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Aleksandr Pushkin
Aleksandr Pushkin, oil on canvas by Vasily Tropinin, 1827; in the National Pushkin Museum, St. Petersburg.
Aleksandr Pushkin died on January 29 (February 10, New Style), 1837, in St. Petersburg, Russia. He passed away after being mortally wounded in a duel while defending his wife's honor.12