Alexander Puschkin

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799–1837) was a Russian writer and is regarded as one of the country’s most important poets. After his education, he worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in St. Petersburg and was active in literary circles. Because of politically critical poems, he was exiled to southern Russia in 1820 and later confined to his family estate. His best-known works include the verse novel “Eugene Onegin,” the tragedy “Boris Godunov,” and “The Captain’s Daughter.” Pushkin died in St. Petersburg from a gunshot wound sustained in a duel.