Masquerade

verse play written in 1835 by the Russian Romantic writer Mikhail Lermontov
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Masquerade
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Masquerade

Summary

Masquerade is a literary work[1]. Masquerade ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Masquerade authored Mikhail Lermontov[3].
  • Masquerade's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Masquerade's genre is drama[5].
  • Masquerade's genre is drama fiction[6].
  • Masquerade's Commons category is recorded as Masquerade (Lermontov)[7].
  • Masquerade's language of work or name is recorded as Russian[8].
  • 1835 marks the founding of Masquerade[9].
  • Masquerade was published on January 1, 1842[10].
  • Masquerade's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Masquerade (Lermontov)[11].
  • Masquerade's date of first performance is recorded as 1852[12].
  • Masquerade's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Маскарад'}[13].
  • Masquerade's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Иван Ильич, позвольте мне поставить.'}[14].
  • Masquerade's location of first performance is recorded as Alexandrinsky Theatre[15].
  • Masquerade's copyright status is recorded as public domain[16].
  • Masquerade's copyright status is recorded as public domain[17].
  • Masquerade's form of creative work is recorded as play[18].

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Authorship and Creation

Masquerade authored Mikhail Lermontov[3].

Publication

Masquerade was released on January 1, 1842[10]. Masquerade's language of work or name is recorded as Russian[8]. Genres include drama[5] and drama fiction[6].

Why It Matters

Masquerade ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month).[2] Masquerade has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Masquerade is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Publication date +1842-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Author Mikhail Lermontov
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