Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian author of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Pushkin pioneered the use of vernacular speech in his poems and plays, creating a style of storytelling—mixing drama, romance, and satire—associated with Russian literature ever since and greatly influencing later Russian writers. He also wrote historical fiction. His Marie: A Story of Russian Love provides insight into Russia during the reign of Catherine the Great.
Born in Moscow, Russia, Pushkin published his first poem at the age of fifteen, and was widely recognized by the literary establishment by the time of his graduation from the Imperial Lyceum in Tsarskoye Selo. Pushkin gradually became committed to social reform and emerged as a spokesman for literary radicals; in the early 1820s he clashed with the government, which sent him into exile in southern Russia. While under the strict surveillance of government censors and unable to travel or publish at will, he wrote his most famous play, the drama Boris Godunov, but could not publish it until years later. His novel in verse, Eugene Onegin, was published serially from 1825 to 1832.
Pushkin and his wife Natalya Goncharova, whom he married in 1831, later became regulars of court society. In 1837, while falling into greater and greater debt amidst rumors that his wife had started conducting a scandalous affair, Pushkin challenged her alleged lover, Georges d'Anthès, to a duel. Pushkin was mortally wounded and died two days later.1
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin
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Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
| Born | 6 June [O.S. 26 May] 1799 |
| Died | 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1837 |
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Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
| Born | 6 June [O.S. 26 May] 1799 |
| Died | 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1837 |
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Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin (1799-1837), Emelʹi︠a︡n Ivanovich Pugachev (d. 1775), A. S. Pushkin (1799-1837), Boris Fyodorovich Godunov Czar of Russia (1551 or 2-1605), Natalʹi︠a︡ Nikolaevna Pushkina (1812-1863), Boris Fyodorovich Godunov Czar of Russia (1551 or 1552-1605), Peter I Emperor of Russia (1672-1725), Antonio Salieri (1750-1825), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Abram Petrovich Hannibal (ca. 1696-1781), Boris Godunov Czar of Russia (1551?-1605), Emelʹi︠a︡n Ivanovich Pugachev (-1775), Emelʹi︠a︡n Ivanovich Pugachev (1775), Mikhail Chulaki, Mikhail I︠U︡rʹevich Lermontov (1814-1841), P. P. Ershov (1815-1869), Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin (1799-837), Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837- , translations into English Pushkin, Alekseǐ Il'ich Kravchenko (1889-1940), Alonso, Antonio, Antonio Salieri, Ariel, Armand Aubigny, Boris Fyodorovich Godunov Czar of Russia (1551?-1605)Time
19th century, Catherine II, 1762-1796, 20th century, 18th century, Rebellion of Pugachev, 1773-1775, 1801-1917, Catalina II, 1762-1796, 1689-1801, 21st century, Antebellum era, Boris Fyodorovich Godunov, 1598-1605ID Numbers
- OLID: OL47908A
- ISNI: 0000000121372055
- VIAF: 66477450
- Wikidata: Q7200
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- Александр Сергеевич Пушкин
- А.С.Пушкин
- Александр Пушкин
- Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin
- A.S. Pushkin
- A. S. Pushkin
- Alexander Pushkin
- Alexandre Pouchkine
- Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin
- Alexander S. Puschkin
- A S Pushkin
- Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin
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- Alexandr Pushkin
- Alexander S. Pushkin
- Pushkin Aleksander.
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- PUSHKIN, ALEKSANDR SERGEEVICH, 1799-1837.
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