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Boris Shergin

Russian folklorist (1893–1973)
Person Human Q4523054

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
July 16, 1893, July 28, 1893[2][7]
Date of death
October 30, 1973, October 31, 1973[4][8]
Place of birth
Arkhangelsk
Place of death
Moscow
Country of citizenship
Russian Empire, Soviet Union[10][11]
Occupation
writer, collector of fairy tales
Official website
www.boris-shergin.ru[14]
Website
www.boris-shergin.ru
Citizenship
Russian Empire, Soviet Union
Languages spoken, written or signed
Russian
Described by source
Russian literature of the 20th century. Volume 3, 2005, ProDetLit, Faces of Moscow, Boris Shergin: Zapechatlennaya Dusha
Given name
Boris[13]
Patronym or matronym
Viktorovich
Place of burial
Kuzminskoye Cemetery[9]
Start of work period
1922
Work period start
1922
Writing language
Russian
🏷️ Also known as
en Boris Shergin en Boris Viktorovich Shergin cs Boris Viktorovič Šergin de Boris Schergin de Boris Wiktorowitsch Schergin es Borís Sherguin es Borís Víktorovich Sherguin fr Boris Cherguine fr Boris Victorovitch Cherguine fr Boris Viktorovitch Cherguine ko 보리스 빅토로비치 셰르긴 ko 보리스 셰르긴 nl Борис Викторович Шергин nl Шергин Борис Викторович ru Борис Викторович Шергин ru Борис Шергин ru Шергин Б. ru Шергин Б. В. ru Шергин, Борис ru Шергин Борис Викторович
🔖 Identifiers · 32
ISNI
0000000117773112
VIAF cluster ID
100375279
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n83028147
GND ID
124571336
BIBSYS ID
97003696
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
16291695m
Biografija.ru ID
shergin-boris-viktorovich
CiNii Research ID
1140845216569852800
Concise Literary Encyclopedia ID
8-6951
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
124571336
FAST ID
109524
Freebase ID
/m/02pjqrb
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IdRef ID
197860028
J9U entity ID
987007433457605171
Kinopoisk person ID
307807
Libris-URI
1zcgm41k30lkx7v
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA06135476
NL CR AUT ID
kup20040000119451
NUKAT ID
n2012254490
National Library of Latvia ID
000198166
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:HOx;=Bl
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810532880705606
National Library of Russia ID
7783682, 7716844
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
128362448
Open Library ID
OL293382A
Prabook ID
2474430
RERO ID (legacy)
A027638994
Rodovid ID
880902
SELIBR ID
339737
Topic's main category
Wikidata item
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJy4ggypFdRKRMfKbQgVG3
Yale LUX ID
person/0ea5a31b-0563-4692-ad7a-1fb264f29b33

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Country of citizenship 2
Soviet Union, Russian Empire
Described by source 1
ProDetLit
Given name 1
Boris
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Russian
Occupation 1
writer
Place of birth 1
Arkhangelsk
Place of death 1
Moscow
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
Russian
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Summary

Born in Arkhangelsk[1], he… he was born on July 16, 1893[2]. He passed away in Moscow[3]. He died on October 30, 1973[4]. He worked as a writer[5] and collector of fairy tales[6].

FAQs

Where was Boris Shergin born?

Born in Arkhangelsk[1].

Where did Boris Shergin die?

Boris Shergin died in Moscow[3].

What did Boris Shergin do for work?

Boris Shergin worked as writer[5] and collector of fairy tales[6].

Related Entities

Russian Empire

References

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  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . Russian literature of the 20th century. Volume 3, 2005. wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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