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Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. He is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet, as well as the founder of modern Russian literature.
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Born 26 May 1799 · Died 29 January 1837 · Q7200
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2026· 6 entries
The Economic Times: Quote of the day by Alexander Pushkin: 'Ecstasy is a glass full of tea and a piece of...' - Russian poet and playwright's surprising wisdom behind life's simplest pleasures
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The Economic Times: Quote of the day by Alexander Pushkin: ‘People are so like their first mother Eve: what they are given doe
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The Economic Times: Quote of the day by Alexander Pushkin: ‘People are so like their first mother Eve: what they are given doesn't…’ – Russian poet on human desire, temptation and why we ...
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The New York Times: ‘Operation Pushkin’: Paris Trial Puts Spotlight on Rare-Book Heists
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Mint: Quote of the day: Alexander Pushkin on conviction, emotions and finding peace
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2024· 1 entry
eng.belta: Belarus, Russia to issue stamp to celebrate Alexander Pushkin
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2023· 1 entry
The Guardian: Pushkin must fall: monuments to Russia’s national poet under threat in Ukraine
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2019· 1 entry
Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport was named after Pushkin in accordance to the Great Names of Russia contest
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2018· 1 entry
The Guardian: Pushkin descendant puts Russian poet’s turbulent life on stage for first time
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2017· 1 entry
The Guardian: Pushkin's pride: how the Russian literary giant paid tribute to his African ancestry
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2016· 1 entry
The Guardian: Yevgeny Onegin by Alexander Pushkin review – an expert new translation
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2013· 1 entry
“Found in Pushkin's. The Captain's Daughter and Other Stories. English edition by Random House LLC. 2013. p. 139”
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2010· 1 entry
And celebrated each year on 6 June, was scheduled to coincide with Pushkin's birthday
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2009· 3 entries
“Secular Poweras quoted in Pushkin, Alexander (2009). Selected Lyric Poetry. Northwestern University Press, p. 121.”
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“Ch. 3, st. 28. (Translated by Walter Arndt in Eugene Onegin (2009). Penguin.”
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“A Prayeras quoted in Pushkin, Alexander (2009). Selected Lyric Poetry. Northwestern University Press, p. 199.”
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2005· 1 entry
A monument to Pushkin and his grandmother Maria Hannibal was commissioned by an enthusiast of Russian culture Just Rugel in Zakharovo, Russia
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2000· 1 entry
The Statue of Alexander Pushkin (Washington, D
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1987· 1 entry
By the Duchess of Abercorn to commemorate the creative legacy and spirit of her ancestor and to release the creativity and imagination of the children of Ireland by providing them with opportunities to communicate their
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1977· 1 entry
By Soviet astronomer Nikolai Chernykh, is named after him
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1974· 1 entry
“(Болдинская осень). Тебе в дорогу, романтик - Página 128, Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin · 1974”
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1956· 1 entry
“Reminiscences of Lenin by His Relatives”
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1937· 3 entries
The town of Tsarskoye Selo was renamed Pushkin in his honour
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Was one of the most significant literary commemorations of the Soviet era, second only to the 1928 centennial of Leo Tolstoy's birth
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A mass renaming of streets across the entire Soviet Union occurred in his honour
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1929· 1 entry
The Soviet writer Leonid Grossman published a novel The d'Archiac Papers, telling the story of Pushkin's death from the perspective of a French diplomat, being a participant and a witness of the fatal duel
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1878· 1 entry
“Opis: także w operze wg poematu (1878), aria Leńskiego.”
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1837· 30 entries
Died 1837-01-29.
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“Jednakową miarą mierz pochwały i potwarze.”
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“Każdy wiek ulega miłości.”
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“O, jak szczęśliwy tobą, dręczę się ogromnie,Gdy po błaganiach długich, wreszcie od niechceniaPodajesz mi się czuła, lecz bez upojenia,Chłodna i zawstydzona, memu zachwytowiLedwie zdasz się ulegać, ucho słów nie łowi,Aż z wolna się ożywiasz w ogniu oszołomieńI w końcu mimo woli podzielasz mój płomień!”
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“O, jakie mnóstwo preparatów!W ramach, pod szkłem, równiutko, schludnieSterczą, na wskroś przebite cudnie,Na szpilkach mych epigramatów.”
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“Pamiętam cudne w mem życiu zdarzenie:Tyś błysła w pierwszych chwilach mej młodości,Jako przelotne niebieskie zjawienie,Jako najczystszej geniusz piękności.”
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“Przepalaj słowem serca ludzi.”
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“Wysyłajcie więc do nas oratorzy,Swych mściwych synów,Miejsca im dosyć na polach Rosji,Pośród grobów tak znajomych.”
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“Opis: motto powieści Fiodora Dostojewskiego Biesy.”
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“Zasiedli społem:Każdy nad stołemWsparty,A każdy w wiścieBił zamaszyścieKarty.I tylko czasemPrzerwą z hałasemCiszę:Każdy na desceKredą po krescePisze.”
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“Żyjemy kosztem przeszłości,Czas obecny smutny wszędzie;Nic tu długo nie zagościA co przejdzie miłym będzie.”
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“Gdy cię w życiu zawód spotka, nie smuć, nie złość się, broń Boże! Dzień zwątpienia znieś w pokorze, wiedz – nadejdzie chwila słodka.”
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“I w bladym blasku ukąpany,Wysoko wyciągając dłoń,On, Jeździec goni go Miedziany,I dźwięcznie w bruk łomoce koń.I wszędzie, dokąd, obłąkany,Uciekał, gnany zmorą trwóg,Tam Jeździec ścigał go MiedzianyI ciężko dudnił kopyt stuk.”
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“Opis: Mickiewicz ofiarował Puszkinowi egzemplarz The Works of Lord Byron Complete in One Volume z taką dedykacją.”
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“Duch otricanija, duch somnienija. (ros.)”
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“Cóż tobie imię moje powie?Umrze jak smutny poszum fali,Co pluśnie w brzeg i zmilknie w dali,Jak nocą głuchą dźwięk w dąbrowie (…)Lecz gdy ci będzie smutno – wspomnij,Wymów je szeptem jak niczyjeI powiedz: ktoś pamięta o mnieJest w świecie serce, w którym żyję.”
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“Czto dień griaduszczij mnie gotowit? (ros.)”
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“The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.”
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“Biasimate un uomo, sviscerate tutti i suoi difetti, nessun altro uomo intercederà per lui. Ma basta che facciate della leggera ironia su un membro del gentil sesso e subito tutte le donne insorgeranno compatte contro di voi, esse formeranno un sol popolo, una sola setta.”
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“Genialidade e maldade não combinam.”
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“(ros. Евгений Онегин; tłum. Leopold Blumental)”
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“The Hero ll. 64-65, quoted in Gooseberries by Anton Chekhov”
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“Extrait du poème intitulé Les Démons, une des deux épigraphes des Démons (ou des Possédés) de Fedor Dostoïevski.”
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“Di quale ardore brucia un bacio in mezzo al gelo.”
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“God save us from seeing a Russian revolt, senseless and merciless. Those who plot impossible upheavals among us, are either young and do not know our people, or are hard-hearted men who do not care a straw either about their own lives or those of others.”
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“Basta un léxico para contener todas las palabras. Pero el pensamiento necesita el infinito.”
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“Nunca Encontrareis a poesia se não a tiverdes dentro de vós.”
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“Perder a razão é uma coisa terrível. Antes morrer. A um morto consideramos com respeito, rezamos por ele. A morte fá-lo igual a todos. Enquanto um homem privado da sua razão deixou de ser homem.”
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“Dźwignąłem pomnik swój, nie trudem rąk ciosany,Wydepcą ścieżki doń miliony ludzkich stóp.”
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“Na wóz siadamy rankiem, każąc,Choćby na zbity łeb, lecz gnać.I niewygody lekceważącWołamy: jazda, kurwa mać!”
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1834· 1 entry
“Tis Time, My Friend, l. 1-5 (1834).”
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1833· 2 entries
“The Bronze Horseman (1833).”
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“Opening lines of The Bronze Horseman (1833) trans. Charles Johnston.”
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1831· 1 entry
During the period of Pushkin's growing literary influence, he met other influential early writers, such as Russo-Ukrainian Nikolai Gogol
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1830· 1 entry
Letter to Pyotr Pletnyov) was the inspiration for Peter Shaffer's Amadeus as well as providing the libretto (almost verbatim) to Rimsky-Korsakov's opera Mozart and Salieri
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1829· 1 entry
Travelled through the Caucasus to Erzurum to visit friends fighting in the Russian army during the Russo-Turkish War
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1827· 1 entry
“Pushkin, 19 October 1827.as quoted in Pushkin, Alexander (2009). Selected Lyric Poetry. Northwestern University Press, p. 121.”
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1826· 1 entry
“Natürlich verachte ich mein Vaterland von Kopf bis Fuß, aber es ärgert mich, wenn ein Ausländer dieses Gefühl mit mir teilt." - aus einem Brief an P.A. Vjazemskij vom 27.05.1826; vgl. Sammlung der Zitate von Puschkin, http://www.foxdesign.ru/aphorism/author/a_pushkin.html (letzter Zugriff 12. März 2007)”
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1825· 2 entries
Pushkin wrote the poem To***
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“s estate. He could not, however, gain permission to publish it until five years later. The original and uncensored version of the drama was not staged until 2007. Authorities summoned Pushkin to Moscow after his poem Ode to Liberty was found among the belongings of the rebels from the Decembrist Uprising (1825). After his exile in 1820 Pushkin”
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1823· 1 entry
Pushkin moved to Odessa, where he again clashed with the government, which sent him into exile on his mother's rural estate of Mikhailovskoye, near Pskov, from 1824 to 1826
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1820· 2 entries
Published his first long poem, Ruslan and Ludmila, with much controversy about its subject and style
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Pushkin's friends and family continually petitioned for his release, sending letters and meeting Emperor Alexander I and then Emperor Nicholas I on the heels of the Decembrist Uprising
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1817· 1 entry
Studied at Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum (1811–1817).
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1799· 1 entry
Born 1799-05-26.
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