The Twelve Chairs

1928 novel by Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov
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The Twelve Chairs

Summary

The Twelve Chairs is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (138 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Twelve Chairs authored Ilya Ilf[3].
  • The Twelve Chairs authored Yevgeny Petrov[4].
  • The Twelve Chairs authored Ilf and Petrov[5].
  • The Twelve Chairs's image is recorded as The Twelve Chairs monument.jpg[6].
  • The Twelve Chairs's instance of is recorded as literary work[7].
  • The Twelve Chairs's publisher is recorded as Land and Factory[8].
  • The Twelve Chairs's genre is recorded as satirical fiction[9].
  • The Twelve Chairs's followed by is recorded as The Little Golden Calf[10].
  • The Twelve Chairs's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2016029778[11].
  • The Twelve Chairs's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2016029786[12].
  • The Twelve Chairs's Commons category is recorded as The Twelve Chairs[13].
  • The Twelve Chairs's language of work or name is recorded as Russian[14].
  • The Twelve Chairs's country of origin is recorded as Soviet Union[15].
  • The Twelve Chairs's has part is recorded as Building a tramway is not like buying a donkey[16].
  • +1927-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Twelve Chairs[17].
  • The Twelve Chairs's publication date is recorded as +1928-00-00T00:00:00Z[18].
  • The Twelve Chairs's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0316t1[19].
  • The Twelve Chairs's Open Library ID is recorded as OL2196450W[20].
  • The Twelve Chairs's characters is recorded as Ostap Bender[21].
  • The Twelve Chairs's characters is recorded as Ippolit Matveyevich Vorobyaninov[22].
  • The Twelve Chairs's characters is recorded as Father Fyodor[23].
  • The Twelve Chairs's characters is recorded as Madame Gritsatsuyeva[24].
  • The Twelve Chairs's characters is recorded as Ellochka Shchukina[25].
  • The Twelve Chairs's characters is recorded as Nikifor Lyapis-Trubetskoy[26].
  • The Twelve Chairs's characters is recorded as Klavdia Ivanovna Petukhova[27].

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Works and Contributions

Authored works include Ilya Ilf[3], a writer[28], 1897–1937[29], of Russian Empire[30]; Yevgeny Petrov[4], a writer[31], 1902–1942[32], of Russian Empire[33], awarded the Order of Lenin[34]; and Ilf and Petrov[5], a collective pseudonym[35].

Why It Matters

The Twelve Chairs ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (138 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . The Twelve Chairs monument in Odesa. wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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