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  Aleksandr Pushkin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aleksandr Pushkin was a Russian poet and a 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.
Pushkin's father descended from one of the Russian gentry's oldest families who traced their history to the 12th century, while his mother's grandfather was Ibrahim Petrovich Gannibal, a former African slave who became a military leader, engineer and nobleman after his adoption by Peter the Great.
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 Aleksandr Pushkin - free-definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пу́шкин) (June 6 (May 26, O.S. February 10 (January 29, O.S. Russian author, is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature.
Pushkin's father was a descendant of one of the Russian gentry's oldest families who traced their history 600 years back, while his mother was the grand-daughter of Ibrahim Petrovich Gannibal, a slave from Abyssinia (Ethiopia) who was sent as a gift from Constantinople and became the adopted godchild and Engineer-General of Peter the Great.
Pushkin was influenced, among others, by the satire of Voltaire, by poetry of Lord Byron and by the tragedies of Shakespeare, and critics consider many of his works masterpieces, such as the poem The Bronze Horseman and the drama The Stone Guest, a tale of the fall of Don Juan.
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 Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeyevich. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Pushkin showed promise as a poet during his years as a student in a lyceum for young noblemen.
Pushkin’s other major works include the dramas Mozart and Salieri and The Stone Guest (both 1830); the folktale The Golden Cockerel (1833), on which Rimsky-Korsakov based an opera; and the short stories Tales by Belkin (1831) and The Queen of Spades (1834).
Pushkin died as a result of a duel with a young French émigré nobleman who was accused, in anonymous letters to the poet, of being the lover of Pushkin’s flirtatious young wife.
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Pushkin's father was a descendant of one of the Russian gentry's oldest families, while his mother was the grand-daughter of Ibrahim Petrovich Gannibal, a slave from Abyssinia (Ethiopia) who became the adopted godchild and Engineer-General of Peter the Great.
When Pushkin was given an honorary title by the Tsar, he became enraged, feeling this was done simply so that his wife, who had many admirers — including the Tsar himself — could properly attend court balls.
Pushkin was influenced by the satire of Voltaire and by the tragedies of Shakespeare, and critics consider many of his works masterpieces, such as the poem The Bronze Horseman and the drama The Stone Guest, a tale of the fall of Don Juan.
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 Aleksandr Pushkin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Pushkin's father descended from one of the Russian gentry's oldest families who traced their history 600 years back, while his mother's grandfather Ibrahim Petrovich Gannibal, a slave from Abyssinia (Ethiopia) sent as a gift from Constantinople, became the adopted and of Peter the Great.
When the Tsar gave Pushkin the lowest court title, the poet became enraged: he felt this occurred not simply so that his wife, who had many admirers — including the Tsar himself — could properly attend court balls, but also to humiliate him.
Pushkin's work shows the influence, among others, of the satire of Voltaire, of the poetry of Lord Byron and of the tragedies of Shakespeare.
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 PWHCE Who's Who of Russia: Aleksandr Pushkin
A poet and dramatist, Aleksandr Pushkin was the seminal master of modern Russian literature.
Pushkin was exiled at one point for writing mildly subversive poetry prior to the Decembrist uprising.
Pushkin died in a duel in January 1837.
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 Aleksandr Pushkin Definition / Aleksandr Pushkin Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Pushkin pioneered the use of vernacular speechThe vernacular is the native language of a country or locality.
Aleksandr Pushkin is the most admired and accepted writer that came out from Russia in the 19th century.
Aleksandr Pushkin is a Russian national treasure - a poet whose literary reputation is on the same plane as that of Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekov.
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 TEMPLE OF ALEXANDR PUSHKIN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeyevich (1799-1837), Russian poet and author, who founded the literature of his language with epic and lyric poems, plays, novels, and short stories.
In 1817 Pushkin was taken into the ministry of foreign affairs in Saint Petersburg; there he mingled in the social life of the capital and belonged to an underground revolutionary group.
Pushkin continued to draw upon Russian history in two long poems, Poltava (1828) and The Bronze Horseman (1833), and in his novel of the Pugachev rebellion, The Captain's Daughter (1836).
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Pushkin
Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeyevich (1799-1837), Russian poet and author, who founded the literature of his language with epic and lyric poems, plays,...
Pushkin (city, Russia), city in the Leningrad Oblast of Russia, 24 km (15 mi) south of Saint Petersburg.
The 19th century writer Aleksandr Pushkin is considered the founding father of Russian literature in the vernacular.
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 Literature - Russia - Pushkin
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian poet and author, who founded the literature of his language with epic and lyric poems, plays, novels, and short stories.
Pushkin was also skilled in making drawings and illustrations to his own works.
In 1817 Pushkin was taken into the ministry of foreign affairs in St Petersburg; there he mingled in the social life of the capital and belonged to an underground revolutionary group.
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 Alexander Pushkin - Biography, Works, and Message Board
Pushkin's Evgenii Onegin (1833), a novel in verse, is considered the greatest masterpiece of Russian literature.
Pushkin's father tried in vain to keep his son under his control, but the result was, that the poet's friends applied to the Czar, and Pushkin père was exiled from his own estate.
Aleksandr (or Alexander) Sergeyevitch Pushkin (Александр Сергеевич Пушкин), (May 26, 1799 - January 29 (Old Style, February 10 New Style), 1837), Russian author, is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature.
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Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin was born in Moscow on May 26, 1799 (Old Style).
Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin was born on May 26, 1799, in Moscow...
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 Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeyevich - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeyevich   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Pushkin's range was wide, and his willingness to experiment freed later Russian writers from many of the archaic conventions of the literature of his time.
He was exiled in 1820 for his political verse and in 1824 was in trouble for his atheistic opinions.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
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 Aleksandr Pushkin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пу́шкин) (May 26, 1799 (O.S. June 6, 1799 (N.S. January 29, 1837 (O.S. February 10, 1837 (N.S. Russian author, is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature.
Later, Pushkin and his wife Natalya Goncharova, whom he married in 1830, became regulars of court society.
When Pushkin was given an honorary title by the Tsar, he became enraged, feeling this was done simply so that his wife, who had many admirers—including the Tsar himself—could properly attend court balls.
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 Aspirennies.com by Katharena Eiermann, Poets, poetry, romance, love poems, romantic poetry, love quotes, erotic poetry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Aleksandr Pushkin (1799-1837), the greatest Russian poet of the 19th century, established the modern Russian literary idiom in such works as Boris Godunov (1831) and his masterpiece Eugene Onegin (1823-31).
Pushkin studied at the Lyceum in the town of Tsarskoye Selo, later renamed Pushkin, and after graduating (1817), was appointed to a post at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the capital city of Saint Petersburg.
Here Pushkin indulged in the glittering social life available to a well-born Russian youth of his day--the life he would eventually satirize in Eugene Onegin (1823-31), a verse novel that describes a shallow, pleasure-loving man's insensitivity to the love of a noble woman.
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 Aleksandr Pushkin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Aleksandr (Sergeyevich) Pushkin was born in 1799 in Moscow (see picture below) into a poor aristocratic family.
Pushkin learned Russian mainly from his nanny, Ariana Rodionovna, and started to write poems at a very early age, with one published when he was only 14 years of age.
In the month of May of 1820 Pushkin was forced to flee from his town because of his political poems one of which was 'Ode to Liberty'.
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 Aleksandr Pushkin
Pushkin was transferred south to Ekaterinoslav; it was a mild form of exile.
The libretto for Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin (1879) was adapted from Pushkin's novel by the composer's brother Modeste.
Pushkin defended in a duel his wife's honor with her brother-in-law.
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 Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeyevich --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Poet and dramatist Aleksandr Blok was the principal representative of Russian symbolism.
Aleksandr Glazunov was one of the last major Russian composers to write orchestral music with a strong Russian flavor.
A major Russian nationalist composer of the 19th century, Aleksandr Borodin was also a scientist notable for his research on aldehydes.
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 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
{{RedirectPushkin}} Image:AlexanderPushkin.jpeg rightthumbAleksandr Pushkin was a [[Russian poet and a founder of modern Russian literature]] '''Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin''' (Russian language Russian: '''Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пу́шкин''' {{Audioru-Pushkin.ogglisten}}) (June 6 (May 26, Julian calendar O.S. February 10 (January 29, Julian calendar O.S. Russian author, whom many consider the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature.
Pushkin pioneered the use of Vernacular 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.
Pushkin's work shows the influence, among others, of the satire of Voltaire, of the poetry of Lord Byron and of the tragedies of William Shakespeare Shakespeare.
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Pushkin inició el uso del discurso vernáculo en sus poemas y juegos, creando un estilo de storytelling que mezcló el drama, romance y el satire que se ha asociado a la literatura rusa desde que y se ha influenciado grandemente los escritores rusos más últimos.
Pushkin gradualmente se confió a la reforma social y se emergió como portavoz para los radicales literarios.
En 1837, cayendo en mayor y mayor deuda en medio de rumores que su esposa tenía un asunto scandalous, Pushkin desafió a su amante alegado, Georges D'Anthes, a un duelo que izquierdo ambos hombres dañados, Pushkin mortally.
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 Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Aleksandr Pushkin
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пу́шкин) (June 6 (May 26, O.S. February 10 (January 29, O.S. Russian author, whom many consider 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.
His body was spirited away secretly at midnight and buried on his mother's estate.
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 A.S.Pushkin.1999 there is an anniversary year of great russian poet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The 25th of April, 1999 Pushkin's Literature Competition among pupils of Western Ukraine.
We represented our chess composition called "Pushkin's Bail"The work was exposed as a part of the Moving Mini-Museum of Carved Wood by Elen Uralova.
On 25th of April the stand was exposed to attention of participants of the Pushkin’s Jubilee Literature Competition.The "Mini-Museum quot; is just a little bit transformered portable tourist-table with a curtain and wheels.
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 MSN Encarta - Multimedia - Aleksandr Pushkin
Nineteenth-century writer Aleksandr Pushkin was one of the first important literary figures in Russia.
A versatile writer, Pushkin wrote poetry, short stories, novels, and plays.
Pushkin helped establish a strong Russian literary tradition, and his work influenced many of the writers who followed him.
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