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Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [a] [b] [c] (6 June [O.S. 26 May] 1799 – 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. [3] He is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] as well as the founder of modern Russian literature .
- Poems
- Ruslan and Ludmila
- Eugene Onegin
- Boris Godunov
- Little Tragedies
- Tales of The Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin
- The Bronze Horseman
- The Queen of Spades
- The Captain’s Daughter
- Fairy Tales
Russia’s foremost poet wrote about 360 poems. He began to compose as a child (his older contemporaries recalled the transformation that happened to the boy at the age of 11). One of the best love poems written in Russian is Pushkin’s To*** (“I remember a wonderful moment”, 1825), By the way, it has been translated into 210 languages. The Prophet(18...
Every child in Russia knows the beginning of this fairy tale in verse by heart – the bit about the green oak near Lukomorye, with the learned cat walking around it and the mermaid sitting in its branches. Pushkin wrote his first long poem inspired by folklore, immersing the reader in a magical world, where the insidious sorcerer Chernomor kidnaps t...
This novel in verse is considered not only the pinnacle of Pushkin’s oeuvre, but also an “encyclopedia of Russian life”. A young well-educated aristocrat, Onegin, travels from the capital to his country estate, where he becomes bored and seeks a diversion, when suddenly he finds himself a character in a tragedy and a melodrama. His neighbors’ daugh...
This tragedy in verse centers around one of the most mysterious pages in Russian history - the murder of Tsarevich Dmitry, the last heir to the Rurik dynasty. There was a rumor that his murder was ordered by Boris Godunov, to enable the latter to take the throne himself... There were clear parallels between this historical play and the time in whic...
Continuing his experiments with writing for the stage, while locked in cholera quarantine at his Boldino estate, Pushkin wrote a cycle of four small plays in verse, The Covetous Knight, Mozart and Salieri, The Stone Guest andFeast in Time of the Plague.In them, the poet explored human passions and presented the characters (and the reader) with toug...
Belkin’s Talesis a collection of five gripping novellas. It includes a sentimental story about a young noblewoman, who dresses up as a peasant woman to meet a handsome neighbor, while there is a feud between their fathers. And a romantic story about a duel in which one of the participants decided to postpone his shot and invites his opponent to ret...
This novella in verse is a real celebration of St. Petersburg. “I love you, Peter’s creation,” is one of the most famous quotes from the work. The title of the story gave the nickname to the equestrian monument to Peter I, which became the symbol of the city. The plot, however, revolves around a sad story - Pushkin describes a devastating flood tha...
This is a story about how gambling can drive a person crazy. In order to find out a secret winning combination of cards, young Hermann enters an old countess’s bedroom - she dies of fright and her ghost begins to appear to the protagonist, repeating the card combination: “Three, seven, ace...” The work was a great success in Europe and Pyotr Tchaik...
This is a novel about Yemelyan Pugachev’s peasant rebellion, which swept across nearly the whole of Russia in the 18th century. But, above all, this is a story about honor, noble duty and love, as Russian people understand them to this day. This novel is worth reading if only for the quote that has become an aphorism: “God save us from seeing a Rus...
It would be hard to find a Russian child who is unfamiliar with Pushkin’s amazing fairy tales in verse. In his light and picturesque style, the poet retold folktales that he had heard from his beloved nanny Arina Rodionovna. The best-known of them are: The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish, in which Pushkin reflects on the measure of our desires, ...
Sep 27, 2024 · Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian poet, novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer who has often been considered his country’s greatest poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Learn more about his life, both in and out of exile, his major works, and his influential legacy.
Peter and Catherine went down in the books as Russia’s most powerful ruling duo yet, despite their immense wealth, they were no show-offs. Their original Catherine Palace, with “stone chambers of 16 light rooms”, was a far cry from the resplendent sprawling palace that can be seen today.
Pushkin, suburban town and administrative raion (district) of St. Petersburg, northwestern European Russia, 14 miles (22 km) south of the city of St. Petersburg. Tsarskoye Selo grew up around one of the main summer palaces of the Russian royal family.
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Home to a royal ensemble of parks and palaces, Pushkin is a municipal town south of the St.Petersburg city-centre in Russia. Having been officially founded in 1710, the town attracts attention for its 18th century UNESCO protected museum complex.
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Apr 8, 2022 · Visit Pushkin, a town renowned for Catherine Palace, the royal residence of the Russian imperial family. Learn the history of the nobility of the 19th century and stroll around its beautiful premises.
