Boyan

bard mentioned in the Rus' epic The Lay of Igor's Campaign
Person fictional_human Q2360409
Boyan
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Boyan

Summary

Boyan is a fictional human[1]. He worked as a writer[2]. He draws 58 Wikipedia views per month (fictional_human category, ranking #922 of 5,308).[3]

Key Facts

  • Boyan worked as a writer[2].
  • Boyan's image is recorded as Баян.jpg[4].
  • Boyan is recorded as male[5].
  • Boyan's instance of is recorded as fictional human[6].
  • Boyan's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 40285515[7].
  • Boyan's GND ID is recorded as 123403383[8].
  • Boyan's Commons category is recorded as Boyan[9].
  • Boyan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026vkgp[10].
  • Boyan's given name is recorded as Boyan[11].
  • Boyan's instrument is recorded as gusli[12].
  • Boyan's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Boyan's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[14].
  • Boyan's described by source is recorded as Q65171794[15].
  • Boyan's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • Boyan's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Old East Slavic[17].
  • Boyan's present in work is recorded as The Tale of Igor's Campaign[18].
  • Boyan's CERL Thesaurus ID is recorded as cnp00575357[19].
  • Boyan's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 1880828[20].
  • Boyan's DDB person is recorded as 123403383[21].

Body

Career and Affiliations

Boyan worked as a writer[2].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Boyan include Bayan[22], an armored cruiser[23] and 3681 he[24], an asteroid[25].

Why It Matters

Boyan draws 58 Wikipedia views per month (fictional_human category, ranking #922 of 5,308).[3] He has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26]

Entities named for him include Bayan[22], an armored cruiser[23] and 3681 he[24], an asteroid[25].

FAQs

What did Boyan do for work?

Boyan worked as writer[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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