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Alexander Pushkin

Also known as Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, Aleksandr Pushkin, Aleksandr Serge'evich Pushkin, Pushkin, Pouchkine Aleksandr Sergueevitch

Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)

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Alexander Pushkin was a Russian poet, playwright, literary critic, and translator born in Moscow in 1799. He was educated at the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum and held citizenship in the Russian Empire. His native language was Russian, and he also spoke French. Pushkin is the author of notable works including Eugene Onegin, The Captain's Daughter, Boris Godunov, and Ruslan and Ludmila. He also used several pseudonyms, such as Ivan Petrovich Belkin.

Pushkin was married to Natalia Pushkina, and they had children named Maria Pushkina and Natalya Pushkina. His father was Sergey Pushkin and his mother was Nadezhda Pushkina. He died in Saint Petersburg in 1837 from a gunshot wound inflicted by Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès. Pushkin is buried at the Svyatogorsky Monastery. His writings have been described in sources such as the Encyclopædia Britannica and the Russian Biographical Dictionary.

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Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799–1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. He is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Pushkin was born into Russian nobility in Moscow. His maternal great-grandfather was Central-African-born general Abram Petrovich Gannibal. He published his first poem at the age of 15,…

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Lifespan: 1799–1837
Nationality: RU, RUS, IT
Role / Field: Poets russian, Poetas, Escritores, Ecrivains, Authors russian, Literatura
Language: rus, fre
Gender: Male

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Instance of: human
Given name: Aleksandr
Gender: male
Citizenship: Russian Empire
Place of birth: Moscow
Place of death: Saint Petersburg
Spouse: Natalia Pushkina
Father: Sergey Pushkin
Mother: Nadezhda Pushkina
Sibling: Lev Sergeyevich Pushkin
Educated at: Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum
Languages spoken: Russian
Native language: Russian
Religion: Eastern Orthodoxy
Notable work: The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights
Field of work: translation
Genre: historical prose literature
Movement: Romanticism
Image: Orest Kiprensky - Портрет поэта А.С.Пушкина - Google Art Project.jpg
Residence: Saint Petersburg

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cause of death: gunshot wound
killed by: Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès
place of burial: Svyatogorsky Monastery
Commons category: Aleksandr Pushkin
date of death: 1837-01-01
topic's main category: Category:Alexander Pushkin
pseudonym: А. Б.
member of: Arzamas Society
manner of death: duel
Commons Creator page: Aleksandr Pushkin
Commons gallery: Aleksandr Pushkin
name in native language: Александръ Сергѣевичъ Пушкинъ
influenced by: William Shakespeare
start of work period: 1814-00-00
end of work period: 1837-00-00
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
writing language: French
different from: Alexander Pichushkin
has works in the collection: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
P8168: discography
civil rank: titular councillor
P12674: Roman Kononenko
P12749: Domart-sur-la-Luce
related category: Category:Works by Aleksandr Pushkin
date of birth: 1799-01-01
date of baptism: 1799-06-08
contributed to creative work: The Stolen Princess: Ruslan and Ludmila
relative: Vasily Pushkin

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Works in European collections

28 objects attributed to Alexander Pushkin, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

No. 9: Nachts

The talisman [Texto impreso] :]from the Russian of Alexander Pushkin with other pieces

Eugene Onegin: Tatiana 's letter scene, Op. 24; (part 1)/Tchaikovsky. (Words by Pushkin)

Břehy vzdálené vlasti/Alexandr Borodin. Slova: A. S. Puškin

Eugene Onegin: Tatiana 's letter scene, Op. 24; (part 4)/Tchaikovsky. (Words by Pushkin)

For the shores of thy far distand land /

Eugene Onegin: Tatiana 's letter scene, Op. 24; (part 3)/Tchaikovsky. (Words by Pushkin)

Still I think of the moment

Eugene Onegin: Tatiana 's letter scene, Op. 24; (part 2)/Tchaikovsky. (Words by Pushkin)

Night / (Pushkin - Moussorgsky - Rimsky-Korsakov)

Соло из Балета Золотая РЫбка - Solo iz Baljeta Zolotaia Ribka - Solo from «The Golden Fish» Ballet - Solo du ballet «Le Poisson doré»

No. 1: Das Blümlein

No. 10: Der Gefangene

Eugen Onegin : lyrische Szenen in drei Aufzügen

No. 6: Die Beschwörung

No. 2: Auf Grusien's Hügeln

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A kapitány lánya

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Encyclopedic overview

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (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. He is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet, as well as the founder of modern Russian literature.

Pushkin was born into the Russian nobility in Moscow. His father, Sergey Lvovich Pushkin, belonged to an old noble family. One of his maternal great-grandfathers was Abram Petrovich Gannibal, a nobleman and military general of African origin who was kidnapped from his homeland by the Ottomans, then freed by Peter the Great and raised in the Emperor's court household as his godson.

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