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Aleksandr Pushkin
Aleksandr Pushkin, oil on canvas by Vasily Tropinin, 1827; in the National Pushkin Museum, St. Petersburg.
Aleksandr Pushkin became a member of the Green Lamp association in 1818 after moving to St. Petersburg to work in the foreign office. While the group was ostensibly established for the discussion of literature and history, it functioned as a clandestine branch of the Union of Welfare, a secret society. Through his involvement and his widely circulated political writings, Pushkin became a prominent voice for the ideals held by those who eventually participated in the Decembrist rising of 1825.