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Vissarion Belinsky

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Vissarion Belinsky

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Also known as Vissarion Grigoryevich Belinsky, Vissárion Grigoryevich Belinsky

Russian literary critic

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Vissarion Grigoryevich Belinsky was a person whose professional period began in 1830. He was born in 1811 and died in 1848. His literary output includes works such as *Statʹi o russkoĭ literature*, *Ěntir erker*, *State o ruskej literatúre*, *Vzgli︠a︡d na russkui︠u︡ literaturu*, and *Nikolai Alekseevich Polevoi*.

Records indicate that Belinsky is associated with 96 works in one catalog and five in another. His legacy is documented in a Commons category bearing his name. Additionally, he is referenced by 540 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 12 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1811
Died
1848
Works
96

Top works

  • Statʹi o russkoĭ literature
  • Ěntir erker
  • State o ruskej literatúre
  • Vzgli︠a︡d na russkui︠u︡ literaturu
  • Nikolai Alekseevich Polevoi

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Type
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Russian Empire
Place of birth
Suomenlinna
Place of death
Saint Petersburg
Languages spoken
Russian
Native language
Russian
Field of work
literary criticism
Image
Kirill Gorbunov, Vissarion Belinsky, 1843, Tretyakov Gallery 3270.jpg
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name in native language
Виссарион Белинский
start of work period
1830-00-00
cause of death
tuberculosis
Commons category
Vissarion Belinsky
place of burial
Volkovo Cemetery
medical condition
tuberculosis
date of birth
1811-06-11
date of death
1848-06-07
manner of death
natural causes
ethnic group
Russians
writing language
Russian
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Encyclopedic overview

A bust of Belinsky A 1957 Vissarion Belinsky Soviet postage stamp

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. He agreed with Slavophiles that society had precedence over individualism, but he insisted the society had to allow the expression of individual ideas and rights. He strongly opposed Slavophiles on the role of Orthodoxy, which he considered a retrograde force. He emphasized reason and knowledge, and attacked autocracy and theocracy.

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