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Russian literature

literature of Russia and in Russian language
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Summary

Russian literature is a sub-set of literature[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of sub set of literature entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,874 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: Central and Eastern European literature[3]
  • Commons category: Literature of Russia[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Russian literature[5]
  • Facet of: Russia[6], Russian Empire[7], Russian[8], literature[9]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[12]
  • History of topic: history of Russian literature[13]
  • Studied by: Russian studies[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]

Why It Matters

Russian literature has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Andrei Sinyavsky Anne Tyler Ivan Turgenev Roman Jakobson Russia Russian Empire Vladimir Nabokov Vladimir Propp Zakhar Prilepin

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → BI8Eu
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  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → ['h0002368-ruska-literatura', 'h0006331-rusky-psana-literatura']
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0002368-ruska-literatura, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259547|batch #259547]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Facet of → Russia, Russian Empire, Russian +1
    Aliases → —
    History of topic → history of Russian literature
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ Yso id: 16335, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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