Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin (born June 6, 1799, killed in a duel in St. Petersburg on February 10, 1837), Russian poet, playwright and prose writer, critic and literary theorist, historian and publicist, one of the most famous literary figures of the first half of the 19th century. Today marks the 219th anniversary of his birth. Even during Pushkin's lifetime, his reputation as the greatest national Russian poet was formed.
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Portrait of Alexander Pushkin (Orest Kiprensky, 1827)
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Monument to Alexander Pushkin on the Square of Arts in St. Petersburg.
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Monument to Alexander Pushkin on Pushkin Street in St. Petersburg.
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Memorial monument in place of the duel of Pushkin and Dantes on the outskirts of St. Petersburg (the Black River region).
Almost everything in St. Petersburg is associated with the name of Alexander Pushkin. Here he spent his childhood, his youth and the period of the heyday of his work. Connoisseurs and lovers of the work of the Russian poet specially come to St. Petersburg to learn more about the great poet and writer Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin.