Afanasy Nikitin

Summary

Afanasy Nikitin is a human^[1]. He was born in Tver^[2]. He was born on 1500^[3]. He died in Smolensk^[4]. He died on January 1, 1475^[5]. He worked as an explorer^[6], merchant^[7], travel writer^[8], traveler^[9], and writer^[10]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (196 views/month, #7,218 of 1,000,298).^[11]

Key Facts

• Afanasy Nikitin was born in Tver^[2].
• Afanasy Nikitin passed away in Smolensk^[4].
• Afanasy Nikitin was born on 1500^[3].
• Afanasy Nikitin died on January 1, 1475^[5].
• Afanasy Nikitin held citizenship in Principality of Tver^[12].
• Russian was Afanasy Nikitin's native language^[13].
• Afanasy Nikitin's professions included explorer^[6].
• Afanasy Nikitin's professions included merchant^[7].
• Afanasy Nikitin worked as a travel writer^[8].
• Afanasy Nikitin worked as a traveler^[9].
• Afanasy Nikitin's professions included writer^[10].
• Afanasy Nikitin's professions included prose writer^[14].
• Afanasy Nikitin's field of work was merchant^[15].
• Afanasy Nikitin is recorded as male^[16].
• Afanasy Nikitin's instance of is recorded as human^[17].
• Afanasy Nikitin's genre is Khojdenie^[18].
• Afanasy Nikitin's Commons category is recorded as Afanasy Nikitin^[19].
• Afanasy Nikitin's family name is recorded as Nikitin^[20].
• Afanasy Nikitin's given name is recorded as Afanasy^[21].
• Afanasy Nikitin's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Afanasy Nikitin^[22].
• Afanasy Nikitin's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• Afanasy Nikitin's described by source is recorded as Russian Biographical Dictionary^[24].
• Afanasy Nikitin's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• Afanasy Nikitin's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedic Lexicon^[26].
• Afanasy Nikitin's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[27].

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Origins and Family

Afanasy Nikitin was born in Tver^[2]. He was born on 1500^[3]. Russian was his native language^[13].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include explorer^[6], merchant^[7], travel writer^[8], traveler^[9], writer^[10], and prose writer^[14]. Afanasy Nikitin's field of work was merchant^[15].

Death and Burial

Afanasy Nikitin died on January 1, 1475^[5]. He passed away in Smolensk^[4].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Afanasy Nikitin include Nikitin Glacier^[28], a glacier^[29] and 4605 Nikitin^[30], an asteroid^[31].

Why It Matters

Afanasy Nikitin ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (196 views/month, #7,218 of 1,000,298).^[11] He has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] He is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Works attributed to him include A Journey Beyond the Three Seas^[34], a literary work^[35], founded in 1475^[36]. Entities named for him include Nikitin Glacier^[28], a glacier^[29] and 4605 Nikitin^[30], an asteroid^[31].

FAQs

Where was Afanasy Nikitin born?

Afanasy Nikitin's place of birth was Tver^[2].

Where did Afanasy Nikitin die?

Afanasy Nikitin died in Smolensk^[4].

What did Afanasy Nikitin do for work?

Afanasy Nikitin worked as explorer^[6], merchant^[7], travel writer^[8], traveler^[9], and writer^[10].