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Yevgeny Petrov

1902 - 1942

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Yevgeny Petrovich Petrov, also spelled Evgeny or Yevgeni, (Евгений Петрович Петров, born Katayev (Катаев); December 13 [O.S. November 30] 1902 in Odessa – July 2, 1942) was a popular Soviet author in the 1920s and 1930s. He often worked in collaboration with Ilya Ilf. As Ilf and Petrov, they wrote The Twelve Chairs, released in 1928, and its sequel, The Little Golden Calf, released in 1931. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yevgeny Petrov is the 4,433rd most popular writer (down from 4,102nd in 2019), the 672nd most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 629th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular Ukrainian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yevgeny Petrov ranks 4,433 out of 7,302. Before him are Lajos Kassák, Richard Steele, Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, Łukasz Górnicki, Itō Noe, and Arnulf Øverland. After him are Orhan Kemal, Gloria Fuertes, Ippolito Nievo, Vicente Espinel, Dmitry Grigorovich, and Kathy Acker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Yevgeny Petrov ranks 225. Before him are Ferdinand Marian, Nikolay Kamov, Kustaa Pihlajamäki, Felisberto Hernández, Mario Magnozzi, and Herbert Copeland. After him are Amparo Poch y Gascón, Zaharia Stancu, Milman Parry, Carlos Schneeberger, Sergey Lebedev, and Rudolf Viertl. Among people deceased in 1942, Yevgeny Petrov ranks 189. Before him are Hugo Distler, Roberto María Ortiz, Ludwig Aschoff, Refik Saydam, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, and Racho Petrov. After him are Harald Tammer, Jean Gilbert, Louis Borno, Kārlis Zāle, Cecilia Beaux, and Alfred Asikainen.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Yevgeny Petrov ranks 672 out of 1,365. Before him are Leo Ornstein (1895), Mykola Avilov (1948), Julian Fałat (1853), Milena Rudnytska (1892), Stanisław Ostrowski (1892), and Alexandre Michon (1858). After him are Leonid Stein (1934), Andrei Kanchelskis (1969), Grisha Filipov (1919), Adam Rapacki (1909), Alexander Ostrowski (1893), and Emil Paur (1855).

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Among WRITERS In Ukraine

Among writers born in Ukraine, Yevgeny Petrov ranks 92. Before him are Sofia Yablonska (1907), Vasyl Stefanyk (1871), Emma Andijewska (1931), Ostap Vyshnya (1889), Anatoly Kuznetsov (1929), and Milena Rudnytska (1892). After him are Margarita Aliger (1915), Fedir Bohatyrchuk (1892), Mykola Khvylovy (1893), Alexander Galich (1918), Vera Inber (1890), and Leopold Staff (1878).

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