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PUSHKIN

PUSHKIN. BY: Jeremy Dixon. Alexandr Pushkin.

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PUSHKIN

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  1. PUSHKIN BY: Jeremy Dixon

  2. Alexandr Pushkin • Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin was born in Moscow on May 26, 1799 . In 1811 he was selected to be among the thirty students in the first class at the Lyceum in Tsarskoe Selo. He attended the Lyceum from 1811 to 1817 and received the best education available in Russia at the time. Aleksandr Pushkin is ranked as one of Russia's greatest poets. He not only brought Russian poetry to its highest excellence, but also had a great influence on all Russian literature in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. • Some of his works include; • The Bronze Horseman • The Robber Brothers • The Gypsies • Count Nulin

  3. The Town Of Pushkin • The town was founded in the 18th century as the summer residence of the Russian tsars under the name Tsarskoye Selo (Royal Village). • In 1937, the name was changed to "Pushkin", to commemorate the centenary of the death of the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin who had studied in the Imperial Lyceum there.Pushkin is located 24 kilometres (15 mi) south from the center of St. Petersburg. Its population is approximately 84,628 .

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