Portrait: Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, national poet and founder of modern Russian literature

16 September 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: Portrait Reading Time:  6 minutes

Alexander Pushkin by Orest Adamowitsch Kiprenski

Alexander Pushkin by Orest Adamowitsch Kiprenski

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, born on 26 May 1799, was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature.   read more…

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