isaac Singer, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. After him are Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern, François Achille Bazaine, Louis Blanc, Ambroise Thomas, Elisha Otis, and Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. Among people deceased in 1848, Vissarion Belinsky ranks 11. Before him are François-René de Chateaubriand, George Stephenson, John Quincy Adams, Caroline Herschel, Bernard Bolzano, and Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt. After him are María Isabella of Spain, Nicolas Oudinot, Mohammad Shah Qajar, Khachatur Abovian, Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, and William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Vissarion Belinsky ranks 23 out of 751. Before him are Johan Gadolin (1760), Risto Ryti (1889), Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861), Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865), Aki Kaurismäki (1957), and Mikael Agricola (1510). After him are Mauno Koivisto (1923), Arto Paasilinna (1942), Kyösti Kallio (1873), Helene Schjerfbeck (1862), Linus Torvalds (1969), and Lars Ahlfors (1907).

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Among critics born in Finland, Vissarion Belinsky ranks 1. 

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