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Also Known As Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin
Born June 6, 1799 • Moscow • Russia
Died February 10, 1837 (aged 37) • St. Petersburg • Russia
Notable Works “Boris Godunov” • “Egyptian Nights” • “Eugene Onegin” • “Mozart and Salieri” • “Ruslan and Lyudmila” • “The Bridegroom” • “The Bronze Horseman” • “The Fountain of Bakhchisaray” • “The Gypsies” • “The Negro of Peter the Great” • “The Prisoner of the Caucasus” • “The Queen of Spades” • “The Robber Brothers” • “The Stone Guest” • “To My Friends”
Movement / Style Romanticism • Arzamas society

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