The Snowstorm

short story by Leo Tolstoy
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The Snowstorm

Summary

The Snowstorm is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Snowstorm authored Leo Tolstoy[3].
  • The Snowstorm's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Snowstorm's genre is drama fiction[5].
  • blizzard is named after The Snowstorm[6].
  • The Snowstorm's language of work or name is recorded as Russian[7].
  • The Snowstorm's country of origin is recorded as Russian Empire[8].
  • 1856 marks the founding of The Snowstorm[9].
  • The Snowstorm was published on January 1, 1856[10].
  • The Snowstorm's has edition or translation is recorded as The Snowstorm[11].
  • The Snowstorm's narrative location is recorded as Russian Empire[12].
  • The Snowstorm's work available at URL is recorded as https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/tolstoi/schneest/schneest.html[13].
  • The Snowstorm's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Метель'}[14].
  • The Snowstorm's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'В седьмом часу вечера я, напившись чаю, выехал со станции, которой названия уже не помню, но помню, где-то в Земле Войска Донского, около Новочеркасска.'}[15].
  • The Snowstorm's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': '— Доставили-таки, барин! — сказал он.'}[16].
  • The Snowstorm's copyright status is recorded as public domain[17].
  • The Snowstorm's copyright status is recorded as public domain[18].
  • The Snowstorm's form of creative work is recorded as short story[19].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Release type: Prose[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9ae9c98b-2599-4670-9dc3-30119afd711f[21]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Snowstorm authored Leo Tolstoy[3].

Publication

The Snowstorm was released on January 1, 1856[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as Russian[7]. Its genre is drama fiction[5].

Why It Matters

The Snowstorm ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . projekt-gutenberg.org. projekt-gutenberg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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