Pushkin

[ poosh-kin; Russian poo-shkyin ]

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A·le·xan·der Ser·ge·e·vich [al-ig-, zan, -der sur-, gey, -, uh, -vich, -, zahn, -, uh-lyi-, ksahn, -d, r, syi, r, -, gye, -yi-vyich], 1799–1837, Russian poet, short-story writer, and dramatist.

Pushkin

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a town in NW Russia: site of the imperial summer residence and Catherine the Great's palace. Pop: 84 628 (2002) Former name1708–1937Tsarskoye Selo

Pushkin

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PushkinAleksander Sergeyevich17991837MRussianWRITING: poetWRITING: novelistTHEATRE: dramatist Aleksander Sergeyevich (alɪkˈsandr sɪrˈɡjejɪvitʃ). 1799–1837, Russian poet, novelist, and dramatist. His works include the romantic verse tale The Prisoner of the Caucasus (1822), the verse novel Eugene Onegin (1833), the tragedy Boris Godunov (1825), and the novel The Captain's Daughter (1836)

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The real opera sets Pushkin’s play, which was written as a response to Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” word for word.

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He concluded his comments by reciting a poem by Pushkin - If Life Deceives You -which speaks of having the patience to know that better days are ahead, the AFP news agency reported.

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Back at the courthouse in Pushkin, Anna’s trial is ongoing.

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Police officials are investigating what they believe is a vast, coordinated series of thefts of rare 19th-century Russian books — primarily first and early editions of Pushkin — from libraries across Europe.

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Books: Dozens of rare editions by Alexander Pushkin and Nikolai Gogol are vanishing from European libraries.

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