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Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. The greatest Russian poet. The greatest Russian poet Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was born in Moscow on the 26 th of May, 1799. He was not only a poet, but also a dramatist, a novelist and a writer of short stories. Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin.
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Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin The greatest Russian poet
The greatest Russian poet Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was born in Moscow on the 26th of May, 1799. He was not only a poet, but also a dramatist, a novelist and a writer of short stories. Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin
The poet’s father came from an aristocratic family; on the mother’s side he had African ancestors. Pushkin grew up in a well-educated family. When he was twelve he was sent to school named ‘Imperial Lyceum of Tsarskoye Selo’ and soon started to write romantic poems. Pushkin
Being adult Pushkin became a politically active person, he supported the Decembrist revolt of 1825 and wrote political poems. For that he had to spend in exile six years of his life. Being exiled, he wrote about life of simple Russian people, about history and traditions of his country. Pushkin
Pushkin wrote more than 800 works: novels, dramatic works, works of prose, tales and poems. The most famous works of Alexander Pushkin are ‘YevgenyOnegin’, ‘Boris Godunov’, ‘The Captain’s Daughter’, ‘The Queen of Spades’, ‘Ruslan and Ludmila’ and many others. Alexander Pushkin
Pushkin started the great tradition of Russian literature. He wrote his works using the current language, Russian language as it was spoken instead of using style of old church books. His style had enormous influence on other Russian writers. Pushkin
Pushkin fell in love with Natalya Goncharovaand in 1830 they got married. In 1837 he was wounded in a duel defending his wife’s honour and died on the 29th of January in1837 in St. Petersburg. Pushkin
