Letter of Forty-Two

open letter signed by forty-two Russian literati, aimed at Russian society, the president and government, in reaction to the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis
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Letter of Forty-Two

Summary

Letter of Forty-Two is an open letter[1]. It draws 17 Wikipedia views per month (open_letter category, ranking #12 of 22).[2]

Key Facts

  • Letter of Forty-Two is in the country of Russia[3].
  • Letter of Forty-Two's instance of is recorded as open letter[4].
  • Letter of Forty-Two's language of work or name is recorded as Russian[5].
  • Letter of Forty-Two's publication date is recorded as +1993-10-05T00:00:00Z[6].
  • Letter of Forty-Two's point in time is recorded as +1993-10-05T00:00:00Z[7].
  • Letter of Forty-Two's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05c2v8n[8].
  • Letter of Forty-Two's main subject is recorded as 1993 Russian constitutional crisis[9].
  • Letter of Forty-Two's published in is recorded as Izvestia[10].
  • Letter of Forty-Two's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Письмо сорока двух'}[11].
  • Letter of Forty-Two's addressee is recorded as Government of Russia[12].
  • Letter of Forty-Two's addressee is recorded as Boris Yeltsin[13].
  • Letter of Forty-Two's signatory is recorded as Ales Adamovich[14].
  • Letter of Forty-Two's signatory is recorded as Viktor Astafyev[15].
  • Letter of Forty-Two's signatory is recorded as Bella Akhmadulina[16].
  • Letter of Forty-Two's signatory is recorded as Grigory Baklanov[17].
  • Letter of Forty-Two's signatory is recorded as Zori Balayan[18].
  • Letter of Forty-Two's signatory is recorded as Tatyana Bek[19].
  • Letter of Forty-Two's signatory is recorded as Vasil Bykaŭ[20].
  • Letter of Forty-Two's signatory is recorded as Boris Vasilyev[21].
  • Letter of Forty-Two's signatory is recorded as Alexander Gelman[22].
  • Letter of Forty-Two's signatory is recorded as Daniil Granin[23].
  • Letter of Forty-Two's signatory is recorded as Mikhail Dudin[24].
  • Letter of Forty-Two's signatory is recorded as Aleksandr Ivanov[25].
  • Letter of Forty-Two's signatory is recorded as Rimma Kazakova[26].
  • Letter of Forty-Two's signatory is recorded as Alexander Kushner[27].

Why It Matters

Letter of Forty-Two draws 17 Wikipedia views per month (open_letter category, ranking #12 of 22).[2] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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