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  Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeyevich. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
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.
www.bartleby.com /65/pu/PushkinA.html   (419 words)

  
 Konstantin Kovalev. Pushkin's death
The future of Pushkin's poetry, his role in modern life of society: these are questions which Konstantin Kovalev has answered the correspondent of TV-channel.
Russia is marking the 170th anniversary of the famous poet, Alexandr Pushkin's death.
Alexander Pushkin - a Russian with Ethiopian roots - was born in 1799.
www.kkovalev.ru /Pushkin_Russia_Today_copy(1).htm   (498 words)

  
 Alexandr Pushkin In Love - Welcome Moldova Magazine
Pushkin) was sitting beside me with a red face, starring hard at the pretty girl, so that she would turn pale and quite confused, on the verge of tears.
Pushkin fell in love with her at first sight and was hiding his feelings with extreme jealousy.
Pushkin was greatly taken with his daughter Pulcheria and her ingenious beauty.
www.welcome-moldova.com /articles/alexandr_pushkin.shtml   (1606 words)

  
 Pushkinskie Gory Friends. Charity Trust in Russia. The history of Charity in Pushkinskie Gory
In 1898 a "Pushkin Committee in Pskov" was organised by the local community that later wrote to the Emperor asking him to give the permission to sell Pushkin's estate to the state to turn it into a museum.
In January, 1907, the Council of Ministers of Russia decided to reallocate the village of Mikhailovskoye and in 1911 Pushkin's house was opened there as a museum, together with a "colony for retired writers and teachers".
Pushkin's name was very special for the representatives of all social groups of pre-revolutionary Russia, from the Emperor to an ordinary peasant.
www.pushkincorner.ru /e_history.html   (330 words)

  
 Pushkin Critical Biography
Russian poet, Alexandr Pushkin was born in Moscow, the son of Sergei Lvovich Pushkin, a retired army officer, and his wife, Nadezhda Osipovna, nee Hannibal.
Pushkin received the ardently awaited fulfillment of his desires with curious ambiguity; the conflict between his infatuation with Natalia and his fear of marriage haunted him throughout the short engagement and found reflection also in his works originating in the fall of 1830.
Pushkin was short and hardly handsome, but of a vigorous nature and of boundless energy, and a man of remarkable charm and wit.
global.cscc.edu /engl/265/PushkinBiog.htm   (1930 words)

  
 TEMPLE OF ALEXANDR PUSHKIN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Pushkin was born June 6, 1799, in Moscow, into a noble family.
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).
sangha.net /messengers/pushkin.htm   (415 words)

  
 Pushkin's Biography
Pushkin thought that he would be free to travel as he wished, that he could freely participate in the publication of journals, and that he would be totally free of censorship, except in cases which he himself might consider questionable and wish to refer to his royal censor.
Pushkin was married to Natalia Goncharova on February 18, 1831, in Moscow.
Pushkin was deeply offended, all the more because he was convinced that it was conferred, not for any quality of his own, but only to make it proper for the beautiful Mme.
polyglot.lss.wisc.edu /lss/staff/stephy/Bio.html   (1818 words)

  
 LitWeb.net
Pushkin was the first to use everyday speech in his poetry.
In 1834 Pushkin received an appointment as a functionary at the court, but his minor status was considered a humiliation.
The libretto for Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin (1879) was adapted from Pushkin's novel by the composer's brother Modeste.
www.litweb.net /biogs/pushkin_aleksandr.html   (1257 words)

  
 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.
arthistory.heindorffhus.dk /frame-LiteratureRussiaPushkin.htm   (530 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Pushkin's Button: Books: Serena Vitale,Ann Goldstein   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Pushkin's Button is bursting at the seams with surprising and illuminating perspectives such as this.
Providing an account of the last few months of Alexandr Pushkin's life, this is also the story of the French soldier who killed him in a duel on 27th January 1837 - a man in love with the poet's beautiful wife.
Pushkin, the founding father of Russian Literature and its most exemplary poet, is a fascinating figure, embodying the enigmatic Russian soul and character.
www.amazon.co.uk /Pushkins-Button-Serena-Vitale/dp/1857029356   (810 words)

  
 Funny DVD: The Complete Prose Tales of Alexandr Sergeyevitch Pushkin - $12.71   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Pushkin the poet belongs with Shakespeare, Goethe and Byron.
Pushkin's stories are fun tо read, and are a good introduction to the big league Russian Empire writers that follow him.
Pushkin is a master of the short stоrу form.
www.funnydvdmovies.com /tvr30333933303034363531.html   (592 words)

  
 Pushkin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
In 1820 this came to the attention of the authorities, and Pushkin was exiled to Caucasus; nonetheless, he continued to hold official posts and incurred the stern disapproval of a superior.
Pushkin was dismissed from government service in 1824 and banished to his mother's estate near Pskov.
Pushkin died February 10, 1837, from wounds that he suffered in a duel which he had fought in St. Petersburg.
www.odessaglobe.com /english/people/pushkin.htm   (283 words)

  
 The My Hero Project - Alexander Pushkin
Pushkin's skeptical mind and sense of irony helped him capture what it means to be Russian, winning the hearts of his countrymen.
As a nobleman in the early 1800's, Pushkin led a reckless and generally nonproductive life, typical of noblemen, while on the staff of the ministry of foreign affairs.
Pushkin was wounded in a duel and died on January 29, 1837.
www.myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=a_pushkin   (1458 words)

  
 Alexander Pushkin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Born in Moscow, Pushkin published his first poem at the age of fifteen, and was widely recognized by the literary establishment by the time of his graduation from the Imperial Lyceum in Tsarskoe Selo.
Because of his liberal political views and influence on generations of Russian rebels, Pushkin was portrayed by Bolsheviks as an opponent to bourgeois literature and culture and a predecessor of Soviet literature and poetry.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexandr_Pushkin   (2128 words)

  
 Aleksandr Pushkin
Pushkin, only nine years younger then Bairon, was one of his admirers and considered himself also a romantic poet.
This is a new volume of the annual, Pushkin in the XXI Century (formerly Pushkin in the XX Century).
This is a reaction of Russian intellectuals and poets to the new cultural phenomenon of "Pushkin is nashe vse", or the cult of Pushkin in Russian popular culture.
www.panrus.com /books/category.php?langID=2&catID=203   (1781 words)

  
 The My Hero Project - Alexander Pushkin
Pushkin's skeptical mind and sense of irony helped him capture what it means to be Russian, winning the hearts of his countrymen.
As a nobleman in the early 1800's, Pushkin led a reckless and generally nonproductive life, typical of noblemen, while on the staff of the ministry of foreign affairs.
Pushkin was wounded in a duel and died on January 29, 1837.
myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=a_pushkin   (1435 words)

  
 Opera Productions
In 1999 Russia celebrated the 200th anniversary of the birth of Alexandr Pushkin.
The name of Alexandr Pushkin (1799-1837), Russia's greatest poet is placed in the same category with the names of Dante, Shakespeare, Voltaire, and Goete.
Pushkin is also known world-wide thanks to Tchaikovsky's splendid musical interpretations of his lyrics.
members.tripod.com /orpheusandlyra/id18.htm   (464 words)

  
 Alibris: Pushkin
Pushkin and the Creative Process tests the notion that artists have a special understanding of creativity, one that allows them to manipulate their psyche to productive ends.
Alexander Pushkin's four compact plays, later known as "The Little Tragedies, were written at the height of the author's creative powers, and their influence on many Russian and Western writers cannot be overestimated.
Pushkin is shown to be a Russian forerunner of Baudelaire.
www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/Pushkin/page/8&matches=342   (569 words)

  
 Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, Russia's Greatest Poet, Poets and Poetry at Aspirennies.com
In 1820 he was exiled to the Caucasus for his "Ode to Liberty"; nonetheless, Pushkin continued to hold official posts.
That same year Pushkin published his long poem Ruslan and Ludmila, which earned him a reputation as one of Russia's most promising poetic talents.
Pushkin's later work includes two long poems, Poltava and The Bronze Horseman, and his novel The Captain's Daughter.
aspirennies.com /private/SiteBody/Romance/Poetry/Pushkin/apushkin.shtml   (262 words)

  
 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'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.
kirjasto.sci.fi /puskin.htm   (1908 words)

  
 Russian culture navigator
PUSHKIN ON THE SCREEN AND ON THE STAGE (The 201-th anniversary of the birth of Alexandr Pushkin)
Alexander Proshkin's film "The Russian Revolt" is based on two of Pushkin prose works: a short novel "The Captain's Daughter" written in 1836 and a historic novel "The History of the Revolt of Pugachev of 1773" started in 1834.
Pushkin heard about the uprising from an eye-witness, a Russian officer who defected to the rebel side.
www.vor.ru /culture/cultarch122_eng.html   (686 words)

  
 The Strange Case of Pushkin and Nabokov - The New York Review of Books
Yet the effect of Pushkin's poetry is never monotonous, and this is because the main stresses in the so often long Russian words are more emphasized than they are in English—the other syllables seem likely to go more or less slithering—and Pushkin is always shifting these stresses.
I first read Pushkin's Gypsies on a short railroad journey and then, talking about it with a Russian friend who had not reread it for years, discovered that she was surprised to learn that it was not a poem of considerable length.
Pushkin has moved so quickly that you feel, in its few pages, that you have spent as much time with the gypsies as the fugitive hero has and have been witnessing a fully developed drama.
www.nybooks.com /articles/12829   (4669 words)

  
 English Russia » Abandoned Pushkin Monument   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Max967 has found this abandoned monument of the great Russian poet and writer Alexandr Pushkin.
I suspect that the field Pushkin sits in used to be a park of some kind, and has fallen into disuse and disrepair.
It is well known, that Pushkin and his family has afroamerican rootes, so there exist something in Pushkin’s face and Jackson’s one.
englishrussia.com /?p=562   (564 words)

  
 Russian Literature
But her study also reveals the tensions between the Russian state's ideology of a European mission to civilize the Caucasian Muslim mountaineers, and romantic perceptions of those peoples as noble primitives whose extermination was no cause for celebration.
Pushkin in exile – the prisoner of the Caucasus
After Alexandr Pushkin was killed in a duel, he published an elegy, SMERT POETA.
www.circassianworld.com /Russian_Literature.html   (1653 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Dubrovsky (Hesperus Classics): Books: Alexandr Pushkin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
One of Pushkin’s most thrilling prose works, Dubrovsky follows the adventures of an aristocrat–turned–brigand and his audacious scheme for revenge.
Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837) wrote lyric and narrative poems, but his masterwork is the verse novel Eugene Onegin.
The most important one is called Dubrovsky and is about a soldier who sets to avenge the dishonor his father suffered in the hands of his powerful neighbor.
www.amazon.com /Dubrovsky-Hesperus-Classics-Alexandr-Pushkin/dp/1843910535   (829 words)

  
 Biography
Several of Pushkin's friends were involved in the affair, but he apparently had no connection with it.
In 1834 Pushkin received an appointment as a functionary at the court, but his minor status was considered humiliation.
Pushkin's debts were mounting and he was worried about his wife's possible infidelity.
www.irinasworld.com /celebrities7.html   (1281 words)

  
 Alexandr Pushkin
The Russian passenger liner Alexandr Pushkin is still afloat today, but under new owners and a new name.
The Alexandr Pushkin was built at the Mathias Thesen shipyard in Wismar, East Germany, for the Baltic Shipping Company in 1965.
At 578 feet, she isn’t the largest of the passenger ships on the high seas, but the fact that the vessel is literally an icebreaker makes it possible for her new owners to use it to offer cruises anywhere in the world, including Antarctica.
perdurabo10.tripod.com /ships/id207.html   (328 words)

  
 Pravda.RU:Beautiful shores of Tavrida   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
In 1820, great Russian poet Alexandr Pushkin lived in Crimea about a month — since August 15 to September 12-14, though local authorities found this short time enough to be a reason for organization Pushkin readings which became a yearly tradition.
Crimean specialists studied literally every day of Pushkin’s stay in Tavrida: the ships he went by, his poems devoted to Crimea or connected with Crimea.
Many details of Alexandr Pushkin’s biography found by them are real discoveries fixed in monographs.
newsfromrussia.com /main/2002/05/28/29366_.html   (247 words)

  
 Term Papers On Pushkin, Research Papers, Essays
Pushkin's "The Bronze Horseman" and Andrei Bely's "Petersburg"
This paper discusses the influence of Alexander Pushkin's narrative poem "The Bronze Horseman" on Andrei Bely's novel "Petersburg", focusing on the symbolism of the statue of Peter, the Great on the city and the fate of Russia.
Alexandr Pushkin simultaneously admired the vision and determination shown by the ruler, and was troubled by the measures necessary to carry out the envisioned reforms.
www.essaysportal.com /papers/pushkin.html   (278 words)

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